Santa Ana or Santa Anna may refer to:

People

Saint Anne According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come o ...

, mother of the Virgin Mary *

Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, also known as Irene, Anna and Saint Anna (1001 – 10 February 1050), was a Swedish princess and a Grand Princess of Kiev. She was the daughter of Swedish King Olof Skötkonung and Estrid of the Obotrit ...

or St. Anna (c. 1001–1050), daughter of Olaf, King of Sweden *

Benito Fernández de Santa Ana Benito Fernández y Rana de Santa Ana (June 4, 1707 – March or April 1761) was a Franciscan friar who served as president of the Texas missions of the College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro from 1734 to 1750 and played an important role in the early ...

(1707–1761), Spanish missionary in Texas *

Muriel Santa Ana Muriel Santa Ana (born July 13, 1968) is an Argentine actress. She works in the TV series '' Solamente Vos''. Biography Santa Ana is the daughter of actor Walter Santa Ana and Mabel González; she also has a sister named Moira who is a singer ...

(born 1968), Argentine actress *

Antonio López de Santa Anna Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (; 21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876),Callcott, Wilfred H., "Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez De,''Handbook of Texas Online'' Retrieved 18 April 2017. usually known as Santa Ann ...

(1794–1876), Mexican general and politician

Places

Argentina

* Santa Ana, Jujuy * Santa Ana, Misiones * Santa Ana, Santa Fe

Bolivia

Santa Ana del Yacuma Santa Ana del Yacuma (also ''Santa Ana'') is a town in the Beni Department in north-eastern Bolivia. History The Jesuit mission of Santa Ana was founded in 1719.. Movima Indians resided at the mission. Location Santa Ana is the capital of th ...

Santa Ana de Velasco Santa Ana de Velasco (or simply Santa Ana) is a small town in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. History The mission of Santa Ana was founded in 1755 by Julian Knogler. Location Santa Ana is the central town of ''Cantón Santa Ana'' and i ...

Cape Verde

* Santa Ana, Cape Verde

Colombia

* Santa Ana, Magdalena

Costa Rica

* Santa Ana Canton *

Santa Ana, Costa Rica Santa Ana is a district and head city of the Santa Ana canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. The city acts as seat to the municipal government of the Santa Ana Canton. Geography Santa Ana has an area of km² and an elevation of ...

Ecuador

Santa Ana (La Florida) Santa Ana (La Florida) is an important archaeological site in the highlands of Ecuador, going back as early as 3,500 BC. It is located in the Palanda Canton, just to the north of its regional capital of :es:Palanda, in the Zamora-Chinchipe Province ...

, an archaeological site * Santa Ana Hill, Guayaquil

El Salvador

Santa Ana Department Santa Ana () is a department of El Salvador in the northwest of the country. The capital is Santa Ana, one of the largest cities in El Salvador. It has 2,023 km² and a population of over 613,000. The Santa Ana Volcano The Santa Ana Volca ...

Santa Ana, El Salvador Santa Ana () is the second largest city in El Salvador, after the capital of San Salvador. It is located 64 kilometers northwest of San Salvador, the capital city. Santa Ana has approximately 374,830 (2017)) inhabitants and serves both as the c ...

Santa Ana Volcano The Santa Ana Volcano or Ilamatepec ( es, volcán de Santa Ana) is a large stratovolcano located in the Santa Ana department of El Salvador. At above sea level, it is the highest volcano in the country. It is located immediately west of Coatep ...

Honduras

Santa Ana, La Paz Santa Ana is a municipality in the Honduran department of La Paz, known for its high crime rate. Demographics At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Santa Ana municipality had a population of 11,777. Of these, 95.56% were Indigenous (95.46% ...

Santa Ana, Francisco Morazán Santa Ana is a Municipalities of Honduras, municipality in the Honduras, Honduran Departments of Honduras, department of Francisco Morazán, Honduras, Francisco Morazán. The location of the crash of Central American Airways Flight 731 was El Es ...

Mexico

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Santa Ana, Oaxaca Santa Ana, Oaxaca is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km². It is part of the Miahuatlán District Miahuatlán District is located in the south of the Sierra Sur Region of the Stat ...

Santa Ana, Sonora Santa Ana is a small city and municipal seat of Santa Ana Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located north of the state capital Hermosillo and south of Nogales on the United States border. The town had a 2005 census population ...

Santa Ana Ateixtlahuaca Santa Ana Ateixtlahuaca is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 19.14 km². It is part of the Teotitlán District in the north of the Cañada Region Cañada is a region in the state of Oa ...

