Santa Clara () is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada (São Miguel) in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,971, in an area of 2.24 km².
History
235px|left|thumb|The parochial Church of Santa Clara situated a short distance from where its predecessor once stood
thumb|235px|left|The gravestones in the Hebrew Cemetery of Ponta Delgada, resting place of the small community beginning in 1834
When Vila Franca do Campo was the principal centre of São Miguel, the area known as Ponta Delgada was the beginning of a vast hunting area populated by numerous "wild" mountain pigs. At the edge of this region, was the homestead of Francisco Ramalho, and was considered a starting point for huntsmen from Vila Franca.
At the time, and before it was partially destroyed by the installation of a railline to support the construction of the port, the eastern cove of Ponta Delgada was far deeper, and was situated by Gaspar Frutuoso.
But, following the first quarter of the 17th century, the parish of Santa Clara changed its denomination to São José (encompassing a larger part of Ponta Delgada as the bishop had envisioned), and the original hermitage in the zone subsisted with a single member of the curia. The long tedious process lasted most of his life, and only came to fruition with the election of its first parish organs on 9 October 2005.