Santa Rosa
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Santa Rosa is the Spanish
and Portuguese
name for Saint Rose
. It may also refer to:
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Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
name for Saint Rose
Saint Rose
-People:*Saint Rose of Lima *Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne *Saint Rose of Viterbo -Manitoba:*Sainte Rose du Lac, Manitoba, a small French-speaking town**Ste. Rose du Lac Airport**Ste...
. It may also refer to:
Places
Argentina:
- Santa Rosa, La Pampa
- Santa Rosa de CalamuchitaSanta Rosa de CalamuchitaSanta Rosa de Calamuchita is a small village in the . It has about 10,000 inhabitants as of the . The village is located in the center of the Calamuchita Valley, in the middle of a landscape that includes hills as well as rivers and lakes; the area is a major tourist attraction...
(Córdoba) - Santa Rosa de CalchinesSanta Rosa de CalchinesSanta Rosa de Calchines is a town in the center of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 5,629 inhabitants per the...
(Santa Fe) - Santa Rosa de Río PrimeroSanta Rosa de Río PrimeroSanta Rosa de Río Primero is a town in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. It has 6,788 inhabitants per the , and is the head town of the Río Primero Department. It lies in the center-northeast of the province, by the Primero River , about 75 km from the provincial capital Córdoba....
(Córdoba) - Santa Rosa Department, CatamarcaSanta Rosa Department, CatamarcaSanta Rosa is a department of Catamarca Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 10,500 inhabitants in an area of 1,424km², and its capital city is Bañado de Ovanta.-External links:*...
- Santa Rosa Department, MendozaSanta Rosa Department, MendozaSanta Rosa is a department located in the centre of Mendoza Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 16,000 inhabitants in an area of 8,510km², and its capital city is Santa Rosa, which is located around 975km from the Federal Capital.-External links:*...
Bolivia:
- Santa Rosa, Mapiri
- Santa Rosa de YacumaSanta Rosa de YacumaSanta Rosa de Yacuma is a small town in the Amazon pampas of the Bolivian Beni Department.-Location:Santa Rosa de Yacuma is the administrative center of the Santa Rosa Municipality in the José Ballivián Province. It is located on the left banks of Yacuma River, 230 km north-west of Trinidad, the...
- Santa Rosa Municipality, Beni
Brazil:
- Santa Vó Rosa - Organização Apostólica
- Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do SulSanta Rosa, Rio Grande do SulSanta Rosa is a town in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, located at latitude 27º52'15" and longitude 54º28'53" at a height of 277 meters above sea level. It has an area of 488.42 km²...
- Santa Rosa, Goiás
- Santa Rosa, Niterói
- Santa Rosa de Viterbo, São PauloSanta Rosa de Viterbo, São PauloSanta Rosa de Viterbo is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 was 22,584 and the area is 290.41 km². The elevation is 675 m.-External links:...
- Santa Rosa do PurusSanta Rosa do PurusSanta Rosa do Purus is a city and municipality in the Brazilian state of Acre. It is the smallest city in Acre. It is located in the center of the state with the border of the Republic of Peru just across the river. Its population is 3 948 and its area is 5,981 km². Santa Rosa do Purus is one...
(Acre) - Santa Rosa de Lima, SergipeSanta Rosa de Lima, SergipeSanta Rosa de Lima is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 3,740 and its area is 68 km²....
Colombia:
- Santa Rosa, BolívarSanta Rosa, BolívarSanta Rosa is a town and municipality located in the Bolívar Department, northern Colombia....
- Santa Rosa, CaucaSanta Rosa, CaucaSanta Rosa is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia....
- Santa Rosa de OsosSanta Rosa de OsosSanta Rosa de Osos is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Northern Antioquia. Colombian poet Porfirio Barba-Jacob was born in this town.-External links:* http://dsro.org...
(Antioquia) - Santa Rosa de CabalSanta Rosa de CabalSanta Rosa de Cabal is a town and municipality in the Risaralda Department, west central Colombia, on the western slopes of the Andean Cordillera Central. It is a commercial and manufacturing centre for the fertile agricultural and pastoral hinterland...
(Risaralda) - Santa Rosa de Viterbo, BoyacáSanta Rosa de Viterbo, BoyacáSanta Rosa de Viterbo is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the Tundama Province a subregion of Boyaca.Viterbite, not a mineral but a mixture of Allophane and Wavellite, occurs in and was named after this municipality....
- Santa Rosa del SurSanta Rosa del SurSan Rosa del Sur is a town and municipality located in the Bolívar Department, northern Colombia....
