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.