Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz (Spanish/Portuguese for the "Holy Cross") stands for:

  • Holy Cross
  • Terra da Santa Cruz ("Land of the Holy Cross") - initially a designation for Brazil


Santa Cruz is the surname of the following persons:

  • Alonso de Santa Cruz (1505-1567), Spanish historian and cartographer
  • Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792-1865), President of Peru and Bolivia
  • Antonia da Santa Cruz (* 1905), Brazilian supercentenarian
  • Cora Santa Cruz (1907-2005), Chilean singer, pianist and actress
  • Domingo Santa Cruz (tango musician) (1884-1931), Chilean tango musician
  • Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson (1899-1987), Chilean composer
  • Léo Santa Cruz (* 1988), Mexican boxer
  • Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz (1931-1980), Bolivian politician
  • Rafael Santa Cruz († 2014), Peruvian musician, actor and author
  • Roque González de Santa Cruz (1576-1628), Peruvian Jesuit and missionary
  • Roque Santa Cruz (* 1981), Paraguayan football player
  • Victoria Santa Cruz († 2014), Peruvian composer, choreographer, designer and cultural ambassador


Santa Cruz is the name of the following geographical objects:

Administrative units:

  • Santa Cruz Province (Argentina), Patagonia, Argentina
  • Santa Cruz Province (Peru), Cajamarca, Peru
  • Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
  • Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia
  • Santa Cruz County (Arizona), Arizona
  • Santa Cruz County (California), California
  • See Santa Cruz District, administrative units in Peru

Municipalities, places:

  • Santa Cruz (Angola), municipality in Uíge, Angola
  • Puerto Santa Cruz, capital of the Departamento Corpen Aike in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina
  • Santa Cruz (Catamarca), town in the province of Catamarca, Argentina
  • Santa Cruz (La Pampa), town in the province of La Pampa, Argentina
  • Santa Cruz (La Rioja), town in the province of La Rioja, Argentina
  • Municipio Santa Cruz, county in the Departamento Santa Cruz, Bolivia
  • Santa Cruz de la Sierra, capital of the Departamento Santa Cruz, Bolivia
  • Santa Cruz (Espírito Santo) in Espírito Santo, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz (Paraíba) in Paraíba, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz (Pernambuco) in Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz (Rio de Janeiro), a district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz (Rio Grande do Norte) in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz Cabrália in Bahia, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde in Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz da Conceição in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz da Esperança in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz da Vitória in Bahia, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz das Palmeiras in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz de Goiás in Goiás, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz de Minas in Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz de Monte Castelo in Paraná, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz de Salinas in Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz do Arari in Pará, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz do Escalvado in Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz do Piauí in Piauí, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz do Sul in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz dos Milagres in Piauí, Brazil
  • Santa Cruz (Chile), Chile
  • Rancagua, city in Chile (Santa Cruz de Triana, old name)
  • Santa Cruz (Costa Rica), city in the province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica
  • Santa Cruz del El Seibo, city in the Dominican Republic
  • Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
  • Santa Cruz (Goa), town in Goa, India
  • Santa Cruz (Mumbai), suburb of Mumbai, India
  • Santa Cruz (Jamaica), Jamaica
  • Santa Cruz (Cape Verde), county on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde
  • Santa Cruz de Mompós, municipality in Bolívar, Colombia
  • Santa Cruz del Norte, administrative unit, Cuba
  • Santa Cruz del Sur, administrative unit, Cuba
  • Santa Cruz (Campeche), town in Campeche, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz (Huamuxtitlán), town in Guerrero, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz (Tlalixtaquilla de Maldonado), town in Guerrero, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz (Huejutla de Reyes), town in Hidalgo, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz (Zempoala), town in Hidalgo, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz (México), place in México, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz (Nayarit), town in Nayarit, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz (Querétaro), town in Querétaro, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz (Sonora), town in Sonora, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz Amilpas, town in Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz Atizapán, city in México, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz de las Flores, city in Jalisco, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz del Valle, city in Jalisco, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, city in Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Municipio Santa Cruz (Sonora)
  • Santa Cruz (Dili), Suco of the administrative district of Nain Feto in the municipality of Dili, East Timor.
  • Santa Cruz de Flores, city in the Lima region, Peru
  • Santa Cruz (Davao del Sur) in Davao del Sur, Philippines
  • Santa Cruz (Ilocos Sur) in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
  • Santa Cruz (Laguna) in Laguna, Philippines
  • Santa Cruz (Marinduque) in Marinduque, Philippines
  • Santa Cruz (Occidental Mindoro) in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines
  • Santa Cruz (Zambales) in Zambales, Philippines
  • Santa Cruz (Madeira) in Madeira, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz (Agrochão) in Agrochão County, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz (Almodôvar) in Almodôvar County, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz (Armamar) in the county of Armamar, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz (Coimbra) in Coimbra County, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz (Lagoa) in Lagoa County, Azores, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz (Santiago do Cacém) in Santiago do Cacém County, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz (Vinhais), locality and former municipality in the Vinhais district, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz (Praia da Vitória) in Praia da Vitória County, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz da Graciosa in the Azores, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz da Trapa in São Pedro do Sul County, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz das Flores in the Azores, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz do Bispo in Matosinhos County, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz do Douro in Baião County, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz do Lima in Ponte de Lima County, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz-Trindade in Chaves County, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz (São Tomé and Príncipe), city on the island of São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Santa Cruz (Córdoba), suburb of Córdoba, Spain
  • Santa Cruz (Mieres) in Mieres, Spain
  • Santa Cruz (Murcia) in the province of Murcia, Spain
  • Santa Cruz (Segovia) in the province of Segovia, Spain
  • Santa Cruz (Seville), district of Seville, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de Bezana in the region of Cantabria, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de Boedo in the province of Palencia, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de la Salceda in the province of Burgos, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de la Serós in the province of Huesca, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Spain) in the Extremadura region, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de la Zarza in the province of Toledo, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de los Cáñamos in the province of Ciudad Real, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de Marchena in the province of Almería, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de Moncayo in the province of Zaragoza, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de Moya in the province of Cuenca, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de Mudela in the province of Ciudad Real, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de Noguera in the province of Teruel, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de Paniagua in the province of Cáceres, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de Pinares in the province of Ávila, Spain
  • Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain
  • Santa Cruz del Grío in the province of Zaragoza, Spain
  • Santa Cruz (Trinidad and Tobago), Trinidad and Tobago
  • Santa Cruz (Aragua), Venezuela
  • Santa Cruz del Zulia, Venezuela
  • Santa Cruz (California), capital of Santa Cruz County, California, USA
  • Santa Cruz (New Mexico), town in New Mexico, USA
  • Santa Cruz (Texas), place in Texas, USA
  • Santa Cruz (Aruba), small town on the Caribbean island of Aruba
  • a place and aldeia in Suco Ailelo, East Timor, see Ailelo

