Santa Clara (Portuguese and Spanish for Saint Clare or

Saint Clair Saint Clair (also spelled St. Clair, St Clair or even Sinclair, and sometimes also pronounced that way) may refer to: Saints * Clair of Nantes (3rd century), first bishop of Nantes, the Saint named Clair * Clare of Assisi (1194–1253), source na ...

) may refer to:

Places

Africa

* Santa-Clara (municipality) or Curoca, Angola *

Santa Clara, Gabon Cape Santa Clara, Gabon is a peninsula extending from the Gabon Estuary near the port of Owendo. Overview The larger peninsula that separates the Gabon estuary from Corisco Bay, the cape juts into the mouth of the estuary. The cape is near L ...

Asia

* Santa Clara, Quezon, Philippines * Santa Clara, Santa Maria, Philippines * Santa Clara, Santo Tomas, Batangas, Philippines

Europe

Santa Clara, Coimbra Santa Clara is a former civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. It was also known as São Francisco or São Francisco da Ponte after its foundation in 1855. The population in 2011 was 9,929, in an area of 9.77 km2. On 28 January 2013 ...

, Portugal *

Santa Clara (Lisbon) Santa Clara () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, Santa Clara is north of Lumiar, west of Olivais, and directly south of Lisbon's border with Odivelas and Loures. The pop ...

, Portugal *

Santa Clara-a-Velha Santa Clara-a-Velha is a civil parish in the municipality of Odemira, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 873,Santa Clara-a-Nova e Gomes Aires Santa Clara-a-Nova e Gomes Aires is a civil parish in the municipality of Almodôvar Almodôvar ( or ; ar, المدوّر, al-Mudawwar, the Round one) is a town and a municipality in the District of Beja, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,4 ...

, Almodôvar, Portugal * Santa Clara (Ponta Delgada), Azores * Santa Clara Island (San Sebastian), Spain

North and Central America

* Santa Clara,

Corozal District Corozal District is the northernmost district of the nation of Belize. The population was 33,894 in 2000. The district capital is Corozal Town. Pre-Columbian Maya ruins are found in Corozal at Santa Rita near Corozal Town, and at Cerros. Town ...

, Belize *

Santa Clara Province Santa Clara (also known as Las Villas after 1940) was a historical province of Cuba and its capital was Santa Clara. After 1976, its territory was divided into the modern Cuban provinces of Villa Clara, Cienfuegos and Sancti Spíritus Sancti ...

, Cuba **

Santa Clara, Cuba Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara Province, Villa Clara. It is centrally located in the province and Cuba. Santa Clara is the List of cities in Cuba, fifth-most populous Cuban city, with a population of nearly ...

* Santa Clara,

Consolación del Sur Consolación del Sur is a municipality and town in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. Also called the ''Athens of Vueltabajo'', it was founded in 1690. Geography It is located in a major rice-growing area; tobacco is also cultivated as in muc ...

, Cuba *

Santa Clara, San Vicente Santa Clara is a municipality in the San Vicente Department of El Salvador. It is located approximately east of San Salvador and approximately from San Vicente. The municipality has approximately 9,750 residents. The town is known for its f ...

, El Salvador * Santa Clara La Laguna, Guatemala *

Santa Clara, Chiriquí Santa Clara is a ''corregimiento'' (subdistrict) in Renacimiento District, Chiriquí Province, Panama. It has a land area of and had a population of 2,642 as of 2010, giving it a population density of . The corregimiento was created by Law 4 ...

, Panama * Santa Clara, Coclé, Panama *

Santa Clara, Panamá Oeste Santa Clara is a town and corregimiento in Arraiján District, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning th ...

, Panama *

Santa Clara, Durango Santa Clara is a town and seat of the municipality of Santa Clara, in the state of Durango, north-western Mexico. As of 2010, the town of Santa Clara had a population of 4,061.It has an annual fair celebrating their Virgin Mary statue on August 1 ...

, Mexico *

Santa Clara del Cobre Santa Clara del Cobre () is a Magical town (Pueblo Mágico) and municipality located in the center of the state of Michoacán, Mexico, 18 km from Pátzcuaro and 79 km from the state capital of Morelia. While the official name of the mun ...

