Santa Catarina

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Santa Catarina (the Spanish- and Portuguese-language name of St. Catherine) is the name of several places:

Brazil

Cape Verde

Santa Catarina, Cape Verde, a municipality.

Guatemala

Santa Catarina Barahona, a town in Sacatepéquez department.

Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan, a town in Sololá department.

Santa Catarina Mita, a town in Jutiapa department.

Santa Catarina Palopó, a town in Sololá department.

Mexico

Santa Catarina, Guanajuato, a town in the state of Guanajuato.

Santa Catarina, Morelos, a town in the state of Morelos.

Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, 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 are called Santa Catarina.

Santa Catarina Virgen y Mártir, a colonial-era Dominican mission in Ensenada, Baja California.

Portugal

Santa Catarina (ship), was a Portuguese carrack that was seized by the Dutch East India Company off the coast of Singapore in 1603.

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