Santa Cruz (Spanish or Portuguese, 'holy cross') or Santacruz may refer to:

Places

Africa

  • Fort of Santa Cruz (Oran), a fort in Oran port city in Algeria
  • Santa Cruz, Cape Verde, a municipality on the eastern part of the island of Santiago
  • Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué, the 16th-century name of Agadir, Morocco
  • Santa Cruz (Santiago), a town on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde
  • Santa Cruz, São Tomé and Príncipe, on São Tomé Island

Asia and Oceania

  • Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean

India

  • RAF Santa Cruz, a former Royal Air Force airfield, Mumbai
  • Santacruz, Mumbai, Maharashtra
  • Santacruz Airport, the domestic terminal of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
  • Santacruz metro station, Mumbai
  • Santacruz railway station, railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway
  • Santa Cruz, Goa, a suburb of the state capital of Panjim

Philippines

  • Santa Cruz, Camarines Norte (disambiguation)
  • Santa Cruz, a barangay in Jose Panganiban
  • Santa Cruz, a barangay in Labo
  • Santa Cruz, a barangay in Talisay
  • Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur, a municipality in Metropolitan Davao
  • Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur, a municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur
  • Santa Cruz, Laguna, a municipality and the capital of Laguna
  • Santa Cruz, Manila, a district in the north part of the city
  • Santa Cruz, Marinduque, a municipality in the province of Marinduque
  • Santa Cruz, Occidental Mindoro, a municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro
  • Santa Cruz, Quezon City, a village in the San Francisco Del Monte district of Quezon City
  • Santa Cruz, San Jose, Camarines Sur, a barangay
  • Santa Cruz, San Jose, Dinagat Islands, a barangay
  • Santa Cruz, Tubajon, Dinagat Islands, a barangay
  • Santa Cruz, Zambales, a municipality in the province of Zambales
  • Santa Cruz, a barangay in the municipality of Anda, Bohol
  • Santa Cruz, a barangay in the municipality of Cagayancillo, Palawan
  • Santa Cruz, a barangay in Cebu City
  • Santa Cruz, a barangay in Pasig
  • Santa Cruz Poblacion, a barangay in Calabanga, Camarines Sur
  • Santa Cruz River (Philippines), a river system in Santa Cruz, Laguna, on the island of Luzon

Europe

Portugal

  • Santa Cruz (Almodôvar), civil parish in the municipality of Almodôvar
  • Santa Cruz (Coimbra), civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra
  • Santa Cruz, Madeira, municipality on the island of Madeira
  • Santa Cruz (Praia da Vitória), a civil parish on Terceira Island, Azores
  • , civil parish in Armamar
  • , former civil parish in Santiago do Cacém
  • Santa Cruz (Torres Vedras), village and beach resort in the parish of Silveira
  • , civil parish in the municipality of Vinhais
Azores
  • Santa Cruz (Lagoa), civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa
  • Santa Cruz das Flores, municipality on the island of Flores
  • Santa Cruz das Flores (parish), civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz das Flores
  • Santa Cruz da Graciosa, municipality on the island of Graciosa
  • Santa Cruz da Graciosa (parish), civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz da Graciosa

Spain

Municipalities
  • Santa Cruz de Bezana, municipality in Cantabria
  • Santa Cruz de Boedo, municipality in Palencia
  • Santa Cruz de Grío, municipality in Zaragoza
  • Santa Cruz de Moncayo, municipality in Zaragoza
  • Santa Cruz de Mudela, municipality in Ciudad Real
  • Santa Cruz de Nogueras, municipality in Teruel
  • Santa Cruz de la Salceda, municipality in Burgos
  • Santa Cruz de la Serós, municipality in Huesca
  • Santa Cruz de los Cáñamos, municipality in Ciudad Real
  • Santa Cruz de La Palma, municipality in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands
  • Santa Cruz de Tenerife, capital of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and joint capital of the Canary Islands
Other places in Spain
  • Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, containing the islands of Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro, and La Palma
  • Santa Cruz, an urban area in Oleiros, Galicia
  • Santa Cruz (Mieres), a parish in Mieres, Asturias
  • Santa Cruz, Seville, city district
  • Castillo de Santa Cruz, castle on the Isla de Santa Cruz in A Coruña, Galicia
  • Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos, basilica and monument in the Sierra de Guadarrama, near Madrid

North and Central America

  • Santa Cruz (canton), Costa Rica, in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
  • Santa Cruz del Quiché, city in Guatemala
  • Santa Cruz, Lempira, a municipality in the department of Lempira, Honduras
  • Santa Cruz de Yojoa, municipality in Honduras
  • Santa Cruz, Jamaica, town in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica
  • Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago, town in the Santa Cruz Valley, Trinidad and Tobago

