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Santiago is Spanish and Portuguese for St. James
Saint James

Saint James can refer to the following:...
 (from santo, saint + iago, James). It is the name of:

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Santiago is Spanish and Portuguese for St. James
Saint James

Saint James can refer to the following:...
 (from santo, saint + iago, James). It is the name of:

In Argentina:
  • Santiago del Estero Province
    Santiago del Estero Province

    Santiago del Estero is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the north of the country. Neighbouring provinces are from the north clockwise Salta Province, Chaco Province, Santa Fe Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, Catamarca Province and Tucum?n Province....
    • Santiago del Estero
      Santiago del Estero

      Santiago del Estero is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 244,733 inhabitants and a surface of 2,116 km?....
      , capital of the province


In Brazil:
  • Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul
    Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul

    Santiago is a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It serves the capital of the microregion of the Santiago ....


In Cape Verde:
  • Santiago, Cape Verde
    Santiago, Cape Verde

    Santiago , or Santiagu in Cape Verdean Creole, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation?s population....


In Chile:
  • Santiago, Chile
    Santiago, Chile

    Santiago , is the Capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of 520 m Above mean sea level....
    , the capital
  • Santiago (commune)
    Santiago (commune)

    Santiago is a Communes of Chile of Chile, located at the center of the Santiago Province, Chile, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. it is officially the provincial, regional and national capital....
  • Santiago Province, Chile
  • Santiago Metropolitan Region
    Santiago Metropolitan Region

    The Santiago Metropolitan Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago, Chile....


In Colombia:
  • Santiago de Cali
    Santiago de Cali

    Santiago de Cali , often shortened to Cali, is the main city and capital of the Valle del Cauca, a department in western Colombia, also known as the Pacific Region....
  • Santiago, Norte de Santander
    Santiago, Norte de Santander

    Santiago is a Colombian municipality and town located in the Departments of Colombia of North Santander.References...
  • Santiago, Putumayo


In Costa Rica:
  • Santiago de Palmares
  • Santiago de Paraíso
  • Santiago de Puriscal
    Santiago de Puriscal

    Santiago is the capital city of the canton of Puriscal in the province of San Jos? Province in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the distrito that includes the city....
  • Santiago de San Rafael
  • Santiago de San Ramón


In Cuba:
  • Santiago de Cuba Province
    Santiago de Cuba Province

    Santiago de Cuba Province is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba. The largest city Santiago de Cuba is the main administrative center....
    • Santiago de Cuba
      Santiago de Cuba

      Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island nation of Cuba, some east south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....
      , capital of the province


In Dominican Republic:
  • Santiago Province (Dominican Republic)
    • Santiago de los Caballeros
      Santiago de los Caballeros

      Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago de los Treinta Caballeros is the second largest Metropolis in the Dominican Republic located in the North-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley....
      , capital of the province


In Ecuador:
  • Guayaquil
    Guayaquil

    Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador, as well as that nation's main port. Guayaquil is located on the western bank of the Guayas River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Guayaquil....
    , officially called Santiago de Guayaquil
  • Santiago Island (Galápagos)
    Santiago Island (Galápagos)

    Santiago Island is an island of the Gal?pagos Islands. It is also known as San Salvador, after the first island discovered by Christopher Columbus in the Caribbean Sea , or as James Island....


In Guatemala:
  • Santiago Sacatepéquez
    Santiago Sacatepéquez

    Santiago Sacatep?quez is a municipality in the Guatemala Departments of Guatemala of Sacatep?quez. It is well known for a kite festival held here annually on November 1....


In Jamaica:
  • Jamaica
    Jamaica

    Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
    , formerly known as Santiago
  • Spanish Town
    Spanish Town

    Spanish Town is the capital and largest city in the parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the former Spanish and English capital of Jamaica from the 16th to the 19th century....
    , Jamaica, formerly known as Santiago de la Vega


In Mexico:
  • Querétaro, Querétaro, formerly called Santiago de Querétaro
  • Santiago, Nuevo León
    Santiago, Nuevo León

    Santiago is a municipality located in the center of the Mexican state of Nuevo Le?n. It is part of the Monterrey metropolitan area and its area comprises around 763.8 km? ....
  • Santiago, Baja California Sur
    Santiago, Baja California Sur

    Santiago is a small town in Baja California Sur Mexico, located on Mexico's Mexican Federal Highway 1, about an hour's drive north of San Jos? del Cabo....
  • Santiago Maravatío
    Santiago Maravatío