, Mexico *

Santa Clara (Mexibús) Santa Clara (Portuguese and Spanish for Saint Clare or Saint Clair) may refer to: Places Africa * Santa-Clara (municipality) or Curoca, Angola * Santa Clara, Gabon Asia * Santa Clara, Quezon, Philippines * Santa Clara, Santa Maria, Philipp ...

, a BRT station in Ecatepec, Mexico *

Santa Clara (Mexicable) Mexicable is a aerial lift line in Ecatepec de Morelos, in Greater Mexico City. It was created by the Government of the State of Mexico. The first part of this project was inaugurated on October 4, 2016. The line is long and runs between San An ...

, an aerial lift station in Ecatepec, Mexico

United States

Santa Clara, California Santa Clara (; Spanish for " Saint Clare") is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area. Located in the southern Bay Area, the cit ...

Santa Clara County, California Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring Sa ...

Santa Clara Transit Center Santa Clara Transit Center (also called Santa Clara–University by Amtrak) is a railway station in downtown Santa Clara, California. It is served by Caltrain, Amtrak ''Capitol Corridor'', and Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) trains. It is the pl ...

** Santa Clara Valley, better known as "Silicon Valley" ** Santa Clara Valley AVA, a wine region **

Santa Clara University Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mis ...

Mission Santa Clara de Asís Mission Santa Clara de Asís ( es, Misión Santa Clara de Asís) is a Spanish mission in the city of Santa Clara, California. The mission, which was the eighth in California, was founded on January 12, 1777, by the Franciscan order. Named for ...

, origin of the city and county * Santa Clara station (VTA), San Jose, California * Santa Clara River (California), north of Los Angeles * Santa Clara River Valley *

Santa Clara station (Metrorail) Santa Clara station is a station on the Metrorail rapid transit system in the industrial district of the Allapattah neighborhood in Miami, Florida. This station is located near the intersection of Northwest 12th Avenue ( State Road 933) and 20th S ...

, Allapattah, Miami, Florida *

Santa Clara, New Mexico Santa Clara is a village in Grant County, New Mexico, Grant County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,686 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, down from 1,944 in 2000 United States Census, 2000. Today it is a bedroom commun ...

* Santa Clara Indian Reservation, New Mexico ** Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico * Santa Clara, New York * Santa Clara, Eugene, Oregon *

Santa Clara, Texas Santa Clara is a city in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The population was 725 at the 2010 census, down from 889 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Santa Clara was incorporated as a city in ...

* Santa Clara, Utah *

Santa Clara River (Utah) The Santa Clara River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 15, 2011 river whose three forks join above Pine Valley in the Pine Valley Mountains in Washington Cou ...

* Santa Clara Volcano, Utah

South America

* Santa Clara, Jujuy, Argentina * Santa Clara, La Rioja, Argentina *

Santa Clara do Sul Santa Clara do Sul is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. By 2020 its population was 6,681. See also *List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), ...

, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil *

Santa Clara d'Oeste Santa Clara d'Oeste is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with ov ...

, São Paulo, Brazil *

Santa Clara Island Santa Clara Island ( es, Isla Santa Clara) is a tiny, uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Robinson Crusoe Island in a group of islands known as the Juan Fernández Islands. The island is of volcanic origin and is approximately ...

, Chile

Other uses

Santa Clara (baseball club) The Leopardos de Santa Clara (Spanish, 'Santa Clara Leopards') were a Cuban professional baseball team based in Santa Clara, Cuba. Founded in 1922, they played in the Cuban League from 1922 to 1925, from 1929 to 1930, and from 1935 to 1941. Althou ...

, a Cuban team from 1922 to 1941, known as the Leopards * '' Niña'', or ''Santa Clara'', one of the three ships on Christopher Columbus's first voyage * C.D. Santa Clara de El Salvador, a football club in Pasaquina, La Union *

C.D. Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ...

, a football club in Santa Clara, Ponta Delgada, Azores * , originally ''Santa Clara'', a 15th century ship * ''

The Santa Clara ''The Santa Clara'' is Santa Clara University's weekly student newspaper. It publishes online every week and distributes 1,000 free in-print copies every third Friday during the academic year. The newspaper was founded under the same name on Febru ...

'', a student newspaper of Santa Clara University, California *

Battle of Santa Clara The Battle of Santa Clara was a series of events in late December 1958 that led to the capture of the Cuban city of Santa Clara by revolutionaries under the command of Che Guevara. The battle was a decisive victory for the rebels fighting ag ...

, a 1958 conflict in Cuba