id stringlengths 32 32 | url stringlengths 31 1.58k | title stringlengths 0 1.02k | contents stringlengths 92 1.17M |
|---|---|---|---|
995d3f9416dc763e3ad45dbf91acf63d | https://www.britannica.com/place/Skokie | Skokie | Skokie
Skokie, village, Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. A suburb of Chicago, it is located 16 miles (26 km) north of downtown. Called Niles Center until 1940, Skokie (renamed for the Potawatomi word for “swamp”) was settled in 1834 by immigrants from Germany and Luxembourg. A trading centre in its early years... |
da1146b76d039186e0d86d1e379fb0c5 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Skole-Nappe | Skole Nappe | Skole Nappe
…fringe is formed by the Skole Nappe, and in the western part it is formed by the Silesian Nappe, both of which are split by the longitudinal central Carpathian depression. Overthrust on the Silesian Nappe is the Magura Nappe, the counterparts of which in the east are the Chernogora (Chornohora)…
|
ed3a96e35a132ed37f85aeaf6777547f | https://www.britannica.com/place/Skopje | Skopje | Skopje
Skopje, Albanian Shkup, Serbo-Croatian Skoplje, Turkish Usküb, ancient (Latin) Scupi, principal city and capital of North Macedonia.
Standing on the banks of the Vardar River amid mountainous country, Skopje began as ancient Scupi, an Illyrian tribal centre. It became the capital of the district of Dardania (pa... |
ae1f3b4f1b3b51aae04251662d15a15f | https://www.britannica.com/place/Slaskie | Śląskie | Śląskie
Śląskie, Polish Województwo Śląskie, województwo (province), southern Poland. It is bordered by the provinces of Łódzkie to the north, Świętokrzyskie to the northeast, Małopolskie to the east, and Opolskie to the west; Slovakia and the Czech Republic are to the south. Created in 1999 as part of Poland’s provin... |
4b826b84c01326cc2a959aa14ec1f7fd | https://www.britannica.com/place/Slieve-Bloom | Slieve Bloom | Slieve Bloom
…the greater part of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, which reach 1,732 feet (528 metres) at Arderin, and the northern part of the Castlecomer Plateau. Most of the county is lowland between the Slieve Bloom and the Castlecomer Plateau. More than four-fifths of the county is improved land.
|
4317cb02e556659676e1d74cecfa242a | https://www.britannica.com/place/Slieveardagh-ridge | Slieveardagh ridge | Slieveardagh ridge
(4) The Slieveardagh ridge comprises a number of hills around Fethard and Cashel and extends northward to the Nore Valley. The region, which has some coal seams, is farmed extensively.(5) The extreme south of the county consists mainly of the middle Suir lowlands and those of…
|
d55cb9367a81373df53603ff1bf33388 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sliven | Sliven | Sliven
Sliven, town, east-central Bulgaria. It lies in the southern foothills of the eastern Balkan Mountains at the confluence of the Novoselska and Asenovska rivers. It dates as a town from 1153, but there are significant Roman remains in the area. Destroyed by the Turks, it was rebuilt during their occupation (15th... |
748869b6470fa7b4ee3d959aaa205881 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Slough-Berkshire-England | Slough | Slough
Slough, town and unitary authority, geographic county of Berkshire, southeastern England. Most of the unitary authority lies within the historic county of Buckinghamshire, but it also includes Poyle, part of the historic county of Middlesex.
Slough lies on the western periphery of the Greater London metropolita... |
7c07ce2d387b0a5498c76b5e1c9143a8 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Slovak-Ore-Mountains | Slovak Ore Mountains | Slovak Ore Mountains
Slovak Ore Mountains, Slovak Slovenské Rudohorie, segment of the Carpathian Mountains, in south-central Slovakia. The mountains extend (west-east) for about 90 miles (145 km) between Zvolen and Košice and rise to 4,846 feet (1,477 m) in Stolica. They are noted for their mineral resources, especial... |
062f3abae69a8aa4465d846324d7b0cb | https://www.britannica.com/place/Slovakia/History | History | History
For earlier history of the area, including Czechoslovakia, see Czechoslovak region, history of.
