San Francisco de Macorís is a city in the Dominican Republic located in the northeast portion of the island, in the Cibao region. It is the capital of the Duarte Province, and the sixth most populated city in the country. It is also known as the Land of Cacao ("Tierra del Cacao"). The name San Francisco de Macorís comes from a fusion of the name of Saint Francis, patron saint of …

At 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the coast of Northern California was struck by a major earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme).High-intensity shaking was felt from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley, an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...

San Francisco (signifiant Saint François en espagnol, prononcé en anglais américain : / s æ n f r ɨ n ˈ s ɪ s k o ʊ / et en français [s̻ ɑ̃. f ʁ ɑ̃. s̻ i s̻. k o]), officiellement « ville et comté de San Francisco » (en anglais : « City and County of San Francisco »), est une ville des États-Unis et l'un des comtés de l'État de Californie.Elle est située à l ...