São Francisco (sän frän-sēs'kö)

[Pg., 'St. - Francis.'] A river in eastern Brazil. It rises in Minas Geraes, traverses Bahia (separating Pernambuco), separates Alagoas and Sergipe, and flows into the Atlantic in lat. 10° 25' S. The chief tributaries are the Rio das Velhas, Verde Grande, and Piracatú. Length, about 1,800 miles; navigable below the cataract of Paulo Affonso 150 miles, and for several hundred miles above it. São Francisco. A small island on the coast of the state of Santa Catharina, Brazil (to which it belongs), in lat. 26° 14′ S. São Jorge (sän zhōr'zhe), or St. George. [Pg., 'St. George.'] One of the Azores Islands, west of Terceira. Area, 94 square miles. - São José do Rio Negro. See Rio Negro , São José do. São Leopoldo (sän lē-ö-põldo). A town in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, situated on the Sinos 28 miles north of Porto district of about 30,000. Alegre. There is a population of from 3,000 to 4,000, chiefly German colonists, forming the center of a German São Miguel (sän me-gel'). The Portuguese name of St. Michael. Saona (sä-ō'nä). A small island in the West Indies, near the southeastern extremity of the Dominican Republic, to which it belongs. - Saône (son). The principal tributary of the Rhone: the Roman Arar. It rises in the department of Vosges, and join the Rhone on the chief tributaries are the Doubs and Ognon. It is connected by canals with the Loire, Seine, and Rhine. Length, 280 miles; navigable from Gray. frena part of -Saône, Haute-. See Haute - Saône . Saône-et-Loire (son'ā-lwär'). A department of France, capital Mâcon, formed from part of the ancient Burgundy. It is bounded by Côte-d'Or on the north, Jura and Ain on the east, Ain, Rhône, and Loire on the south, and Allier and Nièvre on the west, and is traversed by a low range of mountains. Agriculture and manufactures are in a flourishing condition. Wine and coal are among the chief products. Area, 3,302 square miles. Population (1891), 619,523. São Paulo (sän pou'lộ). [Pg., 'St. Paul.] 1. A maritime state of southern Brazil, lying south of Minas Geraes and northeast of Paraná. It is the principal coffee-producing state, and one of the richest and most populous in the empire. Area, 112,330 square miles. Population (1888), 1,306,272. 2. The capital of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, situated in lat. 23° 33′ S., long. 46° 39′ W. It is one of the most flourishing cities of southern Brazil, and contains several profe ional schools. Originally it was an Indian village (Pir a tining a) in which the Jesuit Anchieta founded a mi ion, 1564. It became the capital of the captaincy in 1681. Population (1892), 100,000.