Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz is the largest of the nine constituent departments of , occupying about one-third of the country's territory. With an area of 370,621 km2, it is slightly smaller than or the state of .
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de la Sierra, commonly known as , is the largest city in and the capital of the department. Situated on the Pirai River in the eastern Tropical Lowlands of Bolivia, the de la Sierra Metropolitan Region is the most populous urban agglomeration in Bolivia with an estimated population of 2.4 million in 2020.

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is a in northeast Santa Cruz Department, Province of José Miguel de Velasco, , on the border with .

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, is the capital of the and the Municipality in the Santa Cruz Department of .

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is an inland river port and municipality in far eastern , within Santa Cruz Department. It is located 10 km west of the border with .

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or Samaypata is a small town in the of the Santa Cruz Department in . It has a subtropical climate and an altitude of 1600–1800 m.

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, or simply San José, is the capital of in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. A former Jesuit Reduction, it is part of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1990.

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is a town in the eastern , north of . is the capital of the Ñuflo de Chávez Province in the Santa Cruz Department.

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is the seat of Municipality in , Santa Cruz Department, . The mission of is known as part of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, declared in 1990 a World Heritage Site, as a former Jesuit Reduction.

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is in Santa Cruz Department in , adjacent to the border city of .

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is a town in the eastern , Santa Cruz department.

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or San Rafael is the seat of the San Rafael Municipality in the , Santa Cruz Department, . It is part of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos. In 1990 it was declared a World Heritage Site.

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, or simply San Miguel, is a town in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. It is the capital of San Miguel Municipality, the second municipal section of .

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is a small town in Municipality in , Santa Cruz Department, . The mission of is one of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos.

is a little town in the eastern , Santa Cruz department.

Santa Cruz

Latitude of center
-17.3333° or 17° 20′ south
Longitude of center
-61.5° or 61° 30′ west
Population
3,120,000
Elevation
253 metres (830 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2854906392
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3904907
Wiki­data ID
Q235106
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Santa Cruz” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሳንታ ክሩዝ”
  • Arabic: “إدارة سانتا كروز”
  • Armenian: “Սանտա Կրուզ”
  • Aymara: “Santa Krus jach’a suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Santa Cruz”
  • Balinese: “Departemén Santa Cruz (Bolivia)”
  • Balinese: “Departemén Santa Cruz”
  • Basque: “Santa Cruz”
  • Basque: “Santa Cruzeko departamendua”
  • Basque: “Santa Cruzko departamendua”
  • Belarusian: “дэпартамент Санта-Крус”
  • Belarusian: “Санта-Крус, дэпартамент”
  • Belarusian: “Санта-Крус”
  • Bengali: “সান্তা ক্রুজ বিভাগ”
  • Breton: “Departamant Santa Cruz”
  • Bulgarian: “Санта Крус”
  • Catalan: “Departament de Santa Cruz”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento de Santa Cruz”
  • Chinese: “Santa Cruz Chiu”
  • Chinese: “圣克鲁斯省”
  • Chinese: “聖克魯斯省”
  • Croatian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Czech: “departement Santa Cruz”
  • Czech: “Departement Santa Cruz”
  • Czech: “Santa Cruz”
  • Danish: “Santa Cruz”
  • Dutch: “Provincies departement Santa Cruz”
  • Dutch: “Provincies van departement Santa Cruz”
  • Dutch: “Santa Cruz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اداره سانتا كروز”
  • Esperanto: “Departemento de Santa Cruz”
  • Esperanto: “Santa Cruz”
  • Esperanto: “Santa-Kruzio”
  • Estonian: “Santa Cruzi departemang”
  • Finnish: “Santa Cruz”
  • French: “departement de Santa Cruz”
  • French: “Département de Santa Cruz”
  • French: “Santa Cruz”
  • Galician: “Departamento de Santa Cruz”
  • Georgian: “სანტა-კრუსის დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Departamento Santa Cruz”
  • German: “Santa Cruz”
  • Greek: “Σάντα Κρουζ”
  • Greek: “Σάντα Κρούζ”
  • Guarani: “Tetãvore Santa Cruz”
  • Gujarati: “સાન્તા ક્રૂઝ વિભાગ”
  • Hausa: “Santa Cruz”
  • Hebrew: “מחלקת סנטה קרוז”
  • Hindi: “सान्ता क्रुस विभाग”
  • Hindi: “सान्ता क्रूस विभाग, बोलिविया”
  • Hindi: “सान्ता क्रूस विभाग”
  • Indonesian: “Departemen Santa Cruz”
  • Interlingua: “Departimento de Santa Cruz”
  • Italian: “dipartimento di Santa Cruz”
  • Italian: “Dipartimento di Santa Cruz”
  • Japanese: “サンタクルス県”
  • Javanese: “Santa Cruz”
  • Kannada: “ಸಾಂಟಾ ಕ್ರೂಜ್ ಇಲಾಖೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Санта Крус”
  • Kirghiz: “Санта Круз”
  • Korean: “산타크루스주”
  • Ladino: “Santa Cruz”
  • Latvian: “Santakrusas departaments”
  • Lithuanian: “Santa Kruso departamentas”
  • Macedonian: “Санта Круз”
  • Macedonian: “Санта Крус”
  • Malay: “Santa Cruz Department”
  • Marathi: “सांता क्रूझ विभाग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Santa Cruz Chiu”
  • Minangkabau: “Departemen Santa Cruz”
  • Northern Frisian: “Santa Cruz (Department uun Boliiwien)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Cruz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Santa Cruz-departementet”
  • Norwegian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Oromo: “Santa Cruz”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਂਤਾ ਕਰੁਜ਼”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سانتا کروز”
  • Polish: “Santa Cruz”
  • Portuguese: “Departamento de Santa Cruz”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Cruz”
  • Pushto: “سانتا کروز”
  • Quechua: “Santa Krus suyu”
  • Quechua: “Willka Chakata suyu”
  • Romanian: “Departamentul Santa Cruz”
  • Romanian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Russian: “Санта-Круз”
  • Russian: “Санта-Крус”
  • Scots: “Santa Cruz Depairment”
  • Scots: “Santa Cruz Depairtment”
  • Serbian: “Санта Круз”
  • Sinhala: “සැන්ටා කෘස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව”
  • Sinhala: “සැන්ටා කෲස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, බොලිවියාව”
  • Slovak: “Department Santa Cruz”
  • Slovak: “Santa Cruz”
  • Slovenian: “Departamento Santa Cruz”
  • Slovenian: “Departma Santa Cruz”
  • Somali: “Santa Cruz”
  • Spanish: “Departamento de Santa Cruz”
  • Spanish: “Departamento Santa Cruz”
  • Spanish: “Santa Cruz, Bolivia”
  • Spanish: “Santa Cruz”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Santa Cruz, Bolivia”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Santa Cruz”
  • Swedish: “Santa Cruz”
  • Tajik: “Санта Крус”
  • Tamil: “சாண்டா கிருஸ் துறை”
  • Tatar: “Санта Круз”
  • Telugu: “శాంటా క్రజ్ డిపార్ట్మెంట్”
  • Telugu: “శాంటా క్రజ్ విభాగం”
  • Thai: “แคว้นซานตากรุซ”
  • Turkish: “Santa Cruz Departmanı”
  • Turkish: “Santa Cruz”
  • Ukrainian: “Санта-Крус”
  • Urdu: “ڈیپارٹمنٹ سانتا کروز”
  • Urdu: “محکمہ سانتا کروز”
  • Uzbek: “Santa Cruz”
  • Venetian: “Departemento de Santa Cruz”
  • Venetian: “Dipartimento de Santa Cruz”
  • Vietnamese: “Monagas”
  • Vietnamese: “Santa Cruz”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Santa Cruz”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Santa Cruz”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣克鲁斯省（玻利维亚）”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣克鲁斯省”
  • Yiddish: “סאנטא קרוז”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖克魯斯省”
  • “Tlālxeliuhcāyōtl Santa Cruz”

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