Santa Catarina
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Santa Catarina is the name of several places (but also of other things):

Places

Brazil
  • Santa Catarina (state)
    Santa Catarina (state)
    Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...

    , one of that country's federal states
  • Santa Catarina (island)
    Santa Catarina (island)
    Florianópolis Island is an island in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It is located on the south coast of Brazil between the south 27° latitude and west 48° longitude...

    , located in Santa Catarina state

Cape Verde
  • Santa Catarina, Cape Verde
    Santa Catarina, Cape Verde
    Santa Catarina is a municipality located in the northwestern and the western parts of the island of Santiago in Sotavento in Cape Verde. The municipal population is around 49,829, the area is 243 km² and the density is about 205/km². The seat of the municipality is Assomada...

    , a municipality

Guatemala
  • Santa Catarina Barahona
    Santa Catarina Barahona
    Santa Catarina Barahona is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez....

    , a town in Sacatepéquez department
  • Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan
    Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan
    Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala. It is located at about 7500 ft altitude in the steep mountains descending from the western highlands to the southern coastal plain. The indigenous language is K'ichee'...

    , a town in Sololá department
  • Santa Catarina Mita
    Santa Catarina Mita
    Santa Catarina Mita is a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala.- External links :* *...

    , a town in Jutiapa department
  • Santa Catarina Palopó
    Santa Catarina Palopó
    Santa Catarina Palopó is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala. The municipality is located on the shores of Lake Atitlán, approximately 3 miles South-Southeast of Panajachel, a popular tourist destination. To the East-Southeast is San Antonio Palopó. The three aforementioned...

    , a town in Sololá department

Mexico
  • Santa Catarina, Guanajuato
    Santa Catarina, Guanajuato
    Santa Catarina is a Mexican city located in the Northeast region of the state of Guanajuato, within the Sierra Gorda range. The municipality has an area of 193.67 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by Victoria and Xichú, to the east by the state of Querétaro, to the south by Tierra...

    , a town in the state of Guanajuato
  • Santa Catarina, Morelos, a town in the state of Morelos
  • Santa Catarina, Nuevo León
    Santa Catarina, Nuevo León
    Santa Catarina is a city and municipality in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico that is part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area.-History:The name of this city comes from the Catholic Saint Catherine of Alexandria....

    , a city in the state of Nuevo León
  • Santa Catarina Ayometla, a town in the state of Tlaxcala
  • Santa Catarina de Tepehuanes, a town in the state of Durango
  • A dozen or so municipalities of Oaxaca
    Municipalities of Oaxaca
    The Mexican state of Oaxacais made up of 571 municipalities —more than any other state....

     are called Santa Catarina
  • Misión Santa Catarina Virgen fvfgy Mártir, a colonial-era Dominican mission in Ensenada, Baja California

Portugal
  • Santa Catarina (Caldas da Rainha)
    Santa Catarina (Caldas da Rainha)
    Santa Catarina is one of the sixteen civil parishes that make up the municipality of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. The parish has an area of 20 km² and 5,000 residents.-References:...

    , a freguesia of Caldas da Rainha

United States
  • Santa Catarina, Texas
    Santa Catarina, Texas
    Santa Catarina is an unincorporated community in Starr County, Texas, United States. It is situated along FM 755 in northeastern Starr County, approximately 20 miles northeast of Rio Grande City and six miles southwest of La Gloria...

    , an unincorporated community in Starr County, Texas, United States

Other

  • Santa Catarina (ship)
    Santa Catarina (ship)
    Santa Catharina was a Portuguese merchant ship, a 150 ton carrack, that was seized by the Dutch East India Company during February, 1603 off Singapore...

    , a Portuguese carrack that was seized by the Dutch East India Company off the coast of Singapore in 1603
  • St. Catharina, a Roman Catholic parish in Dinklage
    Dinklage
    Dinklage is a town in the district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 13 km southwest of Vechta, and 45 km north of Osnabrück.-History:...

    , Germany
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