The Slovak Republic came into being on January 1, 1993, following the dissolution of the Czechoslovak federation. The new prime minister, Vladimír Mečiar, and his Czech counterpart, Václav Klaus, had been among the s... |
b8b129ea9ac9c919474d22a31c47f061 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Slovenia/Climate | Climate | Climate
Slovenia may be divided into three climatic zones. Conditions in Istria indicate a transition from the Mediterranean climate of the Dalmatian coast to a moderate continental climate. In the moderate zone the highest monthly precipitation (up to 15 inches [381 mm]) occurs in spring and autumn, and the highest te... |
d1b06716941c52bbe2f5820587593ae1 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Slovenia/Religion | Religion | Religion
Christianity was accepted by the Slavic tribes in the 8th century ce. The authority of a once-powerful Roman Catholic Church hierarchy was broken by the flight of conservative Catholics (including many clerics) in 1945, and religious practice was further vitiated by communism and the acceleration of industrial... |
2146b02530ca93b1c79d6c1a83d1ec20 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Slovenia/The-arts | The arts | The arts
Austrian archduchess Maria Theresa’s educational reforms of the 18th century produced a highly literate public. Slovene literature flourished in the late 18th and early 19th century—particularly the work of Slovenia’s national poet, France Prešeren (1800–49). The luminaries of the Modern school—novelist and pl... |
ff5a809991c79ea294c2bcca3c37f5da | https://www.britannica.com/place/Slovenia/The-Middle-Ages | The Middle Ages | The Middle Ages
In the 10th century, after the partitioning of the Frankish empire, the lands in which Slovene speakers lived were assigned to the German kingdom. As part of the defense of that kingdom against Magyar invaders, they were divided among the marks, or border marches, of Carinthia, Carniola, and Styria. Ger... |
7ba648ac15e18ea520e01fb005229398 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Slovenia/The-postcommunist-era | The postcommunist era | The postcommunist era
With independence secured, Slovenia adopted a democratic constitution on December 23, 1991. The following year Kučan became independent Slovenia’s first democratically elected president. Slovenia reoriented its politics and economy toward western Europe and forged closer bonds with the countries o... |
20b9df8ac12b1d44abf18036cb851407 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Smaland | Småland | Småland
Småland, landskap (province), southern Sweden, extending from the Baltic Sea on the east to the provinces of Halland and Västergötland on the west and from Östergötland on the north to Skåne and Blekinge on the south. Småland is the largest traditional province in southern Sweden and is composed mostly of thr... |
98df3721f904c627f675bbbc6baf3781 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Smila | Smila | Smila
Smila, Russian Smela, city, Ukraine, on the Tyasmyn (Tiasmyn) River. The city was first established as a Cossack settlement in the late 16th century. In 1793 it came under Russian rule, and in the 19th century it became a significant sugar-refining centre. In the 20th century it developed a large food industry a... |
d0fe4538e1f46e5733440340e3900d83 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Smithfield-London | Smithfield | Smithfield
Smithfield, area in the northwestern part of the City of London. It is famous for its meat market (the London Central Meat Market), one of the largest of its kind in the world. From 1133 until 1855 the site was used for the Bartholomew Fair, a cloth and meat market that later became known as a raucous enter... |
e88050289f86b9596f3baf7526c9b37e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Smithsonian-Astrophysical-Observatory | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
…who, as director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Washington, D.C., for almost four decades, engaged in a career-long campaign to demonstrate that the Sun’s energy output varies and has a measurable effect on the Earth’s weather.
In 1966 the Smithsonian Astrophysica... |
f8d86e9dcdfea9bb13264644151d0dbb | https://www.britannica.com/place/Smoky-Hill-River | Smoky Hill River | Smoky Hill River
Smoky Hill River, river formed by two headstreams (North and South forks) that rise north of Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne county, in eastern Colorado, U.S., and flow east into Kansas, continuing past Wallace to unite near Russell Springs. The main stream then continues in a generally eastward direction t... |
776ad216939b7471e392ea6a46b09e15 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Smolny-Convent | Smolny Convent | Smolny Convent
…belong the Winter Palace, the Smolny Convent, and the Vorontsov and Stroganov palaces, among others; outside the city were built the summer palaces of Peterhof and of Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin). After a transitional period dominated by the architecture of Jean-Baptiste M. Vallin de la Mothe and Aleksa... |
ddc705ec9cc2ed083267706a47ee03d2 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Smolny-Institute | Smolny Institute | Smolny Institute
Isaac’s cathedrals, the Smolny Institute, the new Admiralty, the Senate, and the Mikhaylovsky Palace (now the State Russian Museum) are representative of the splendid buildings of this period.
|
ee18755a7754cabcdec3d06a47129305 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Smyrna-Delaware | Smyrna | Smyrna
Smyrna, town, Kent county, central Delaware, U.S., near the Smyrna River. Established about 1755, it was known as Duck Creek Cross Roads (for its location on the creek, which flows into the Smyrna River) until 1806, when it was renamed for the biblical seaport of Asia Minor. In 1792 a piqued state assembly, bar... |
16d50d1af626472af5925c592953aa14 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Snowdonia | Snowdonia | Snowdonia
…at Pen y Fan, and Snowdonia in the northwest, reaching 3,560 feet (1,085 metres) at Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. Snowdonia’s magnificent scenery is accentuated by stark and rugged rock formations, many of volcanic origin, whereas the Beacons generally have softer outlines. The uplands are girdled ... |
36eb987ca53b5854993f52f6ab4e9e7e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Snowy-Mountains | Snowy Mountains | Snowy Mountains
Snowy Mountains, range in the Australian Alps, southeastern New South Wales, including several peaks that exceed 7,000 feet (2,100 metres)—notably Mount Kosciuszko, the highest in Australia. On their slopes rise the Murray, Murrumbidgee, and Tumut rivers, which flow inland, and the Snowy River, which f... |
63fca25115bd28df625b282a793c37cc | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sochi | Sochi | Sochi
Sochi, also spelled Soči, city and resort area of Krasnodar kray (territory), southwestern Russia. The city stretches along the Black Sea coast at the foot of the western part of the main Caucasus mountain range.