Belize

  • Santa Cruz, Orange Walk, a municipality in Belize
  • Santa Cruz, Stann Creek, municipality
  • Santa Cruz, Toledo, village in Toledo District

Canada

  • Santa Cruz, Ontario, an underwater ghost town

Cuba

  • Santa Cruz del Norte, town and municipality in the Mayabeque Province
  • Santa Cruz del Sur, town and municipality in the Camagüey Province

Dominican Republic

  • Santa Cruz de Barahona, city in the Barahona Province
  • Santa Cruz de El Seibo, city in the El Seibo Province
  • Santa Cruz de Mao, municipality in the Valverde province

Dutch Caribbean

  • Santa Cruz, Aruba, town in central Aruba
  • Playa Santa Cruz, beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao

Mexico

State of Oaxaca
  • Santa Cruz Acatepec, town and municipality
  • Santa Cruz Amilpas, town and municipality
  • Santa Cruz de Bravo, town and municipality
  • Santa Cruz Itundujia, town and municipality
  • Santa Cruz Mixtepec, town and municipality
  • Santa Cruz Nundaco, town and municipality
  • Santa Cruz Papalutla, town and municipality
  • Santa Cruz Tacache de Mina, town and municipality
  • Santa Cruz Tacahua, town and municipality
  • Santa Cruz Tayata, town and municipality
  • Santa Cruz Xitla, town and municipality
  • Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, town and municipality
  • Santa Cruz Zenzontepec, town and municipality
Other Mexican states
  • Santa Cruz Atizapán, town and municipality in Mexico State
  • Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas, city and municipality in Guanajuato
  • Santa Cruz del Rincón, municipality in Guerrero
  • Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora
  • Santa Cruz, Sonora, town in Santa Cruz Municipality

Nicaragua

  • Santa Cruz, Rivas, village on the island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua
  • Santa Cruz, Rio San Juan, village in El Castillo, Nicaragua

Panama

  • Santa Cruz, Renacimiento, corregimiento in Renacimiento District, Chiriquí Province
  • Santa Cruz, San Félix, corregimiento in San Félix District, Chiriquí Province

Puerto Rico

  • Santa Cruz, Carolina, Puerto Rico, a barrio

United States

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  • Santa Cruz, Arizona, a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinal County
  • Santa Cruz, Pima County, Arizona, a populated place situated in Pima County
  • Santa Cruz County, Arizona
  • Santa Cruz River (Arizona), river in southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico
  • Santa Cruz County, California
  • Santa Cruz, California, county seat and city in Santa Cruz County
  • Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California
  • Santa Cruz (Mariposa County), the former name of Indian Gulch, California
  • Santa Cruz, New Mexico
  • Santa Cruz, Texas, a former census-designated place in Starr County
  • Santa Cruz, Starr County, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County
  • Santa Cruz, the Spanish name for Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands

South America

  • Santa Cruz, Chile, city and commune in the O'Higgins Region
  • Santa Cruz, Aragua, city and part of the metropolitan area of Maracay, Venezuela

Argentina

  • Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, in Patagonia
  • Puerto Santa Cruz, town and municipality in Santa Cruz province
  • Santa Cruz, Catamarca, village and municipality
  • Santa Cruz, La Rioja, village and municipality
  • Santa Cruz River (Argentina), in Santa Cruz province

Bolivia

  • Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)
  • Santa Cruz de la Sierra, capital city of Santa Cruz Department

Brazil

Municipalities
  • Santa Cruz, Paraíba
  • Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte
  • Santa Cruz do Arari, Pará
  • Santa Cruz Cabrália, Bahia
  • Santa Cruz da Conceição, São Paulo
  • Santa Cruz do Escalvado, Minas Gerais
  • Santa Cruz da Esperança, São Paulo
  • Santa Cruz de Goiás
  • Santa Cruz dos Milagres, Piauí
  • Santa Cruz de Minas, Minas Gerais
  • Santa Cruz das Palmeiras, São Paulo
  • Santa Cruz do Piauí, Piauí
  • Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, São Paulo
  • Santa Cruz de Salinas, Minas Gerais
  • Santa Cruz da Vitória, Bahia
Cities
  • Santa Cruz, Pernambuco, city in the state of Pernambuco
  • Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde, city in the state of Pernambuco
  • Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, city in the state of Pernambuco
  • Santa Cruz do Sul, city in Rio Grande do Sul
Other places in Brazil
  • Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro
  • Santa Cruz (São Paulo Metro), metro station in the Vila Mariana district of São Paulo