    Santiago Maravat?o is a Mexico city located in the Baj?o of the state of Guanajuato. With an area of 91.760 square kilometres, Santiago Maravat?o accounts for less than 1% of the surface of the state....
     (Guanajuato)
  • Santiago Tianguistenco
    Santiago Tianguistenco

    Santiago Tianguistenco, often known as Tianguistenco, is a city in Mexico. It lays about 45 minutes southeast by car from Mexico City, in the State of M?xico, and is located 2,630 metres above sea level....
    , a city in the State of México
  • Santiago Jamiltepec
    Santiago Jamiltepec

    Santiago Jamiltepec is a town, and the seat of surrounding municipalities of Mexico of the same name, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is located in the Costa Chica of Oaxaca region of the state, 30 km east of Pinotepa Nacional on List of Mexican Federal Highways, and 460 km southwest of state capital Oaxaca de Ju?rez....
     (Oaxaca)


In Nicaragua:
  • León, Nicaragua
    León, Nicaragua

    Le?n is the second largest city in Nicaragua, after Managua. It was founded by the Spaniards as Santiago de los Caballeros de Le?n and rivals Granada, Nicaragua, in the number of historic spanish colonial homes and churches....
    , originally called Santiago de los Caballeros de León


In Panama:
  • Santiago de Veraguas, Veraguas


In Paraguay:
  • Santiago, Paraguay
    Santiago, Paraguay

    Santiago is a city of Paraguay, located in the Misiones department. It is one of the most important Jesuit missions....
    , town and district in Misiones Department


In Peru:
  • Santiago de Surco
    Santiago de Surco

    Santiago de Surco, commonly known simply as Surco, is a district of Lima, Peru. It is bordered on the north by the districts of La Molina, Ate District and San Borja; on the south by Chorrillos; on the east by La Molina, Villa Mar?a del Triunfo and San Juan de Miraflores; and on the west by San Borja, Miraflores District, Lima, Surquill...
    , a district of Lima
  • Santiago de Chuco, a province of the La Libertad region
  • Santiago River (Peru)


In the Philippines:
  • Santiago, Agusan del Norte
    Santiago, Agusan del Norte

    Santiago is a 4th class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Agusan del Norte province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 17,925 people in 2,651 households....
  • Santiago, General Trias, Cavite
  • Santiago, Ilocos Sur
    Santiago, Ilocos Sur

    Santiago is a 4th class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Ilocos Sur province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 15,876 people in 3,233 households....
  • Santiago City
    Santiago City

    Santiago City is a 1st class Philippine city in the Philippine province of Isabela province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 110,531 people in 22,401 households....
    , Isabela province
  • Santiago Island (Philippines), Pangasinan province
  • Santiago, Maira O. [Laoag City](December 22, 1992) one of the most famous mathematician and scientist of all times, awarded as the best inventor of 2008, declared by New York Times as the best Filipino writer, and intellectually gifted before birth. =D


In Portugal:
  • Santiago (Alcácer do Sal), a parish in the municipality of Alcácer do Sal
  • Santiago (Arganil), a parish in the municipality of Arganil
  • Santiago (Armamar), a parish in the municipality of Armamar
  • Santiago (Lisbon)
    Santiago (Lisbon)

    Santiago is a Portugal parish in the Municipalities of Portugal of Lisbon. It has a total area of 0.06km? and total population of 857 inhabitants ; density: 13,822.6 hab/km?....
    , a parish in the municipality of Lisbon
  • Santiago (Seia), a parish in the municipality of Seia
  • Santiago (Sesimbra), a parish in the municipality of Sesimbra
  • Santiago (Tavira)
    Santiago (Tavira)

    Santiago is a freguesia in the municipality of Tavira .External links...
    , a parish in the municipality of Tavira
  • Santiago (Torres Novas), a parish in the municipality of Torres Novas
  • Santiago da Guarda, a parish in the municipality of Ansião
  • Santiago da Ribeira de Alhariz, a parish in the municipality of Valpaços
  • Santiago de Besteiros, a parish in the municipality of Tondela
  • Santiago de Bougado, a parish in the municipality of Trofa
  • Santiago de Candoso, a parish in the municipality of Guimarães
  • Santiago do Cacém
    Santiago do Cacém