Sochi was established in 1896 on the site of the former Navaginskoye fort and began developing as a ... |
85fa9b46a596ba6b527ee59292e8196a | https://www.britannica.com/place/Society-Islands | Society Islands | Society Islands
Society Islands, French Îles de la Société, archipelago within French Polynesia in the central South Pacific Ocean. Extending some 450 miles (725 km) in length, it is divided into two island clusters, the Îles du Vent (Windward Islands) and the Îles Sous le Vent (Leeward Islands). The largest and best ... |
91db495fd8744f593776d77dcee70201 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Socotra | Socotra | Socotra
Socotra, also spelled Sokotra, Arabic Suquṭrā, island in the Indian Ocean about 210 miles (340 km) southeast of Yemen, to which it belongs. The largest of several islands extending eastward from the Horn of Africa, it has an area of about 1,400 square miles (3,600 square km). The Hajīr (Hajhir) Mountains occup... |
95b961f2b20555034f4b6cc26e45185b | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sodom-and-Gomorrah | Sodom and Gomorrah | Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah, notoriously sinful cities in the biblical book of Genesis, destroyed by “sulfur and fire” because of their wickedness (Genesis 19:24). Sodom and Gomorrah along with the cities of Admah, Zeboiim, and Zoar (Bela) constituted the five “cities of the plain,” and they are referenced t... |
2a5cbe14669443a39a6a83ac79f4c499 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sogdiana | Sogdiana | Sogdiana
Sogdiana, ancient country of Central Asia centring on the fertile valley of the Zeravshan River, in modern Uzbekistan. Excavations have shown that Sogdiana was probably settled between 1000 and 500 bc and that it then passed under Achaemenian rule. It was later attacked by Alexander the Great and may have bee... |
7323ddc43705d8f0b810a317d1c7e14e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sohano-Island | Sohano Island | Sohano Island
Sohano Island, coral islet in Buka Passage (the body of water that separates Buka and Bougainville islands), northern Solomon Islands archipelago, southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is part of the autonomous region of Bougainville within Papua New Guinea and served as the provincial capital for several decad... |
9dc2711b0559cc52f55e2317af8d09e2 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sokoto-Nigeria | Sokoto | Sokoto
Sokoto, capital and largest town of Sokoto state, northwestern Nigeria. It lies along the Sokoto (Kebbi) River just east of the latter’s junction with the Rima River. The town, some 50 miles (80 km) south of the Niger border, lies on a traditional caravan route that leads northward across the Sahara.
Sokoto was... |
d3e722e35579728ca7f05aa63279e7c4 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sokoto-state-Nigeria | Sokoto | Sokoto
Sokoto, state, northwestern Nigeria. Bordering the Republic of Niger to the north, it also shares boundaries with Kebbi state to the west and south, and Zamfara to the south and east. Sokoto state occupies an area of short-grass savanna vegetation in the south and thorn scrub in the north. A generally arid regi... |
a324ba2aa7caf4920520898e3a07eeac | https://www.britannica.com/place/Somalia/Civil-war | Civil war | Civil war
Somalia’s defeat in the Ogaden War strained the stability of the Siad regime as the country faced a surge of clan pressures. An abortive military coup in April 1978 paved the way for the formation of two opposition groups: the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF), drawing its main support from the Majeert... |
dc9ebbf3516584e65b20d3b779331954 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Somalia/Transportation | Transportation | Transportation
Inadequate transport facilities are a considerable impediment to Somalia’s economic development. There are no railways. Only about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) of paved roads are passable year-round, and in the rainy seasons most rural settlements are not accessible by motor vehicle. Buses, trucks, and minibus... |
87b2f927ba8cc1c45c36f49f60b59d7e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Somerville-Massachusetts | Somerville | Somerville
Somerville, city, Middlesex county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies along the Mystic River and is surrounded by Cambridge, Arlington, Medford, and the Boston neighbourhood of Charlestown. Settled in 1630, it was originally known as the Cow Commons and was entirely fenced in until 1685. In the city stand... |
9788fc767bff0471170f5408ae55990d | https://www.britannica.com/place/Somme-River | Somme River | Somme River
Somme River, river, northern France. It rises in the hills at Fonsommes, near Saint-Quentin in the Aisne département, and flows generally westward for 152 miles (245 km) to the English Channel, crossing Somme département and the ancient province of Picardy. From Amiens, near which its headstreams (includi... |
5b3c91389dc54e3b49d6da892ceb24fc | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sondrio-Italy | Sondrio | Sondrio
Sondrio, city, Lombardia (Lombardy) regione, northern Italy; it is the chief town of the Valtellina (the upper Adda River valley), near the mouth of the Mallero River, and lies at an elevation of 1,017 feet (310 m), north of Bergamo. It has an archaeological museum, and its old castle, Castello Masegra, is now... |
2cca62d41f686de5a4b2458bef1a74c4 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Songhai-empire | Songhai empire | Songhai empire
Songhai empire, also spelled Songhay, great trading state of West Africa (flourished 15th–16th century), centred on the middle reaches of the Niger River in what is now central Mali and eventually extending west to the Atlantic coast and east into Niger and Nigeria.