Structures:

  • Numerous churches, see Holy Cross Church
  • Mosteiro de Santa Cruz, monastery in Coimbra, Portugal
  • Santa Cruz (Cemetery), Cemetery in Dili (East Timor)

Islands:

  • Santa Cruz Islands, group of islands in the Solomon Islands
  • Santa Cruz (Galápagos), Island of the Galápagos Islands
  • Isla Santa Cruz (Mexico), island in the Gulf of California
  • Nendo, a Solomon Islands
  • Saint Croix, island of the Virgin Islands (original name)
  • Santa Cruz Island, one of the Californian Channel Islands

and:

  • Santa Cruz Mountains, mountain range in California
  • Río Santa Cruz, river in Argentina
  • Santa Cruz River, River
  • Nevado Santa Cruz, a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca (Peru)
  • Santa Cruz Point, headland of Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Santa Cruz, Further

  • Santa Cruz (company), US sporting goods manufacturer
  • Santa Cruz Biotechnology, US biotechnology company
  • Santa Cruz, aircraft in which the Portuguese pilots Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral were the first to cross the South Atlantic to Brazil in 1922
  • Santa Cruz (E 12), destroyer of the Argentine Navy (launched 1937)
  • Santa Cruz (S 42), submarine of the Argentine Navy (launched 1982)
  • Santa Cruz de la Sierra (PR 51), river combat vessel of the Bolivian Navy (launched 1986)
  • Santa Cruz (Drama), Drama by Max Frisch
  • Santa Cruz (Game), Board Game by Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
  • Santa Cruz FC, Brazilian football club
  • Santa Cruz (band), Finnish glam metal band

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