(Bolívar)
Costa Rica:
- Santa Rosa AbajoSanta Rosa AbajoSanta Rosa Abajo is a village in the district of Llano Bonito, in León Cortés Canton, San José Province, Costa Rica. The town has been subdivided into two major regions: from the break to the middle part, it is called Santa Rosa Abajo, following the same all the way to of the mountain top it is...
- Santa Rosa National ParkSanta Rosa National ParkSanta Rosa National Park, in Spanish the , is a national park, part of the Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage site, in the northern western part of Costa Rica, originally created to protect the scene of the Battle of Santa Rosa, at its eastern edge lies the Interamerican Highway where...
, site of the 1856 Battle of Santa RosaBattle of Santa RosaIn the 19th century, Nicaragua was beset by political problems, which William Walker, an American with a tendency to slavery, took advantage of. He believed in "Manifest Destiny"...
Ecuador:
- Santa Rosa, El OroSanta Rosa, El OroFarming center about 10 miles south of Machala, Ecuador. Santa Rosa that is the site for a large new airport to service the southern part of Ecuador.This aerport is operational offering flights to mayor cities in Ecuador like Guayaquil, Quito, Cuenca, and in the near future Peru and...
- Santa Rosa CantonSanta Rosa CantonSanta Rosa Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the El Oro Province. Its capital is the town of Santa Rosa. Its population at the 2001 census was 60,388....
, El Oro Province - Santa Rosa de Yanamaru, site of a March 2008 Colombian border raid
El Salvador:
- Santa Rosa de Lima
- Santa Rosa GuachipilínSanta Rosa GuachipilínSanta Rosa Guachipilín is a municipality in the Santa Ana department of El Salvador....
Guatemala:
- Santa Rosa Cuilapa (Santa Rosa department)
- Santa Rosa de Lima, Santa RosaSanta Rosa de Lima, Santa RosaSanta Rosa de Lima is a municipality in the Santa Rosa department of Guatemala.It is most famous for hosting the 1956 Guatemalan National Championships....
- Santa Rosa (Guatemalan department)Santa Rosa (Guatemalan department)Santa Rosa is a department in Guatemala. The capital is Cuilapa.- Municipalities :# Barberena# Casillas# Chiquimulilla# Cuilapa# Guazacapán# Nueva Santa Rosa# Oratorio# Pueblo Nuevo Viñas# San Juan Tecuaco# San Rafael Las Flores...
Guyana:
- Santa Rosa, GuyanaSanta Rosa, GuyanaSanta Rosa is a community in the Barima-Waini region of northern Guyana, located at . Its population is approximately 10,000 .Santa Rosa is the largest Amerindian village in Guyana. This predominantly Arawak village is located on the Moruka River, 29 km from its mouth...
Honduras:
- Santa Rosa de AguánSanta Rosa de AguánSanta Rosa de Aguán is a municipality in the Honduran department of Colón. It was affected by Hurricane Mitch.-References:...
(Colón) - Santa Rosa de CopánSanta Rosa de CopánSanta Rosa de Copán is the departmental capital of the Honduran department of Copán. It is set at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level....
(Copán)
Mexico:
- Santa Rosa, Aguascalientes
- Santa Rosa, Baja California
- Santa Rosa, Chihuahua
- Santa Rosa, Coahuila
- Santa Rosa, Durango
- Santa Rosa, Guerrero
- Santa Rosa, Guanajuato
- Santa Rosa, Jalisco
- Santa Rosa, Morelos
- Santa Rosa, Quintana Roo
- Santa Rosa, San Luis Potosí
- Santa Rosa, Sonora
- Santa Rosa, Tamaulipas
- Santa Rosa, Zacatecas
- Santa Rosa JáureguiSanta Rosa JáureguiSanta Rosa Jáuregui is a village in the Mexican state of Querétaro, seat of the homonymous borough of the municipality of Santiago de Querétaro. It has 16,966 inhabitants, and is located at 1950 meters above sea level. The borough is the largest of the municipality of Querétaro in terms of surface,...
, Querétaro - an obsolete name for Clarion IslandClarion IslandIsla Clarión, formerly called Santa Rosa, is the second largest, westernmost and most remote of the Revillagigedo Islands, west of Socorro Island and over from the Mexican mainland and an area ². It has three prominent peaks. The westernmost and tallest peak, Monte Gallegos, is high...
in the Revillagigedo Islands
Nicaragua:
- Santa Rosa del PeñónSanta Rosa del PeñónSanta Rosa del Peñón is a municipality in the León department of Nicaragua....