Santa Ana Cuauhtémoc Santa Ana Cuauhtémoc is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km². It is part of Cuicatlán District in the north of the Cañada Region Cañada is a region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico ...

Santa Ana de Guadalupe Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight ...

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San José de los Reynoso San José De Los Reynoso is a small town located in the northeast region of Los Altos, Jalisco, Mexico. History San Jose de los Reynoso was founded in 1783 by Spanish settlers. Before the arrival of the conquistadores, Tecuexes lived in that ar ...

Santa Ana del Valle Santa Ana del Valle is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km². It is part of the Tlacolula District Tlacolula District is located in the east of the Valles Centrales Region of the Stat ...

Santa Ana Tavela Santa Ana Tavela is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Yautepec District Yautepec District is located in the east of the Sierra Sur Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Environment The district lies ...

Santa Ana Tlapacoyan Santa Ana Tlapacoyan is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km². It is part of the Zimatlán District Zimatlán District is located in the west of the Valles Centrales Region of the Sta ...

Santa Ana Yareni Santa Ana Yareni is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United ...

Santa Ana Zegache Santa Ana Zegache is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 26.79 km². It is part of the Ocotlán District in the south of the Valles Centrales Region As of 2005, the municipality had a to ...

Panama

Santa Ana, Los Santos Santa Ana is a corregimiento in Los Santos District, Los Santos Province, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern p ...

Santa Ana, Panama City Santa Ana is a corregimiento within Panama City, in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning ...

Papua New Guinea

* St. Anna (mission station), a Roman Catholic mission station during the German colonial period in New Guinea

Paraguay

* Santa Ana (Asunción), a ''barrio'' of Asunción

Peru

Santa Ana District, Castrovirreyna Santa Ana District is one of 13 districts of the province Castrovirreyna in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. See also * Aknuqucha * Chuqlluqucha Choclococha ...

Santa Ana District, La Convención Santa Ana District is one of ten districts of the province La Convención in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informati ...

Philippines

Santa Ana, Cagayan Santa Ana, officially the Municipality of Santa Ana ( ibg, Ili nat Santa Ana; ilo, Ili ti Santa Ana; tl, Bayan ng Santa Ana), is a 2nd class municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Cagayan, Philippi ...

Santa Ana, Manila Santa Ana is a district in the City of Manila, Philippines. It is located on the city's southeast, bordering the cities of Mandaluyong and Makati in the east, the city districts of Paco and Pandacan in the west, and Santa Mesa in the north. It is ...

Santa Ana, Pampanga Santa Ana, officially the Municipality of Santa Ana ( pam, Balen ning Santa Ana; tl, Bayan ng Santa Ana), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,537 people. ...

* Santa Ana, Taguig

Solomon Islands

Santa Ana (Solomon Islands) Owaraha or Owa Raha (also known as Santa Ana) is an island in Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands. Description This relatively small coral island is 5.6 km long and 4.5 km wide. It is located at the eastern end of Makira (San Cristob ...

, now known as Owaraha

Spain

Santa Ana, Cáceres Santa Ana is a municipality in the province of Cáceres and autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ' ...

Santa Ana, Zamora Santa Ana is a locality located within the municipality of Alcañices, province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2014 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nu ...

* Santa Ana de Pusa, Toledo

United States

Santa Ana, California Santa Ana () is the second most populous city and the county seat of Orange County, California. Located in the Greater Los Angeles region of Southern California, the city's population was 310,227 at the 2020 census, making Santa Ana the List of ...

Santa Ana (Amtrak station) Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center is a passenger rail station and transportation center in Santa Ana, California. It is used by Amtrak's ''Pacific Surfliner'' and Metrolink's Orange County Line and Inland Empire–Orange County Line trai ...

, a train station in Santa Ana **

Santa Ana Canyon Santa Ana Canyon ( es, Cañón de Santa Ana), or the Santa Ana Narrows, is the water gap where the Santa Ana River passes between the Santa Ana Mountains and the Chino Hills, near the intersection of Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, ...

, a canyon near Santa Ana **

Santa Ana Freeway The Santa Ana Freeway is one of the principal freeways in Southern California, connecting Los Angeles and its southeastern suburbs including the freeway's namesake, the city of Santa Ana. The freeway begins at its junction with the San Diego Free ...

, a major freeway from Los Angeles to Santa Ana **

Santa Ana Mountains The Santa Ana Mountains are a short peninsular mountain range along the coast of Southern California in the United States. They extend for approximately southeast of the Los Angeles Basin largely along the border between Orange and Riverside co ...