Colombia

  • Santa Cruz de Lorica, town and municipality in the department of Cordoba
  • Santa Cruz de Mompox, town and municipality in the Bolívar Department
  • Santa Cruz del Islote, island in the Caribbean Sea, part of the Archipelago of San Bernardo
  • Santacruz, Nariño, town and municipality
  • Santa Cruz (Medellín), commune in the city of Medellín

Ecuador

  • Santa Cruz Canton, Ecuador, canton in the province of Galápagos
  • Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos), one of the Galápagos Islands

Peru

  • Santa Cruz (mountain), mountain in the Cordillera Blanca

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  • Santa Cruz District, Alto Amazonas, district of Alto Amazonas Province
  • Santa Cruz District, Ancash, district of Huaylas Province
  • Santa Cruz de Andamarca District, district of Huaral Province
  • Santa Cruz de Chuca District, district of Santiago de Chuco Province
  • Santa Cruz de Cocachacra District, district of Huarochirí Province
  • Santa Cruz de Flores District, district of Cañete Province
  • Santa Cruz District, Palpa, district of Palpa Province
  • Santa Cruz District, Santa Cruz, district and capital of Santa Cruz Province
  • Santa Cruz de Toledo District, district of Contumazá Province
  • Santa Cruz, Satipo, Peru, a settlement founded by Franciscans in 1673
  • Santa Cruz Province, Peru, province in the Cajamarca Region

People

  • Santa Cruz (surname), list of notable people bearing this name

Business

  • Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, oceanfront amusement park, Santa Cruz, California
  • Santa Cruz Bicycles, American bicycle manufacturer
  • Santa Cruz Games, video game company
  • Santa Cruz Guitar Company, American manufacturer of acoustic guitars, Santa Cruz, California
  • Santa Cruz Operation, software company
  • Santa Cruz Skateboards, American brand of skateboards manufactured by NHS, Inc.
  • Santa Cruz, sound card manufactured by Turtle Beach Systems
  • TV Santa Cruz, a television station in Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil

Military

  • Battle of Santa Cruz (disambiguation), list of notable battles bearing this name
  • Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, late−October, 1942
  • Fort of Santa Cruz (Horta), fort in the Azores
  • Fort of Santa Cruz (Oran), fort in Algeria

Music

  • Santa Cruz (band), a 2007–2024 Finnish hard rock band
  • Santa Cruz, a 2024 album by Pedro the Lion
  • "Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)", a 2002 song by the Thrills

Sports

Football (soccer)

Brazil

  • Associação Atlética Santa Cruz, football club in Salinópolis
  • Futebol Clube Santa Cruz, football club in Santa Cruz do Sol
  • Santa Cruz Esporte Clube, football club in Barra do Bugres
  • Santa Cruz Futebol Clube, football club in Recife
  • Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (MG), football club in Belo Horizonte
  • Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (RJ), football club in Rio de Janeiro
  • Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (RN), football club in Natal
  • Santa Cruz Recreativo Esporte Clube, football club in Santa Rita
  • Sport Club Santa Cruz, football club in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte

Chile

  • Deportes Santa Cruz, football club in Santa Cruz

Bolivia

  • Real Santa Cruz, football club in Santa Cruz de la Sierra
  • Club Blooming Santa Cruz, football club in Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Other sports

  • Santa Cruz Syndicate, professional mountain bike racing team
  • Santa Cruz Warriors, basketball team
  • UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs, sports teams of the University of California, Santa Cruz

Other uses

  • Santa Cruz (Martian crater)
  • Santa Cruz Cartel, Bolivian drug cartel
  • Santa Cruz II, cruise ship of Ecuador
  • Santa Cruz massacre, 1991 massacre in Timor-Leste (formerly Indonesia)
  • Hyundai Santa Cruz, pickup truck introduced in 2021
  • Santa Cruz (game), a 1976 board war game

See also

  • Canal de Santa Cruz, a salt water channel in the state of Pernambuco that separates the island of Itamaracá from the South American continent
  • Cruz, a surname
  • Cruz (disambiguation)
  • Holy Cross (disambiguation) (English equivalent)
  • Sainte-Croix (disambiguation) (French equivalent)
  • Santa Croce (disambiguation) (Italian equivalent)
  • Santa Cruise, a cruise ship that was previously named MS Annie Johnson
  • Santa Cruz Canton (disambiguation)
  • Santa Cruz District (disambiguation)
  • Santa Cruz Formation (disambiguation)
  • Santa Cruz Mountains, California
  • Santa Cruz Province (disambiguation)
  • St Cross (disambiguation)
  • University of California, Santa Cruz, public research university