(León)
Paraguay:
- Santa Rosa del MondaySanta Rosa del MondaySanta Rosa del Monday is a district of the Alto Paraná Department, Paraguay....
a town and districtDistricts of Paraguay||The departments of Paraguay are divided into districts .-List of districts:List of districts of Paraguay, showing the population and the department. This district was created after the 2002 Census....
in Alto Paraná DepartmentAlto Paraná DepartmentAlto Paraná is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Ciudad del Este .The Alto Paraná department has experienced tremendous economic and population growth in the past 50 years... - Santa Rosa de LimaSanta Rosa, ParaguaySanta Rosa is a town and district located in the Misiones department in Paraguay. It is one of the most important cities of the influence Jesuit.-Geography:Santa Rosa is located 257 kilometers south of Asunción on Route I "Mariscal Francisco Solano Lopez"...
, a town and districtDistricts of Paraguay||The departments of Paraguay are divided into districts .-List of districts:List of districts of Paraguay, showing the population and the department. This district was created after the 2002 Census....
in Misiones DepartmentMisiones DepartmentMisiones is a department located in the southern region of Paraguay. Its capital is San Juan Bautista. The eighth of Paraguay's 17 departments, it was created in 1906, then known as the San Ignacio Department, and was not given its present name until 1945...
Peru:
- Santa Rosa de YavariSanta Rosa de YavariSanta Rosa de Yavari is an Amazonian town in the Mariscal Ramón Castilla Province in the Loreto Region of Peru, located in an island in the Amazon River in front of the cities of Leticia and Tabatinga . The town serves as a checkpoint and crossing point for the Brazil-Peru and the Brazil-Colombia...
, a town in Loreto - Santa Rosa District (disambiguation), districts in Peru
Philippines:
- Santa Rosa CitySanta Rosa CityThe City of Santa Rosa is a first class city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. It is also known as "The Lion City of the South" since 1994...
, Laguna Province - Santa Rosa, Nueva EcijaSanta Rosa, Nueva EcijaSanta Rosa is a 1st class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 58,762 people in 10,281 households....
- Santa Rosa, barangay in Danao CityDanao CityDanao City is a 3rd class city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 109,534 people.In 2005, Metro Cebu's definition was expanded to include Danao City, a leader in the gun industry, in the north and the municipalities of San Fernando and Carcar...
and Marilao, BulacanMarilao, BulacanMarilao is a first class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 160,452 inhabitants in 22,363 households.- Built up area :... - Santa Rosa railway stationSanta Rosa railway stationSanta Rosa station is a defunct railway station on the South Main Line of the Philippine National Railways. Like all PNR stations, the station is at grade. It is located in Barangay Labas, Santa Rosa City, Laguna, within the city proper....
, Laguna
Trinidad and Tobago:
- Santa Rosa Carib CommunitySanta Rosa Carib CommunityThe Santa Rosa Carib Community is the major organisation of indigenous people in Trinidad and Tobago. The Caribs of Arima are descended from the original Amerindian inhabitants of Trinidad; Amerindians from the former encomiendas of Tacarigua and Arauca were resettled to Arima between 1784 and 1786...
United States of America:
- Santa Rosa, Arizona (also known as Kaij Mek)
- Santa Rosa, CaliforniaSanta Rosa, CaliforniaSanta Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...
- Santa Rosa Valley, an unincorporated area east of Camarillo, CaliforniaCamarillo, CaliforniaCamarillo is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 65,201 at the 2010 census, up from 57,084 at the 2000 census. The Ventura Freeway Camarillo is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 65,201 at the 2010 census, up from 57,084 at...
- Santa Rosa RancheriaSanta Rosa RancheriaSanta Rosa Rancheria is the reservation of the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria. It is located 4.5 miles southeast of Lemoore, California. Established in 1934 on about 40 acres , the Santa Rosa Rancheria belongs to the federally recognized Tachi Yokut tribe. It is the site...
, an Indian Reservation in Central California - Santa Rosa County, FloridaSanta Rosa County, FloridaSanta Rosa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the population was 117,743, while a July 1, 2005, estimate placed the population at 143,105, an 18% increase making it the 84th fastest growing county in the United States between 2000 and 2005. ...
- Santa Rosa, Mississippi, a small community that was displaced when the John C. Stennis Space CenterJohn C. Stennis Space CenterThe John C. Stennis Space Center , located in Hancock County, Mississippi, at the Mississippi-Louisiana border, is NASA's largest rocket engine test facility.- History :...
was constructed in the early 1960's - Santa Rosa, New MexicoSanta Rosa, New MexicoSanta Rosa is a city in and the county seat of Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 2,744 at the 2000 census. It lies between Albuquerque and Tucumcari, situated on the Pecos River at the intersection of Interstate 40, U.S. Route 54, and U.S. Route 84...