, a short mountain range near Santa Ana **

Santa Ana River The Santa Ana River is the largest river entirely within Southern California in the United States. It rises in the San Bernardino Mountains and flows for most of its length through San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, before cutting through ...

, the largest river in Southern California, flows through Santa Ana *

Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico Santa Ana Pueblo ( Eastern Keres: Tamaya ʰɑmɑjːɑ is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 479. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Sta ...

* St. Anna, Wisconsin

Uruguay

Santa Ana, Canelones Santa Ana is a seaside resort in Canelones Department, Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and s ...

* Santa Ana, Colonia

Venezuela

* Santa Ana, Anzoátegui, in

Anzoátegui ) , anthem = '' Himno del Estado Anzoátegui'' , image_map = Anzoategui in Venezuela.svg , map_alt = , map_caption = Location within Venezuela , pushpin_map = , pushpin_map_a ...

Santa Ana de Coro Coro, historically known as Neu-Augsburg, is the capital of Falcón State and the second oldest city of Venezuela (after Cumaná). It was founded on July 26, 1527, by Juan de Ampíes as Santa Ana de Coro. It is established at the south of the Par ...

* Santa Ana, Nueva Esparta

Ships

* Spanish ship ''Santa Ana'' (1784), a Spanish ship taken by the British in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 *

Svyataya Anna The HMS ''Newport'' was launched in Wales in 1867. Having become the first ship to pass through the Suez Canal, she was sold in 1881 and renamed ''Pandora II''. She was purchased again in about 1890 and renamed ''Blencathra'', taking part in ...

(''St Anna''), a Russian brig that disappeared in the Arctic in 1914 * ''Santa Anna'', a Manila galleon captured and sunk by

Thomas Cavendish Sir Thomas Cavendish (1560 – May 1592) was an English explorer and a privateer known as "The Navigator" because he was the first who deliberately tried to emulate Sir Francis Drake and raid the Spanish towns and ships in the Pacific and retu ...

in 1587

Music

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Santianna "Santianna", also known as "Santiana", "Santy Anna", "Santayana", "Santiano", "Santy Anno" and other variations, is a sea shanty referring to the Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. The song is listed as number 207 in the Roud Folk Song ...

" (a.k.a. "Santa Ana"), a traditional sea-shanty (folk song) * "Santa Ana", a 1973 song by Bruce Springsteen released in 1998 on the 4 disc-box set '' Tracks'' * "Santa Ana", a tune recorded by British instrumental group The Shadows on their 1964 album ''

The Sound of The Shadows ''The Sound of The Shadows'' is the fourth rock album by British instrumental (and sometimes vocal) group The Shadows, released in July 1965 through EMI Records. The album was re-released by Capitol Records of Canada in stereo (as opposed to th ...

Other uses

Santa Ana Church, Amazonas Santa Ana Church ()is located in the first block of Chincha Alta street, opposite to the Saint Ana's square. It was the first church of its type, constructed by the Spanish in 1569 in what is now the Department of Amazonas, Peru , image_flag ...

, Peru *

Santa Ana Drags Santa Ana Drags was the first drag strip in the United States. The strip was founded by C.J. "Pappy" Hart, Creighton Hunter and Frank Stillwell at the Orange County Airport auxiliary runway in southern California and was operational from June 19 ...

, the first drag strip in the United States *

Santa Ana Line The Santa Ana Line was an interurban railway route connecting Los Angeles and Santa Ana in Orange County. It ran between 1905 and 1958 (with the southern end truncated to Bellflower in 1950) and was predominantly operated by the Pacific Electric ...

, a former train route in California, U.S. *

Santa Ana metro station Santa Ana is a transfer station between Line 2 and Line 5 of the Santiago Metro. It was initially a single-line station on Line 2, opened on 25 July 1986 as part of the extension of the line from Los Héroes to Puente Cal y Canto. Subsequently ...

, in Santiago, Chile *

, a river in southern California, United States *

Santa Ana winds The Santa Ana winds (sometimes devil winds) "Scholars who have looked into the name's origins generally agree that it derives from Santa Ana Canyon, the portal where the Santa Ana River -- as well as a congested Riverside (CA-91) Freeway -- leav ...

, strong seasonal winds in Southern California, United States, and northern Baja California, Mexico *

Owa language The Owa language is a language of the Solomon Islands. It is part of the same dialect continuum as Kahua, and shares the various alternate names of that dialect. Description Owa is a member of the Southeast Solomonic languages and is spoken in ...

, a language of the Solomon Islands formerly called Santa Ana