Esperanza is the

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: ** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...

word for hope, and may refer to:

Places

Philippines

Esperanza, Agusan del Sur Esperanza, officially the Municipality of Esperanza ( ceb, Lungsod sa Esperanza; tgl, Bayan ng Esperanza), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 59,353 p ...

, a municipality *

Esperanza, Masbate Esperanza, officially the Municipality of Esperanza, is a 5th class municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,534 people. About 60% of the population lives along the coastline, ...

, a municipality *

Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat Esperanza, officially the Municipality of Esperanza ( hil, Banwa sang Esperanza; tl, Bayan ng Esperanza Maguindanaon: ''Inged nu Ispiransa'', Jawi: ايڠايد نو اسڤيرنسا), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Sultan Kudar ...

, a municipality

United States

* Esperanza, Mississippi, an unincorporated community *

Esperanza, New York Athens is a village in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 1,668 at the 2010 census. The village is named after the classical city of Athens. It is in the eastern part of the town of Athens, across the Hudson River fr ...

, historic name of the village of Athens *

Esperanza, Hudspeth County, Texas Esperanza is an unincorporated community in Hudspeth County, Texas, United States. Esperanza is located on Farm to Market Road 192 west of Sierra Blanca. History Esperanza was named for a farm in the area; its name means "hope" in Spanish. ...

, an unincorporated community *

Esperanza, Montgomery County, Texas Esperanza is a ghost town in Montgomery County, Texas, United States. Esperanza was located on U.S. Highway 75 U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south U.S. Highway that extends in the central United States. The highway's northern terminu ...

, a ghost town * Esperanza, Puerto Rico, a town in Vieques *

Esperanza (Jerusalem, New York) Esperanza, also known as John Rose House, is a historic home located at Jerusalem in Yates County, New York. It is a Greek Revival style structure with a -story, side-gabled main block and a -story, side-gabled west wing. It was built in 1838 an ...

, an historic home in Jerusalem, New York

Other

Esperanza Base ("Permanence, an act of sacrifice") , pushpin_map = Antarctica , pushpin_map_alt = Location of Esperanza Base in Antarctica , pushpin_map_caption = Location of Esperanza Base in Antarctica , pushpin_mapsize ...

, a settlement in Antarctica *

Esperanza, Santa Fe Esperanza is a city in the center of the provinces of Argentina, province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Argentina. It had about 36,000 inhabitants at the and it is the head town of the Las Colonias Department. Esperanza is at the heart of the m ...

, a city in Argentina *

Esperanza, Belize Esperanza is a village located along the George Price Highway in Cayo District, Belize. It lies approximately four kilometers northeast of San Ignacio San Ignacio (the Spanish language name of St. Ignatius (disambiguation), St. Ignatius) is a commo ...

, a village in Cayo District, Belize *

La Esperanza, Norte de Santander La Esperanza () is a Colombian municipality and town located in the department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (admi ...

, Colombia, a municipality and town *

Esperanza (Ranchuelo) Esperanza ( Spanish for "Hope"), also known as ''La Esperanza'', is a Cuban village and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Ranchuelo, in Villa Clara Province. With a 2011 population of 11,555 it is the mo ...

, a village in Cuba *

Esperanza, Dominican Republic Esperanza is a municipality (''municipio'') of the Valverde province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are four municipal districts (''distritos municipal''): Boca de Mao, Jicomé, Maizal and Paradero. As of the 2002 census ...

, a municipality in Valverde province *

La Esperanza, Ecuador La Esperanza (the name is Spanish language, Spanish for "hope") is a town and parish in northern Ecuador in Imbabura Province, Ibarra Canton. It lies at the north-eastern foot of Mount Imbabura volcano about in straight line distance south of the ...

, a town and parish *

La Esperanza, Quetzaltenango La Esperanza is a municipality in the Quetzaltenango department Quetzaltenango is a department in the western highlands of Guatemala. The capital is the city of Quetzaltenango, the second largest city in Guatemala.Rouanet et al 1992, p.14. The de ...

, Guatemala, a municipality *

La Esperanza, Honduras La Esperanza () is the capital city and a municipality of the same name of the department of Intibucá, Honduras. La Esperanza is famous for having the coolest climate in Honduras. It is considered the heart of the ''Ruta Lenca'' (Lenca Trail ...

, a city and municipality in Intibucá Department *

Esperanza (municipality) Esperanza Municipality is a municipality in Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexic ...