Though the Songhai people are said to... |
515985864b1d075fe5df3b29cf783e14 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sonipat | Sonipat | Sonipat
Sonipat, also spelled Sonepat, city, east-central Haryana state, northern India. It is situated about 25 miles (40 km) north of Delhi.
The city was probably founded by early Aryan settlers about 1500 bce and flourished on the banks of the Yamuna River, which now has receded 9 miles (14 km) to the east. Mention... |
a56d2e6e82c3f76cecdcdc1f264cccd3 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sonoma | Sonoma | Sonoma
Sonoma, city, Sonoma county, western California, U.S. It lies about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of San Francisco and 20 miles (30 km) southeast of Santa Rosa, in the Sonoma Valley (made famous by Jack London as the “Valley of the Moon”). It was founded in 1835 by military officer Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (who h... |
ec089bdc6436eb9f7db904548c592d52 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sora-Italy | Sora | Sora
Sora, town, Lazio (Latium) regione, south-central Italy. In ancient times the town was the scene of fighting between the Romans and the Samnites (a warlike Italic tribe) and experienced a turbulent history during the numerous wars that ravaged the Italian peninsula before Rome’s rise to dominance. The town was da... |
324b349f60cafb081025daf345b23628 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Africa/Attempts-at-Boer-consolidation | Attempts at Boer consolidation | Attempts at Boer consolidation
Faced with these unprofitable conflicts, the British temporarily withdrew from the southern African interior, and the Transvaal and Orange Free State Boers gained independence through the Sand River and Bloemfontein conventions (1852 and 1854, respectively). Both Boer groups wrote constit... |
0fbe28fd4258626acd57b9c1618dfe7f | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Africa/Cultural-life | Cultural life | Cultural life
Blending Western technology with indigenous technology, Western traditions with African and Asian traditions, South Africa is a study in contrasts. It also provides lessons in how cultures can sometimes blend, sometimes collide; for example, within a short distance of one another can be found the villas o... |
b739b408e7ae2dd69fe03d0b3566efbc | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Africa/Growth-of-the-colonial-economy | Growth of the colonial economy | Growth of the colonial economy
From 1770 to 1870 the region became more fully integrated into the world capitalist economy. Trekboers, who were weakly controlled by the Dutch East India Company, advanced across the semidesert Karoo of the central Cape and collided with African agricultural peoples along a line running ... |
7f11e6e262da41ba1ae5989fa51f688a | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Africa/Languages | Languages | Languages
The Black African population is heterogeneous, falling mainly into four linguistic categories. The largest is the Nguni, including various peoples who speak Swati (primarily the Swazi peoples) as well as those who speak languages that take their names from the peoples by whom they are primarily spoken—the Nde... |
e1d1bb8b43d174530a3155b729cc26e3 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Africa/Soils | Soils | Soils
South Africa contains three major soil regions. East of approximately longitude 25° E, soils have formed under wet summer and dry winter conditions; the more-important soil types there are laterite (red, leached, iron-bearing soil), unleached subtropical soils, and gleylike (i.e., bluish gray, sticky, and compact... |
504be76f7a8746219ff1578886e536fb | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Africa/The-Delagoa-Bay-slave-trade | The Delagoa Bay slave trade | The Delagoa Bay slave trade
While events were unfolding at the Cape, the slave trade at Delagoa Bay had been expanding since about 1810 in response to demands for labour from plantations in Brazil and on the Mascarene Islands. During the late 1820s, slave exports from the Delagoa Bay area reached several thousand a yea... |
94bc6c758963565ed92ffc5ce7ca5c53 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Africa/World-War-II | World War II | World War II
When Britain declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939, the United Party split. Hertzog wanted South Africa to remain neutral, but Smuts opted for joining the British war effort. Smuts’s faction narrowly won the crucial parliamentary debate, and Hertzog and his followers left the party, many rejoining t... |
cbd0b8e9aeac35cc8e6d03805d6d59f1 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-America/Animal-life | Animal life | Animal life
South American animal life is particularly rich and well diversified as a result of the wide range of habitats. Moreover, because of its isolation from the rest of the world during Paleogene and Neogene times (about 66 to 2.6 million years ago), the South American landmass is characterized by considerable b... |
e9896d3fb2683ca368a59cb7de680a77 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-America/Factors-influencing-climate | Factors influencing climate | Factors influencing climate
Three principal factors control the features of South America’s climate. The first and most important of them are the subtropical high-pressure air masses over the South Atlantic and South Pacific oceans and their seasonal shifts in position, which determine both large-scale patterns of wind... |
44669fbceb042497a37223b7eecea8a0 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-America/Iberians | Iberians | Iberians
Until the end of the era of Iberian domination, only the Spanish and Portuguese were admitted to their South American colonies. The rigid exclusion of all other foreigners had but few exceptions, though a small number of non-Iberian Europeans settled as a result of illegal or tolerated immigration. Most of the... |
53dd0f3e3b4e142cc4ee353fcaa28569 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Ayrshire | South Ayrshire | South Ayrshire
South Ayrshire, council area, southwestern Scotland. It stretches along the shores of the Firth of Clyde and includes the steep rock of Ailsa Craig at its mouth. In the south it includes a section of the hilly Southern Uplands. South Ayrshire lies entirely within the historic county of Ayrshire.