- Santa Rosa Lake State ParkSanta Rosa Lake State ParkSanta Rosa Lake State Park is a state park of New Mexico, USA, located on the eastern plains. The park features a large reservoir that is home to various fish species including largemouth bass, catfish and even walleye. The park elevation is above sea level. The park is located north of the...
, New Mexico - Santa Rosa, TexasSanta Rosa, TexasSanta Rosa is a town in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,833 at the 2000 census. It may be included as part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas.-Geography:...
- Two Santa Rosa Islands:
- Santa Rosa Island, CaliforniaSanta Rosa Island, CaliforniaSanta Rosa Island is the second largest of the Channel Islands of California at 53,195 acres . Defined by the United States Census Bureau as Block 3009, Block Group 3, Census Tract 29.10 of Santa Barbara County, California, the 2000 census showed an official population of 2 persons. It is part of...
, one of the Channel Islands of California - Santa Rosa Island, FloridaSanta Rosa Island, FloridaSanta Rosa Island[p] is a 40-mile barrier island located in the U.S. state of Florida, thirty miles east of the Alabama state border...
, site of the Battle of Santa Rosa IslandBattle of Santa Rosa IslandThe Battle of Santa Rosa Island was an unsuccessful Confederate attempt to take Union-held Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, Florida.- Background :...
in the American Civil War
- Santa Rosa Island, California
- Several Santa Rosa Mountains:
- Santa Rosa Mountains (Arizona)
- Santa Rosa Mountains (California)Santa Rosa Mountains (California)The Santa Rosa Mountains are a short mountain range in the Peninsular Ranges system, located east of the Los Angeles Basin and northeast of the San Diego metropolitan area of southern California, in the Southwestern United States.-Geography:...
- The Santa Rosa RangeSanta Rosa RangeThe Santa Rosa Range is a line of mountains in northern Nevada in the western United States. The range extends for approximately 75 miles north from the Humboldt River west of Winnemucca through eastern Humboldt County to the border with Oregon. The highest peaks in the range are Granite Peak ...
in northern Nevada
Other uses
- A type of large plumPlumA plum or gage is a stone fruit tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus. The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera in the shoots having a terminal bud and solitary side buds , the flowers in groups of one to five together on short stems, and the fruit having a groove running down one...
, yellow inside and red outside - Santa Rosa platform, code-name for Intel's fourth-generation CentrinoCentrinoThe Centrino brand represents Intel Wi-Fi and WiMAX adapters. It was formerly a platform-marketing initiative from Intel until January 7, 2010....
platform - Core name for AMD's 90nm AM2 OpteronOpteronOpteron is AMD's x86 server and workstation processor line, and was the first processor which supported the AMD64 instruction set architecture . It was released on April 22, 2003 with the SledgeHammer core and was intended to compete in the server and workstation markets, particularly in the same...
- "Santa Rosa" (ABBA song), song by ABBA, b-side of "He Is Your BrotherHe Is Your Brother"He Is Your Brother" is a song recorded in 1972 by Swedish pop group ABBA, at the time known as 'Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid'.The song continued on the lyrical theme from "People Need Love" about reaching out to your fellow man...
" single - "Santa Rosa" (Pete Stringfellow song), song by Pete StringfellowPete StringfellowPete Stringfellow is an American singer, songwriter and performer in the music and movie industry.-Biography:Stringfellow was born in Hermosillo, Mexico on June 3, 1972...
, single release - FM Santa RosaFM Santa RosaFM Santa Rosa is a local catholic radio station broadcasting from the city of Pilar, Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It broadcasts newsmagazines, music and some religious shows from EWTN...
, a local radio station broadcasting from the city of Pilar, Buenos AiresPilar, Buenos AiresPilar is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It has a population of more than 226,000 inhabitants as per the . Pilar is part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation and is the head of the administrative division of Pilar Partido...
, Argentina - Santa Rosa stormSanta Rosa stormThe Santa Rosa Storm occurs in the Southern Hemisphere up to five days earlier than or five days later than the festival of Santa Rosa of Lima, Perú, celebrated on August 30 each year....
, a storm occurring in the Southern Hemisphere on or around August 30 each year - Santa Rosa Esporte ClubeSanta Rosa Esporte ClubeSanta Rosa Esporte Clube, commonly known as Santa Rosa Esporte Clube, is a Brazilian football club based in Icoaraci, a district of Belém, Pará state. They competed in the Série C once.-History:The club was founded on January 6, 1924...
, a Brazilian soccer club