Salinas
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- Anita Reeves Salinas, Chilean television, film and theatre actress
- Camilo Salinas, Chilean musician
- Carlos Salinas de Gortari, a Mexican president
- Francisco de SalinasFrancisco de SalinasFrancisco de Salinas was a Spanish music theorist and organist, noted as among the first to describe meantone temperament in mathematically precise terms, and one of the first to describe, in effect, 19 equal temperament. In his De musica libri septem of 1577 he discusses 1/3-, 1/4- and 2/7-comma...
, a 16th century Spanish music theorist - Francisco Vidal SalinasFrancisco Vidal (Chilean politician)Francisco Javier Vidal Salinas is a Chilean politician and Minister of National Defense from March 2009 to March 2010. Before this position he served as Minister Secretary General of Government of Chile during the administrations of Ricardo Lagos and Michelle Bachelet and Interior Minister during...
, Chilean politician - Horacio SalinasHoracio SalinasHoracio Salinas is a Chilean guitarist and composer. He is cofounder and musical director of the Chilean group Inti Illimani Historico. He has a huge repertory of compositions that involves folk, andean music, protest music, world music, fusion, Contemporary classical music and many latin american...
, Chilean guitarist and composer - Irvin "Pee Wee" Salinas, A Mexican-American Singer and Actor
- Jeffrey Lane Salinas, a Mexican/American Menswear Designer
- José Miguel Insulza SalinasJosé Miguel InsulzaJosé Miguel Insulza Salinas is a Chilean politician and statesman. He is currently the Secretary General of the Organization of American States. He is nicknamed El Panzer, for his tank-like drive and reputation due to his ability to take political heat with little apparent damage...
, Chilean politician - Julio SalinasJulio SalinasJulio Salinas Fernández is a retired Spanish footballer who played during the 1980s and 1990s....
, Spanish footballer - Luis SalinasLuis SalinasLuis Salinas is an Argentine jazz guitarist who plays both electric and nylon string guitars. His music includes elements of bossa nova, Brazilian samba, Afro-Uruguayan candombe, salsa, boleros and jazz....
, an Argentinian jazz guitarist - Matías Oviedo Salinas, Chilean television, film and theater actor and musician
- Pablo SalinasPablo SalinasPablo Antonio Salinas Menacho is a Bolivian football forward who currently plays for Deportes Quindío in the Liga Postobon I.-National team:...
, a Bolivian football (soccer) player - Patxi SalinasPatxi SalinasFrancisco 'Patxi' Salinas Fernández is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.-Club career:...
, Spanish footballer - Pedro SalinasPedro SalinasPedro Salinas y Serrano was a Spanish poet and member of the Generation of '27. He was also a scholar and critic of Spanish literature, teaching at universities in Spain, England, and the United States....
, Spanish writer - Rodrigo SalinasRodrigo SalinasRodrigo Salinas Dorantes Rodrigo Salinas Dorantes Rodrigo Salinas Dorantes (born 9 May 1988 in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, is a professional footballer, currently playing as a midfielder for Puebla in the Primera División de México.-Professional Carer:...
, Argentine footballer - Rodrigo Salinas, Chilean voice actor and comedian
- Salinas, the ring name of Shelly MartinezShelly MartinezShelly Leonor Martinez is a Mexican American model, actress, professional wrestler and valet. She is known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand under the ring name Ariel and for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Salinas as valet to The Latin American...
in TNA Wrestling - Venz Alfred Salinas, Table tennis Champion, Guitarist and Composer
Latin America
- Salinas, Minas GeraisSalinas, Minas GeraisSalinas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 37,370 inhabitants in a total area of 1,897 km².-Important facts and Distances:...
, a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil - Salinas, EcuadorSalinas, EcuadorSalinas is a coastal city located in the Province of Santa Elena, Ecuador. It is the seat of the canton that bears its name. The westernmost city on mainland Ecuador, Salinas is an important tourist center. Recently, Salinas was the center of controversy during the contentious "more fun, less sun,"...
