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(also sän'tä krūs') A city of central Bolivia northeast of Sucre. Founded c. 1560, it is the largest city in the country and a trade and processing center. Population: 1,110,000.

 

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Columbia Encyclopedia: Santa Cruz de la Sierra
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Santa Cruz de la Sierra (sän'tä krūs THā lä sēĕr'ä), city (1992 pop. 697,278), capital of Santa Cruz dept., central Bolivia, on the Piray River. A trade and processing center for sugar, rice, cotton, fruit, soy, and corn, it is of strategic and commercial importance because of its central location; there are also natural-gas reserves and an oil refinery nearby. Important industries are leather crafting, sugar refining, and alcohol production. A rail line gives the city access to both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Santa Cruz de la Sierra was founded in the 16th cent. and was an early Jesuit missionary center.

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Saturday HI:  88°F / 31°C
LO: 74°F / 23°C
Sunday HI:  86°F / 30°C
LO: 75°F / 23°C
Monday HI:  86°F / 30°C
LO: 75°F / 23°C
Tuesday HI:  86°F / 30°C
LO: 72°F / 22°C
Wednesday HI:  82°F / 27°C
LO: 70°F / 21°C
Last updated December 26, 2009 12:09 (EST)

Dialing Code: The telephone dialing code for: Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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The country code is: 591
The city code is: 3

Local Time: Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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It is 2:11 PM, December 26, in Santa Cruz (Bolivia).

Wikipedia: Santa Cruz (Lagoa)
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Coordinates: 37°44′35″N 25°33′54″W / 37.7431°N 25.5651°W / 37.7431; -25.5651 Santa Cruz (Portuguese for Holy Cross) is a parish in the district of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 3,501 its density is 245.5/km² and the area is 14.26 km².

Santa Cruz has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia and a square. In 2007, the parish Santa Cruz will be celebrating 500 years serving the population.

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