Santa Cruz is a parish in the municipality of Lagoa in the Azores

Azores

The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...

. The population in 2001 was 3501, in an area of 14.25 km² that extends from the southern coast of São Miguel

São Miguel Island

São Miguel Island , nicknamed "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese Azores archipelago. The island covers and has around 140,000 inhabitants, 45,000 of these people located in the largest city in the archipelago: Ponta Delgada.-History:In 1427, São Miguel...

to the Serra de Água de Pau massif (a density of 245 inhabitants per km²).

Geography

Santa Cruz has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia and a square. In 2007, the parish Santa Cruz will be celebrating 500 years serving the population.