Cattle ... |
a07cabba56108b30df03fee6a47c49b3 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Carolina/South-Carolina-since-c-1950 | South Carolina since c. 1950 | South Carolina since c. 1950
South Carolina underwent economic, demographic, social, and political revolutions after World War II. Between 1950 and 1980, nonagricultural employment grew exponentially as the State Development Board, created in 1945, actively promoted industry. Income per capita, which had consistently l... |
39b432f7d094f1a2af9a1fa1fe5d5701 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Island-New-Zealand | South Island | South Island
South Island, Maori Te Waipounamu, island, the larger and southernmost of the two principal islands of New Zealand, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. South Island is separated from North Island to the north by Cook Strait and from Stewart Island to the south by Foveaux Strait.
Mountainous terrain occupie... |
c7ffd9096357d758b6391be536bcecf6 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Korea | South Korea | South Korea
South Korea, country in East Asia. It occupies the southern portion of the Korean peninsula. The country is bordered by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to the north, the East Sea (Sea of Japan) to the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west; to the sout... |
3ddef2eebbc0f1376901ca02ad0b1e16 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Korea/Cultural-institutions | Cultural institutions | Cultural institutions
The National Museum of Korea maintains artifacts of Korean culture, including many national treasures, chiefly in the central museum in Seoul; there are branch museums in some one dozen cities across the country. Archaeological sites include the ancient burial mounds at Kyŏngju, capital of the Sil... |
a896f83a53e227ddedda56f465c2f1c8 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Korea/Daily-life-and-social-customs | Daily life and social customs | Daily life and social customs
The once-dominant Confucian culture—with its emphasis on respect for ancestors, age, and seniority—continues to influence Korean family, work, and social life, albeit to a lesser degree than in the past. In addition to other factors, such as economic status and position in a business hiera... |
f42174504e3a7defff4dd64a33e9a7e8 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Korea/History | History | History
The following is a treatment of South Korea since the Korean War. For a discussion of the earlier history of the peninsula, see Korea.
The First Republic, established in August 1948, adopted a presidential system, and Syngman Rhee was subsequently elected its first president. South Korea also adopted a National... |
6b76362b22f36361a0680d0d96cf91fe | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Korea/Plant-and-animal-life | Plant and animal life | Plant and animal life
The long, hot, humid summer is favourable for the development of extensive and varied vegetation. Some 4,500 plant species are known. Forests once covered about two-thirds of the total land area, but, because of fuel needs during the long, cold winter and the country’s high population density, the... |
652438a4c9595f3c13d8cf0f8af4e2c0 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Korea/Settlement-patterns | Settlement patterns | Settlement patterns
Agglomerated villages are common in river valleys and coastal lowlands in rural areas, ranging from a few houses to several hundred. Villages are frequently located along the foothills facing toward the south, backed by hills that give protection from the severe northwestern winter winds. Small clus... |
4010ad7757ab1fe89bfb2d948d751c87 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Korea/The-Sixth-Republic | The Sixth Republic | The Sixth Republic
In the much-improved political climate of the Sixth Republic, South Korea hosted the highly successful Summer Olympic Games in Seoul later that year. Roh proceeded to bring about a merger (1990) of the DJP with the Reunification Democratic Party of Kim Young-Sam and the New Democratic Republican Part... |
04eb4c5c1e316c28446af9cbb2fd66df | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Korea/The-Yushin-order-Fourth-Republic | The Yushin order (Fourth Republic) | The Yushin order (Fourth Republic)
In December 1971, shortly after his inauguration to a third presidential term, Park declared a state of national emergency, and 10 months later (October 1972) he suspended the constitution and dissolved the legislature. A new constitution, which would permit the reelection of the pres... |
7d2326bd44646ef00c5e36e8ce7e9c04 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Lakeland | South Lakeland | South Lakeland
South Lakeland, district, administrative county of Cumbria, northwestern England. It lies in the southern part of the county, bordering the shallow Morecambe Bay of the Irish Sea to the south. The western part of the district, west of the River Winster and the northern Windermere (lake), is in the histo... |
e427a2a7b1d774b2d74a8b1f594fef63 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Lanarkshire | South Lanarkshire | South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire, council area, south-central Scotland, encompassing Clydesdale—the valley of the River Clyde—and the surrounding lowlands and uplands. South Lanarkshire extends from the heavily urbanized southern periphery of the Glasgow metropolitan area, where most of the population live, to the ... |