, a coastal city in Santa Elena, Ecuador - Salinas de HidalgoSalinas de HidalgoSalinas De Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, also known as Salinas del Peñón Blanco, is a small town located in the northwestern part of the state. It is the seat of Salinas municipality....
, in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí - Salinas VictoriaSalinas VictoriaSalinas Victoria, is a municipality located to in the center of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. It shares borders with 11 municipalities including, to the north Villaldama and Sabinas Hidalgo; to the south Escobedo and Apodaca; to the east Higueras, Ciénega de Flores and General Zuazua; and...
, a municipality in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico - Salinas y Aguada Blanca, a natural reserve in Arequipa RegionArequipa RegionArequipa is a region in southwestern Peru. It is bordered by the Ica, Ayacucho, Apurímac and Cusco regions on the north; the Puno Region on the east; the Moquegua Region on the south; and the Pacific Ocean on the west...
, Peru - Salinas, Puerto RicoSalinas, Puerto RicoSalinas is a small municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island, south of Aibonito and Cayey; southeast of Coamo, east of Santa Isabel; and west of Guayama...
, a municipality in the south coast of Puerto Rico - Salinas, UruguaySalinas, UruguaySalinas is a city and resort of the Costa de Oro in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay. It is located on Km.39 of Ruta Interbalnearia, and at its intersection with Route 87...
, a town in Uruguay
Spain
- Salinas, AlicanteSalinas, AlicanteSalinas is a Spanish municipality in the comarca of Alto Vinalopó, province of Alicante, Valencian Community....
, a municipality in Alicante province - Salinas de Añana, Álava, a municipality in ÁlavaÁlavaÁlava is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Álava. Its capital city is Vitoria-Gasteiz which is also the capital of the autonomous community...
- Salinas de Léniz (Leintz-Gatzaga in Basque), a municipality in Guipúzcoa
- Salinas de OroSalinas de OroSalinas de Oro is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain.-External links:*...
, a municipality in Navarre - Salinas de Ibiza
- Salinas (Castrillón)Salinas (Castrillón)Salinas is one of ten parishes in Castrillón, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 4,635 .-Culture:...
, a parish in the council of CastrillónCastrillónCastrillón is a concejo in Asturias, located on the central coast. It has an area of 56.70 km² and a population of 22,361 inhabitants . The most important population centres are the capital Piedras Blancas, Salinas, and Raíces....
, Asturias
United States
- Salinas, CaliforniaSalinas, CaliforniaSalinas is the county seat and the largest municipality of Monterey County, California. Salinas is located east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an elevation of about 52 feet above sea level. The population was 150,441 at the 2010 census...
, the county seat and largest municipality of Monterey County, CaliforniaMonterey County, CaliforniaMonterey County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay. The northern half of the bay is in Santa Cruz County. As of 2010, the population was 415,057. The county seat and largest city is Salinas... - Salinas River (California)Salinas River (California)The Salinas River is the largest river of the central coast of California, running and draining 4,160 square miles. It flows north-northwest and drains the Salinas Valley that slices through the Coast Range south from Monterey Bay...
- Salinas ValleySalinas ValleyThe Salinas Valley lies south of San Francisco, California.The word "salina" is spanish for salt marsh, salt lake or salt pan.-Geography:The Salinas Valley runs approximately south-east from Salinas towards King City. The valley lends its name to the geologic province in which it's located, the...
, in Monterey County, California
Philippines
- Salinas, an alternate name for the municipality of Rosario, CaviteRosario, CaviteThe Municipality of Rosario is a first class urban municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 94,228 people in an area of 38.16 square kilometers, making it the second most densely populated city/municipality in Cavite after General...
, Philippines
See also
- Salinas River (disambiguation)
- SalinanSalinanThe Salinan Native Americans lived in what is now the Central Coast of California, in the Salinas Valley. Said to have gone extinct by the Census of 1930, the Salinan Native Americans survived and are now in the process of applying for tribal recognition from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.There...
, a native people and language of Monterey County, California