Esperanza is the Spanish word for hope, and may refer to:

Places

Philippines

  • Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, a municipality
  • Esperanza, Masbate, a municipality
  • Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat, a municipality

United States

  • Esperanza, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
  • Esperanza, New York, historic name of the village of Athens
  • Esperanza, Hudspeth County, Texas, an unincorporated community
  • Esperanza, Montgomery County, Texas, a ghost town
  • Esperanza, Puerto Rico, a town in Vieques
  • Esperanza (Jerusalem, New York), an historic home in Jerusalem, New York

Other

  • Esperanza Base, a settlement in Antarctica
  • Esperanza, Santa Fe, a city in Argentina
  • Esperanza, Belize, a village in Cayo District, Belize
  • La Esperanza, Norte de Santander, Colombia, a municipality and town
  • Esperanza (Ranchuelo), a village in Villa Clara Province, Cuba
  • Esperanza, Dominican Republic, a municipality in Valverde province
  • La Esperanza, Ecuador, a town and parish
  • La Esperanza, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, a municipality
  • La Esperanza, Honduras, a city and municipality in Intibucá Department
  • Esperanza (municipality), a town and municipality in Puebla, Mexico
  • Esperanza, Ucayali, a city in Peru
  • La Esperanza, the seat of the municipality of El Rosario, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands of Spain
  • La Esperanza (prison), El Salvador

Mines

  • Esperanza mine, underground copper mine in Atacama Region, Chile
  • Esperanza mine which was merged in 2014 with El Tesoro mine to form the Centinela copper mine, Antofagasta Region, Chile
  • Esperanza mine, a former silver mine in Chañarcillo, Atacama Region, Chile

People

  • Esperanza (given name), a Spanish feminine given name, and people with that name
  • Gabriel Esperanza, 17th-century rabbi

Film and TV

  • Esperanza (film), a 1946 Mexican film
  • Esperanza (Philippine TV series)
  • Esperanza (Chilean TV series), a 2011 telenovela

Music

  • Esperanza, a flamenco project by Carlos Villalobos
  • Esperanza (Michael Rother album), 1996
  • Esperanza (Esperanza Spalding album), 2008
  • Próxima Estación: Esperanza, a 2001 album by Manu Chao
  • "Esperanza" (Charles Aznavour song), 1961
  • "Esperanza" (Enrique Iglesias song), 1998

Organizations

  • Esperanza International, a non-profit organization that develops Dominican Republican communities through microfinancing
  • Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, a non-profit community-based arts & cultural organization that advocates for social justice
  • Esperanza Unida, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides job training and placement to unemployed minority workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Other uses

  • MV Esperanza, a 1984 Greenpeace ship
  • Esperanza (Madrid Metro), a station of the Madrid Metro
  • Esperanza (bug), a genus of bugs
  • Tecoma stans, a yellow flower sometimes called esperanza
  • Esperanza High School, Anaheim, California, United States
  • Esperanza Drum and Bugle Corps, a modern drum corps from San Diego, California, United States
  • Esperanza Ortega, the title character of Esperanza Rising, a 2000 novel
  • La Esperanza Airport (Nicaragua)
  • Esperanza Diamond, found in Crater of Diamonds State Park

See also

  • Esperanza Fire, a wind-driven arson fire that started in a river wash near Cabazon, California
  • Esperança (disambiguation)
  • Esperanto, the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language
  • Teatro de la Ciudad, Mexico City, formerly Teatro Esperanza Iris