    Santiago do Cac?m is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 1060.0 km? and a total population of 30,305 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 11 parishes, and is located in the district of Set?bal_....
    , a parish and a municipality in the Setúbal
  • Santiago de Carreiras, a parish in the municipality of Vila Verde
  • Santiago de Cassurrães, a parish in the municipality of Mangualde
  • Santiago de Figueiró, a parish in the municipality of Amarante
  • Santiago de Litém, a parish in the municipality of Pombal
  • Santiago de Montalegre, a parish in the municipality of Sardoal
  • Santiago de Piães, a parish in the municipality of Cinfães
  • Santiago de Riba-Ul, a parish in the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis
  • Santiago de Subarrifana, a parish in the municipality of Penafiel
  • Santiago de Vila Chã, a parish in the municipality of Ponte da Barca
  • Santiago do Escoural, a parish in the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo
  • Santiago dos Velhos, a parish in the municipality of Arruda dos Vinhos
  • São Pedro e Santiago, a parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras
  • Santiago Maior (Alandroal), a parish in the municipality of Alandroal
  • Santiago Maior (Beja), a parish in the municipality of Beja
  • Santiago Maior (Castelo de Vide), a parish in the municipality of Castelo de Vide
  • Vale de Santiago
    Vale de Santiago

    Vale de Santiago is a Portugal List of parishes of Portugal in the municipality of Odemira. It has a population of 695 and an area of 59.24 km?....
    , a parish in the municipality of Odemira


In Spain:
  • Santiago de Compostela
    Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous communities of Spain of Galicia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in the north west of Spain in the A Coru?a , it was the "European City of Culture" for the year 2000....
    , Galicia
  • Santiago (Valdés), a parish in the municipality of Valdés
  • Santiago (Sariego), a parish in the municipality of Sariego
  • Santiago de la Ribera, a cluster of San Javier in Murcia
  • Santiago (comarca)
    Santiago (comarca)

    Santiago is a comarca in the Galicia A Coru?a . The overall population of this region is 150,286 ....
    , a comarca in the province of A Coruña
  • Santiago del Teide
    Santiago del Teide

    Santiago del Teide is a municipality in the Canary Islands, and part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Its area is 52.26 km?, the population is 10,777 ....
    , Canary Islands


In the United States:
  • Santiago High School
    Santiago High School

    Santiago High School is a high school located in Garden Grove, California and is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District. The school's athletic teams are known as the Cavaliers....
    , Garden Grove, California
  • Santiago, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County
  • Santiago Peak
    Santiago Peak

    Santiago Peak is the southern mountain of Orange County, California Saddleback formation. It is the highest and most prominent peak of both the Santa Ana Mountains and Orange County....
    , a mountain in Orange County, California


In Uruguay:
  • Montevideo
    Montevideo

    Montevideo is the largest city, the capital and chief port of Uruguay. Montevideo is the only city in the country with a population over 1,000,000....
    , originally called San Felipe y Santiago de Montevideo


In Venezuela:
  • Caracas
    Caracas

    Caracas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. It is located in the north of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Coastal Range, Venezuela....
    , originally called Santiago de León de Caracas


In geography:
  • Santiago River
    Santiago River

    Santiago River is a river of eastern Mexico. It flows through the municipality of Xalapa, in the state of Veracruz.References...
    , a tributary of the Amazon River


Santiago is the name of:

  • Benito Santiago
    Benito Santiago

    Benito Santiago Rivera is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He batted and threw right-handed....
    , a professional baseball catcher
  • Hugo Santiago
    Hugo Santiago

    Hugo Santiago was born Hugo Santiago Muchnick in 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has lived in France since 1959. He studied Literature, Philosophy and Music....
    , film director
  • Joey Santiago
    Joey Santiago

    Joey Santiago is a Philippines-American guitarist and composer. Active since 1986, Santiago is best known as the lead guitarist for the American alternative rock band Pixies....
    , guitarist of the Pixies and The Martinis
  • Liliana Santiago, American Economist
  • Tony Santiago
    Tony Santiago

    Antonio "Tony" Santiago a.k.a. ?Tony the Marine? , is a Puerto Rican people writer and historian mostly known for his extensive work on the creation of articles related to the contributions of Puerto Ricans and Hispanics in general to the United States in Wikipedia, the world?s largest free Internet encyclopedia....
    , author, historian
    First Puerto Rican to be honored by the Government of Puerto Rico for his work in Wikipedia
  • Rafael Santiago Maria
    Rafael Santiago Maria

    Rafael Santiago Maria or simply Santiago is a Brazil football player currently playing for A.F.C. Tubize.External links...
    , a Brazilian footballer known simply as Santiago
  • Santiago Caballero, DJ and Producer
  • Santiago Cabrera
    Santiago Cabrera

    Santiago Cabrera is a Chilean actor, raised in and currently residing in London, England....
    , an actor
  • James, son of Zebedee, also called Saint James the Greater


