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 name for Brazil

Santa Cruz is a family name that may refer to:

Alonso de Santa Cruz (1505–1567), Spanish historian and cartographer
Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792–1865), President of Peru and Bolivia
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 soccer player
Victoria Santa Cruz († 2014), Peruvian composer, choreographer, designer and cultural ambassador

The following geographical objects are called Santa Cruz :

Administrative units:

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

Municipalities, places:

Santa Cruz (Angola) , parish in Uíge, Angola

Puerto Santa Cruz , capital of the Corpen Aike department 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 , district in the department Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Santa Cruz de la Sierra , capital of the Santa Cruz Department, 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 Sao 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 Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

Santa Cruz del El Seibo , city in the Dominican Republic

Santa Cruz del Quiché , Guatemala

Santa Cruz (Goa) , city in Goa, India
Santa Cruz (Mumbai) , suburb of Mumbai, India

Santa Cruz (Jamaica) , Jamaica

Santa Cruz (Cape Verde) , district 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) , place 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) , place in Hidalgo, Mexico
Santa Cruz (México) , place in México, Mexico
Santa Cruz (Nayarit) , place in Nayarit, Mexico
Santa Cruz (Querétaro) , town in Querétaro, Mexico
Santa Cruz (Sonora) , location in Sonora, Mexico
Santa Cruz Amilpas , city 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 Nain Feto administrative office 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 the district of Agrochão, Portugal
Santa Cruz (Almodôvar) in Almodôvar County, Portugal
Santa Cruz (Armamar) in Armamar County, Portugal
Santa Cruz (Coimbra) in Coimbra County, Portugal
Santa Cruz (Lagoa) in the district of Lagoa in the Azores, Portugal
Santa Cruz (Santiago do Cacém) in the district of Santiago do Cacém, Portugal
Santa Cruz (Vinhais) , place and former municipality in the district of Vinhais, Portugal
Santa Cruz (Praia da Vitória) in the Praia da Vitória district, Portugal
Santa Cruz da Graciosa in the Azores, Portugal
Santa Cruz da Trapa in the district of Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal
Santa Cruz das Flores in the Azores, Portugal
Santa Cruz do Bispo in Matosinhos County, Portugal
Santa Cruz do Douro in Baiao County, Portugal
Santa Cruz do Lima in the Ponte de Lima district, 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 (Cordoba) , suburb of Cordoba, Spain
Santa Cruz (Mieres) in Mieres, Spain
Santa Cruz (Murcia) in the province of Murcia, Spain
Santa Cruz (Segovia) in the Segovia Province, Spain
Santa Cruz (Seville) , district of Seville, Spain
Santa Cruz de Bezana in the Cantabria region, 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 Seros in the province of Huesca, Spain
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Spain) in the Extremadura region, Spain
Santa Cruz de la Zarza in the Toledo Province, Spain
Santa Cruz de los Cáñamos in the province of Ciudad Real, Spain
Santa Cruz de Marchena in the province of Almeria, 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 Caceres, Spain
Santa Cruz de Pinares in the province of Avila, 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) , location in New Mexico, USA
Santa Cruz (Texas) , location 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

Buildings:

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

such as:

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 , others

Santa Cruz (Company) , American sporting goods manufacturer
Santa Cruz Biotechnology , US biotechnology company
Santa Cruz Guitar Company , instrument maker based in California, USA

Santa Cruz, name of the aircraft in which the Portuguese pilots Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral were the first to cross the South Atlantic towards 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 ship 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

Santa Cruz

See also