Esperanza is the

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

word for hope, and may refer to:

Places

Philippines

Esperanza, Agusan del Sur Esperanza, officially the Municipality of Esperanza (; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 59,353 people ...

, a municipality *

Esperanza, Masbate Esperanza, officially the Municipality of Esperanza, is a municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,534 people. About 60% of the population lives along the coastline, most of w ...

, a municipality *

Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat Esperanza, officially the Municipality of Esperanza (; Maguindanaon: ''Inged nu Ispiransa'', Jawi: ايڠد نو اسڤيرنس); , is a municipality in the province of Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a popula ...

, a municipality

United States

Esperanza, Mississippi Hurricane is an unincorporated community in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States. It was originally called Esperanza, but the name changed due to being impacted by several severe storms. History The Esperanza Post Office was established ...

, 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) Esperanza, also known as John Rose House, is a historic home located at Jerusalem, New York, Jerusalem in Yates County, New York. It is a Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival style structure with a -story, side-gabled main block and a -stor ...

, an historic home in Jerusalem, New York

Other

Esperanza Base Esperanza Base (, 'Hope Base') is a permanent, all-year-round Argentine research station in Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula (in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula). It is the only civilian settlement on the Antarctic mainland (the Chilean Vil ...

, a settlement in Antarctica *

Esperanza, Santa Fe Esperanza is a city in the center of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 46,753 inhabitants according to the and it is the head town of the Las Colonias Department. Esperanza is at the heart of the most important dairy district of the ...

, a city in Argentina *

Esperanza, Belize Esperanza is a village located along the George Price Highway in Cayo District, Belize. It lies approximately four kilometers northeast of San Ignacio San Ignacio (the Spanish language name of St. Ignatius (disambiguation), St. Ignatius) is a commo ...

, a village in Cayo District, Belize *

La Esperanza, Norte de Santander La Esperanza () is a Colombian municipality and town located in the department of North Santander Norte de Santander (Spanish for Northern Santander) () is a department of northeastern Colombia. It is in the north of the country, bordering ...

, Colombia, a municipality and town *

Esperanza (Ranchuelo) Esperanza (Spanish for "Hope"), also known as ''La Esperanza'', is a Cuban village and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Ranchuelo, in Villa Clara Province. It is the most populated municipal settlement af ...

, a village in Villa Clara Province, Cuba *

Esperanza, Dominican Republic Esperanza is a Municipalities of the Dominican Republic, municipality (''municipio'') of the Valverde Province, Valverde province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are four municipal districts (''distritos municipal''): Boca ...

, a municipality in Valverde province * La Esperanza, Ecuador, a town and parish *

La Esperanza, Quetzaltenango La Esperanza is a municipality in the Quetzaltenango department of Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to th ...

, Guatemala, a municipality *

La Esperanza, Honduras La Esperanza () is the capital city and a municipality of the same name of the Departments of Honduras, department of Intibucá Department, Intibucá, Honduras. La Esperanza is famous for having the coolest climate in Honduras. It is considered ...

, a city and municipality in Intibucá Department * Esperanza (municipality), a town and municipality in Puebla, Mexico *

Esperanza, Ucayali Esperanza also known as Puerto Esperanza is a town in Peru, capital of Purús Province in Ucayali Region Ucayali () is an inland department and region of Peru. Located in the Amazon rainforest, its name is derived from the Ucayali River. Its ...

, a city in Peru * La Esperanza, the seat of the municipality of

El Rosario, Tenerife El Rosario is a municipality in the northeastern part of the island of Tenerife in the Santa Cruz de Tenerife province, on the Canary Islands, Spain. The seat of the municipality is the town La Esperanza, in the mountainous interior of the island. ...

, in the Canary Islands of Spain *

La Esperanza (prison) La Esperanza, also known as Mariona, is a prison in El Salvador. Located on the northern outskirts of the city of San Salvador San Salvador () is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its San Salvador Departmen ...

, El Salvador

People

Esperanza (given name) Esperanza is a Spanish feminine given name, meaning "hope" or "expectation".Esperanza
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, a Spanish feminine given name, and people with that name *

Gabriel Esperanza Gabriel Esperanssa, also spelled Esperanza or Esperança () was a 17th-century rabbi at Safed. He was originally from Salonika, where he was a disciple of Daniel Estrumsa. He apparently assumed the name of a woman called Esperanssa (Spanish for "h ...

, 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 Carlos Jonathan VillaLobos, Jr. (born January 28, 1975) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist musician, who writes and produces original music for rock and pop artists, and composes modern orchestral music for trailers, television s ...

* ''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) Esperanza is a metro station on Line 4 of the Madrid Metro. It is located in fare Zone A. It is named for the Esperanza ("Hope") housing development. Manu Chao Manu Chao (; born José Manuel Tomás Arturo Chao Ortega on 21 June 1961) is a F ...

, a station of the Madrid Metro * ''Esperanza'' (bug), a genus of bugs * ''

Tecoma stans ''Tecoma stans'' is a species of flowering perennial shrub in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae, that is native to the Americas. Common names include yellow trumpetbush, yellow bells, yellow elder, ginger Thomas. ''Tecoma stans'' is the o ...

'', a yellow flower sometimes called ''esperanza'' *

Esperanza High School Esperanza High School (EHS) is a public high school located in Anaheim, California and is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District. It is a California Distinguished School and is home to various California Interscholastic Feder ...

, 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 ''Esperanza Rising'' is a young adult historical fiction novel written by Mexican-American author Pam Muñoz Ryan and released by Scholastic Press on 27 March 2000. The novel focuses on Esperanza, the only daughter of wealthy Mexican parents Si ...

'', a 2000 novel *

La Esperanza Airport (Nicaragua) La Esperanza Airport is an airport serving the Escondido River village of La Esperanza in the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. The airport is east of the village, on the opposite side of the river. The Bluefields VOR-DME ( ...

* Esperanza Diamond, found in Crater of Diamonds State Park