, a town and municipality in Puebla, Mexico *

Esperanza, Ucayali Esperanza also known as Puerto Esperanza is a town in Peru, capital of Purús Province in Ucayali Region. Esperanza is served by Puerto Esperanza Airport Puerto Esperanza Airport is an airport serving the town of Esperanza in the Ucayali ...

, a city in Peru * La Esperanza, the seat of the municipality of

El Rosario, Tenerife El Rosario is a municipality in the northeastern part of the island of Tenerife in the Santa Cruz de Tenerife province, on the Canary Islands, Spain. The seat of the municipality is the town La Esperanza, in the mountainous interior of the island. ...

, in the Canary Islands of Spain

People

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, a Spanish feminine given name *

Gabriel Esperanza Gabriel Esperanssa, also spelled Esperanza or Esperança, was a 17th-century rabbi at Safed. He was originally from Salonika, where he was a disciple of Daniel Estrumsa. He apparently assumed the name of a woman called Esperanssa (Spanish for "hope ...

, 17th-century rabbi

Film and TV

* ''Esperanza'' (film), a 1946 Mexican film * ''Esperanza'' (Philippine TV series) * ''Esperanza'' (Chilean TV series), a 2011 telenovela

Music

* Esperanza, a flamenco project by

Carlos Villalobos Carlos Jonathan VillaLobos, Jr. (born January 28, 1975) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist musician, who writes and produces original music for rock and pop artists, and composes modern orchestral music for trailers, television sh ...

Albums

* ''Esperanza'' (Michael Rother album), 1996 * ''Esperanza'' (Esperanza Spalding album), 2008 * '' Próxima Estación: Esperanza'', a 2001 album by Manu Chao

Songs

* "Esperanza" (Charles Aznavour song), 1961 * "Esperanza" (Enrique Iglesias song), 1998

Organizations

Esperanza Unida, Inc. Esperanza Unida, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Milwaukee that represents Latino workers in workers' and unemployment compensation hearings. The organization's mission is to provide un- and underemployed individuals with training for ...

, a non-profit organization that provides job training and placement to unemployed minority workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States *

Esperanza International Esperanza International is a Christian-based not-for-profit organization that is devoted to helping poverty-stricken people of the Dominican Republic through finance, education, health, and spiritual programs. It is classified as a 501(c)(3) non ...

, a non-profit organization that develops Dominican Republican communities through microfinancing

Other uses

* MV ''Esperanza'', a 1984 Greenpeace ship *

Esperanza (Madrid Metro) Esperanza is a metro station on Line 4 of the Madrid Metro The Madrid Metro (Spanish: ''Metro de Madrid'') is a rapid transit system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the 14th longest rapid transit system in the ...

, a station of the Madrid Metro * ''Esperanza'' (bug), a genus of bugs * ''

Tecoma stans ''Tecoma stans'' is a species of Flowering plant, flowering perennial shrub in the Campsis, trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae, that is native to the Americas. Common names include yellow trumpetbush, yellow bells, yellow elder, ginger-thomas. ' ...

'', a yellow flower sometimes called ''esperanza'' *

Esperanza High School Esperanza High School (EHS) is a public high school located in Anaheim, California and is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District. It is a California Distinguished School and is home to various California Interscholastic Fe ...

, Anaheim, California, United States *

Esperanza Drum and Bugle Corps This is a list of inactive Drum Corps International member corps and non-member corps. 27th Lancers Drum and Bugle Corps The 27th Lancers Drum and Bugle Corps was an Open Class (now ''World Class'') competitive junior drum and bugle corps. ...

, a modern drum corps from San Diego, California, United States * Esperanza Ortega, the title character of ''

Esperanza Rising ''Esperanza Rising'' is a young adult historical fiction novel written by Mexican-American author Pam Muñoz Ryan and released by Scholastic Publishing on 27 March 2000. The novel focuses on Esperanza, the only daughter of wealthy Mexican paren ...

'', a 2000 novel *

La Esperanza Airport, Nicaragua La Esperanza Airport is an airport serving the Escondido River village of La Esperanza in the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. The airport is east of the village, on the opposite side of the river. The Bluefields VOR-DM ...

Esperanza Diamond Crater of Diamonds State Park is a Arkansas state park in Pike County, Arkansas, in the United States. The park features a 37.5-acre (15.2 ha) plowed field, the world's only diamond-bearing site accessible to the public. Diamonds have continuous ...

, found in Crater of Diamonds State Park