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

See also: