Santa Isabel

Santa Isabel is the Spanish and Portuguese name of one of two Roman Catholic saints, Saint Isabel of France and Saint Isabel of Aragon. Various places have been named for either of such persons. These include:

Argentina:

  • Santa Isabel, Buenos Aires, a settlement in General Alvear Partido
  • Santa Isabel, Córdoba, a neighbourhood in the city of Córdoba
  • Santa Isabel, La Pampa, in the province of La Pampa

Brazil:

  • Santa Isabel, Espírito Santo, a town in the state of Espírito Santo
  • Santa Isabel, Goiás, a town in the state of Goiás
  • Santa Isabel, São Paulo, a town in the state of São Paulo
  • Santa Isabel do Rio Negro, in the state of Amazonas

Cape Verde:

  • Santa Isabel (Boa Vista), a parish on the island of Boa Vista

Colombia:

  • Santa Isabel, Tolima, a town in Tolima department
  • Santa Isabel (TransMilenio), a station on Bogotá's TransMilenio mass-transit system
  • Santa Isabel (volcano), a volcano

Equatorial Guinea:

  • Former name of Malabo, the country's capital
  • Former name of Pico Basilé, highest mountain in Equatorial Guinea

Mexico:

  • Santa Isabel, Baja California, a city in the state of Baja California
  • Santa Isabel, Chihuahua, a city in the state of Chihuahua
  • Santa Isabel (municipality), also in Chihuahua

Solomon Islands:

  • Santa Isabel Island, an island

United States: a former Spanish mission in the state of Georgia

  • Santa Isabel de Utinahica

Venezuela:

  • Santa Isabel, Trujillo, in the state of Trujillo
Other
  • Santa Isabel languages, spoken in the Solomon Islands
  • Santa Isabel Theater, in Recife, Brazil
  • Santa Isabel (supermarkets) of Chile
  • Santa Isabel (Church) in Lisbon, Portugal
  • SS Santa Isabel, a number of ships with this name

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