33f39f50f2ae7bb01fb2b4e9b9190cb0 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Pole | South Pole | South Pole
South Pole, southern end of the Earth’s axis, lying in Antarctica, about 300 miles (480 km) south of the Ross Ice Shelf. This geographic South Pole does not coincide with the magnetic South Pole, from which magnetic compasses point and which lies on the Adélie Coast (at about 66°00′ S, 139°06′ E; the magnet... |
d2a5fe5f97e19f52115b647c1681328b | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-San-Francisco | South San Francisco | South San Francisco
South San Francisco, city, San Mateo county, western California, U.S. Situated at the southern base of San Bruno Mountain, it lies about 3 miles (5 km) south of San Francisco on U.S. Highway 101 Bypass. The area was formerly part of Rancho Buriburi, a Mexican land grant designated in 1835. Much of ... |
28037f1a11c5553cecf5b60334bce298 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Sandwich-Islands | South Sandwich Islands | South Sandwich Islands
South Sandwich Islands, group of actively volcanic islets in the South Atlantic Ocean, north of the Weddell Sea and 470 miles (760 km) southeast of the island of South Georgia. They extend for 190 miles (305 km), occupy 120 square miles (310 square km), and are covered with glaciers. Until 1985 ... |
9700fd245dd7b96044bc8d2767014fe5 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Tyneside | South Tyneside | South Tyneside
South Tyneside, metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, northeastern England. It lies just southeast of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and is bordered by the River Tyne to the north and the North Sea to the east. Stretches of scenic grassland and beach are found along the seacoast s... |
46acdd7bb539bab098bbd00cb18502df | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-West | South West | South West
The South West contains the last Celtic stronghold in England, Cornwall, where a Celtic language was spoken until the 18th century. There is even a small nationalist movement, Mebyon Kernow (Sons of Cornwall), seeking to revive the old language. Although it has no…
The South West—England’s largest peninsula—... |
b1d99fcdc2b381c86abb0f8296c49eb2 | https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Yorkshire | South Yorkshire | South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire, metropolitan county in north-central England. It comprises four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and the city of Sheffield. South Yorkshire lies within the historic county of Yorkshire, except for three areas. In the metropolitan borough of Doncaster, the parish o... |
a950ec12ca0878528b32ac93b91ff138 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Southampton-England | Southampton | Southampton
Southampton, city and English Channel port, a unitary authority in the historic county of Hampshire, southern England. It lies near the head of Southampton Water, on a peninsula between the estuaries of the Rivers Test and Itchen.
In 43 ce a Roman settlement, Clausentum, was located on the east bank of the... |
faac648d63e21de40421432327ca5e1a | https://www.britannica.com/place/Southampton-New-York | Southampton | Southampton
Southampton, village and town (township), Suffolk county, southeastern New York, U.S., lying along the south shore of eastern Long Island. Settlers from Lynn, Massachusetts, landed at Conscience Point in 1640, founding the first English community in New York. The original Shinnecock Indian land deed (Decem... |
45afef10e726a6f84013828e70bf9b91 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Southern-Africa/European-and-African-interaction-from-the-15th-through-the-18th-century | European and African interaction from the 15th through the 18th century | European and African interaction from the 15th through the 18th century
The first Europeans to enter Southern Africa were the Portuguese, who from the 15th century edged their way around the African coast in the hope of outflanking Islam, finding a sea route to the riches of India, and discovering additional sources of... |
233de498e24e04cb874bffab79e37318 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Southern-Alps | Southern Alps | Southern Alps
Southern Alps, mountain range on South Island, New Zealand. It is the highest range in Australasia. Making up the loftiest portion of the mountains that extend the length of the island, the Alps extend from Haast Pass, at the head of Wanaka Lake, northeastward to Arthur’s Pass. They vary in elevation fro... |
85ce605e4486f60fdcf69e251a36f750 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Southwest-Indian-Ridge | Southwest Indian Ridge | Southwest Indian Ridge
…very slow oceanic ridge, the Southwest Indian Ridge, bisects the ocean between Africa and Antarctica. It joins the Mid-Indian and Southeast Indian ridges east of Madagascar. The Carlsberg Ridge is found at the north end of the Mid-Indian Ridge. It continues north to join spreading centres in the... |
b13e2c9c5b5b431aeba3caaf7f599193 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Spain | Spain | Spain
Spain, country located in extreme southwestern Europe. It occupies about 85 percent of the Iberian Peninsula, which it shares with its smaller neighbour Portugal.