Fictional people:

  • Dominic Santiago, a fictional character from Gears of War
  • Santiago Arnavisca, a fictional character from Rainbow Six: Covert Operations Essentials
  • Santiago, the name of a character in Chronicle of a Death Foretold
    Chronicle of a Death Foretold

    'Chronicle of a Death Foretold' is a novella by Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez, published in 1981. It tells, in the form of a pseudo-journalistic reconstruction, the story of the murder of Santiago Nasar by the two Vicario brothers....
     by Gabriel García Márquez
  • Santiago, the titular character of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
    The Old Man and the Sea

    The Old Man and the Sea is a novella by Ernest Hemingway, written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952 in literature. It was the last major work of fiction to be produced by Hemingway and published in his lifetime....
  • Luis Santiago
    Luis Santiago

    Luis Santiago is a fictional character in the universe of the science fiction television drama Babylon 5, portrayed by Douglas Netter. He was the President of the Earth Alliance and was assassinated on the orders of his own vice president ? Morgan Clark....
    , a fictional character in the television series Babylon 5
  • Santiago (The Vampire Chronicles)
    Santiago (The Vampire Chronicles)

    Santiago is a fictional character in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles series, specifically the novel Interview with the Vampire.Little history or background is given to this character in the novel; his role is primarily that of a European vampire who becomes an enemy of the main character, Louis de Pointe du Lac....
    , character in Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire
  • Santiago, the main character of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist (novel)
    The Alchemist (novel)

    The Alchemist is an allegorical novel by Paulo Coelho first published in 1988. It follows Santiago, a young Spanish shepherd, on a journey to fulfill his Personal Legend....
  • Santiago, a character on the television show Friday Night Lights
    Friday Night Lights

    Friday Night Lights is the 2004 in film drama film that documents the coach and players of a high school American football team and the Texas city of Odessa, Texas that supports and is obsessed with them....


In history:
  • Battle of Santiago de Cuba
    Battle of Santiago de Cuba

    The Battle of Santiago de Cuba, fought between Spain and the United States on July 3, 1898, was the largest naval engagement of the Spanish-American War and resulted in the destruction of the Spanish Caribbean Squadron ....


In music:
  • Santiago (band)
    Santiago (band)

    Santiago is an Indie /Punk rock band from Santa Rosa, California that formed in 2002 and has released two full-length albums. Though generally more sophisticated musically, the band claims a staunch punk rock aesthetic to their approach....
    , an indie/punk band from Santa Rosa, California, USA
  • Santiago, a 1996 album by The Chieftains
    The Chieftains

    The Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Ireland musical group founded in 1962, best known for being one of the first bands to make Folk music of Ireland popular around the world....
  • "Santiago", the title of one of Loreena McKennitt's songs from her album The Mask and Mirror
    The Mask and Mirror

    The Mask and Mirror is an album by Loreena McKennitt released in 1994....


Santiago may also refer to:

  • Order of Santiago
    Order of Santiago

    This article deals with the Spanish Order of knighthood. For the Portuguese Order, see Order of St. James of the Sword.File:Ucles Cuenca Espa?a Monasterio y Castillo....
    , a Spanish Knightly order
  • Santiago (name)
    Santiago (name)

    Santiago, is a Spanish language name that derives from the Hebrew name Jacob via "Sant Iago", first used to denote James, son of Zebedee, the brother of John the Apostle....
    , about the common Spanish given name
  • Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future
    Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future

    Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future is a novel by United States science fiction author Mike Resnick. It was first published in 1986 and reprinted in 2004....
    , by Mike Resnick
  • "Santiago", a shortened form of the Reconquista
    Reconquista

    The Reconquista was a period of 800 years in the Middle Ages during which several Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula succeeded in retaking the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims....
     battle cry "Santiago y cierra España"


See also


  • Santiago Maior
    Santiago Maior

    Santiago Maior may refer to:*Cape Verde:**Santiago Maior, Cape Verde, a parish of the municipality of Santa Cruz, Cape Verde*Portugal:**Santiago Maior , a parish in the municipality of Alandroal...
  • San Diego (disambiguation)
    San Diego (disambiguation)

    San Diego is one of the Hispanicized forms of James, originating from the name Santiago. It is original name of Didacus of Alcal?. One should note that Didacus did not exist as a name until Diego was "Latinized." For more information see article: Diego....
  • Santiago Island
    Santiago Island

    Santiago Island may refer to:*Santiago, Cape Verde*Santiago Island *Santiago Island ...