Santa Cruz, Goa
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| Coordinates: 15°28′15″N 73°50′35″E / 15.47083°N 73.84306°ECoordinates: 15°28′15″N 73°50′35″E / 15.47083°N 73.84306°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Goa |
| District | North Goa |
| Sub-district | Ilhas de Goa |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 21,000 |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 403005 |
| Area code(s) | 0832 |
Santa Cruz or Calaphur is a village-suburb of the Goan state capital of Panjim.
Santa Cruz (meaning holy cross in Portuguese) is the largest village in Goa with a population of 21,000 people all from different religions and also from different parts of India. Geographically, it is situated in the North Goa district in the Sub-District of Ilhas de Goa (Which means Islands of Goa in Portuguese) or Tiswadi (thirty villages in Konkani) Taluka. Santa Cruz is bounded north with Rio de Ourem (river of gold Estuary in Portuguese), the neighbouring villages are Merces ("à mercê de" translates into "at the mercy of" in English) village which stretches from the north-east to the east (on the east side of the NH 17), Bambolim which stretches from east to the south and Taleigao which stretches from the south to the west. Panjim, the capital city of the state of Goa located on the largest of the islands and is to its northwest. This village is sub-divided into 11 wards, each of which has its own individuality within the village viz, Bandh Vaddo (or Bandhar) (southwest of Santa Cruz Church at the foot of Taleigao hillocks), Bondir (around Northeast of Santa Cruz Church (near the Rio de Oureum estuary to its southeast)), Cabesa Ward (around south of Santa Cruz Church at the foot of Bambolim hillocks), Primeiro Bairro (around Santa Cruz Church at sea level), Segundo Bairro (north of Santa Cruz Church at sea level).
St. Cruz (Goa Assembly constituency) is also the name of a constituency of the Goa Legislative Assembly and is currently represented by Congress politician Antonio Fernandes (politician)) of the Indian National Congress party. It was formerly represented by Atanasio Monserrate also known as "Babush" Monserrate, Victoria Fernandes
Santa Cruz has several places of interest, Almacho Khuris (Souls Cross),Char Khabbe (Four Pillars), Saint Anthony's Chapel, and its disappearing Salt pans (Mithagar or Mithache agor) form a part of the reclaimed waterlogged khazan(muddy fields with sludge )lands, which are also used for aquaculture, pisciculture and agriculture.
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