Spain is a storied country of stone castles, snowcapped mountains, vast monuments, and sophisticated cities, all of which have made it a favoured trav... |
c42d6a00b4771b0e73066554a3b68b71 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Spain/Architecture | Architecture | Architecture
Antoni Gaudí was the most famous Spanish architect as well as one of the most unusual architects of the early 20th century. Through an eclectic approach, he created a unique style reminiscent of the Mudéjar, an architectural style blending Muslim and Christian design. Despite Gaudí’s posthumous prominence,... |
0bd6d485b2713293242bf4d7c5a93438 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Spain/Austerity-indignados-and-the-rise-of-third-parties | Austerity, indignados, and the rise of third parties | Austerity, indignados, and the rise of third parties
A pair of earthquakes (the stronger of which was magnitude 5.1) that struck Lorca in southeastern Spain in May 2011 compounded the country’s economic woes. At least 10 people were killed, and the city suffered extensive damage as a result of the deadliest earthquake ... |
915bd3b6584250ac794e5a0e6c9afb40 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Spain/History | History | History
Human fossils in Spain belong to modern humans (Homo sapiens), the Neanderthals (H. neanderthalensis), and even earlier members of the human lineage, possibly H. erectus or H. heidelbergensis. A large number of bones have been recovered from caves at Atapuerca, Burgos, which come from sediments that are at leas... |
73bead24937c27443a19caa191e4bd95 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Spain/National-parties | National parties | National parties
The Spanish political scene is at once simple and complex. The simplicity rests in the fact that, since the beginning of democratic elections in 1977, national politics have been dominated by a small number of parties. From 1977 until 1982 Spain was governed by the Union of the Democratic Centre (Unión... |
e443351be42e5c16deff36122fb8c1e4 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Spain/The-reign-of-Charles-III-1759-88 | The reign of Charles III, 1759–88 | The reign of Charles III, 1759–88
Two features distinguished the reforms of Charles III (the “Caroline” reforms) from those of the early Bourbons. First, Charles was a “reformer’s king” in that he consistently supported reforming ministers. This was surprising in a monarch who had no great intellectual gifts, was obses... |
a2c2b56d2e4ba6be27c1673029ddaa55 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Spain/The-Revolution-of-1868-and-the-Republic-of-1873 | The Revolution of 1868 and the Republic of 1873 | The Revolution of 1868 and the Republic of 1873
The revolution that led to the dethronement of Isabella was the work of army oligarchs led by Francisco Serrano y Domínguez and Progressive conspirators behind Prim. The Democrats became active in setting up juntas after the revolution; for the most part they rapidly beca... |
77f63cd44b8b7712bb9c60ff56e0fd31 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Spandau | Spandau | Spandau
Spandau, area of Berlin, Germany. It lies on the Havel River at the mouth of the Spree. Originally the site of a Sorbian (Wendish) fortress, Spandau became German about 1230 and was granted civic rights in 1232. It was incorporated into Berlin in 1920. After 1946 the Spandau Prison, on the Wilhelmstrasse, hous... |
63291b6d8b1632449c2d0b9b81a74a66 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Spanish-Fork | Spanish Fork | Spanish Fork
Spanish Fork, city, Utah county, northern Utah, U.S., situated about 8 miles (13 km) south of Provo. The city takes its name from the Spanish Fork River, along which the Spanish missionary-explorers Francisco Domínguez and Sylvestre Vélez de Escalante traveled in 1776 to conduct a survey of the region. In... |
f0c8a70bc9bea6703bc8477f1d5d25ad | https://www.britannica.com/place/Spearfish-South-Dakota | Spearfish | Spearfish
Spearfish, city, Lawrence county, western South Dakota, U.S. It lies about 45 miles (70 km) northwest of Rapid City near the Wyoming border, in the northern Black Hills, at the mouth of Spearfish Canyon. Sioux Indians lived in the area when it was established in 1876 as a gold-mining camp. It was named for S... |
3bbbf33f74583c8adcbff1585ea4d447 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Spoleto | Spoleto | Spoleto
Spoleto, Latin Spoletium, town and archiepiscopal see, Umbria regione, central Italy; it lies on a detached spur at the southern extremity of the central Umbrian plain, commanding the passes southward and eastward toward Terni and Norcia, north of Rome.
The site of an Umbrian township from at least the 7th to ... |
52663fb4cc1efe04c7537fd33f05f948 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Spring-Green | Spring Green | Spring Green
Spring Green, village, Sauk county, south-central Wisconsin, U.S. The village lies near the Wisconsin River, about 35 miles (55 km) west of Madison. It was laid out in 1843 and named for the way the south-facing hills turned green early in spring. It was a shipping point for livestock and wheat and had da... |
1cd2ae18fb93f5e386987a134762fbc4 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Springfield-Illinois | Springfield | Springfield
Springfield, city, seat (1821) of Sangamon county and capital of Illinois, U.S. Lying along the Sangamon River in the central part of the state, Springfield is situated about 100 miles (160 km) northeast of St. Louis, Missouri, and some 185 miles (300 km) southwest of Chicago.
Settlement of the area began ... |
69610bf12559fd4b568403e65f81f61d | https://www.britannica.com/place/Springfield-Missouri | Springfield | Springfield
Springfield, city, seat (1833) of Greene county, southwestern Missouri, U.S., near the James River, at the northern edge of the Ozark Highlands, north of the Table Rock Lake area. Settled in 1829, its growth was slow until the period of heavy westward migration, when pioneers were attracted by its location... |
de9204ace4e6293e7f2121af1d035a47 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Springfield-Oregon | Springfield | Springfield
Springfield, city, Lane county, western Oregon, U.S., on the Willamette River at its confluence with the McKenzie River, adjacent to Eugene. Once the territory of Kalapuya Indians, the area was settled in 1848 by Elias and Mary Briggs and named for the spring near their home site. It is an industrial and l... |
39156863bfbf0e2634360054d7df81cb | https://www.britannica.com/place/Springs | Springs | Springs
Springs, town, Gauteng province, South Africa. It lies in the Witwatersrand, just east of Johannesburg, at an elevation of 5,338 feet (1,627 metres). Founded as a coal-mining camp in 1885, it was sustained by the mining of gold beginning in 1908 and was incorporated in 1912. It became the largest single gold-p... |
2342a773ddfc3e1c4abd336d7ea6a845 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Squaw-Valley | Squaw Valley | Squaw Valley
Squaw Valley, winter sports area in Placer county, northeastern California, U.S. It lies just northwest of Lake Tahoe. Squaw Valley, the focus of a state recreation area, was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games. It has ice-skating and rock-climbing facilities, ski lifts, and trails and slopes to Squ... |
be7737f8c8950949e25cca48730fe1aa | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sremska-Mitrovica | Sremska Mitrovica | Sremska Mitrovica
…(582) to surrender Sirmium (now Sremska Mitrovica, Yugos.). Meanwhile, the Slavs poured into Thrace, Thessaly, Illyricum, and other regions of Greece.
…himself (with a residence in Sirmium).
…with the ancient archbishopric of Sirmium, restored by the pope. Methodius’s elevation to archbishop angered ... |
a12c4579d1a4137eb1eecb3d8612c74c | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sri-Jayewardenepura-Kotte | Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte | Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, formerly Kotte, city and legislative capital of Sri Lanka. It is located in the southwestern part of the country, about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the commercial capital of Colombo, of which it was once a suburb. An urban council governs Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte ... |
1cf96f30d985597924401ccce2ff054a | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sri-Lanka | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Palk Strait. It is located between latitudes 5°55′ and 9°51′ N and longitudes 79°41′ and 81°53′ E and has a maximum length of 268 miles (432 km) and a maximum width of 139 miles (224 km).
Proximity... |
95ee212290f3937936ca01c3f132921e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Srinagar | Srinagar | Srinagar
Srinagar, city, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir union territory (Jammu is the winter capital), northern India, situated in the Kashmir region of the Indian subcontinent. The city lies along the banks of the Jhelum River at an elevation of 5,200 feet (1,600 metres) in the Vale of Kashmir.
Situated amid cle... |
27f4fa1ccd04485fc72e73de5dde3fcf | https://www.britannica.com/place/St-Andrews-Scotland | St. Andrews | St. Andrews
St. Andrews, city, royal burgh (1160), university town, golfing mecca, and former fishing port in Fife council area and historic county, Scotland. Located on St. Andrews Bay of the North Sea 13 miles (20 km) southeast of Dundee, it occupies a plateau of sandstone rock about 50 feet (15 metres) in elevation... |
87a28ac3d99a63173c432f8004a19fe9 | https://www.britannica.com/place/St-Petersburg-Russia/Peterhof | Peterhof | Peterhof
The most famous of the communities around St. Petersburg is Peterhof, whose unique garden-park setting, stretching in terraces rising above the Gulf of Finland, contains representative works from two centuries of Russian architectural and park styles. The Great Palace, the former residence of Peter I, stands a... |
019138e1e09139d140beb93341b03cc1 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Stabiae | Stabiae | Stabiae
Stabiae, ancient town of Campania, Italy, on the coast at the eastern end of the Bay of Naples. It was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in ad 79. The modern city on the site is Castellammare di Stabia. Stabiae is part of the collective Torre Annunziata World Heritage site, designated by UNESCO in 19... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.