Esperanza
Esperanza is the Spanish word for hope, and may refer to:

Places
Philippines
Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, a municipality
Esperanza, Masbate, a municipality
Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat, a municipality

United States
Esperanza, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
Esperanza, New York, historic name of the village of Athens
Esperanza, Hudspeth County, Texas, an unincorporated community
Esperanza, Montgomery County, Texas, a ghost town
Esperanza, Puerto Rico, a town in Vieques
Esperanza (Jerusalem, New York), an historic home in Jerusalem, New York

Other
Esperanza Base, a settlement in Antarctica
Esperanza, Santa Fe, a city in Argentina
Esperanza, Belize, a village in Cayo District, Belize
La Esperanza, Norte de Santander, Colombia, a municipality and town
Esperanza (Ranchuelo), a village in Cuba
Esperanza, Dominican Republic, a municipality in Valverde province
La Esperanza, Ecuador, a town and parish
La Esperanza, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, a municipality
La Esperanza, Honduras, a city and municipality in Intibucá Department
Esperanza (municipality), a town and municipality in Puebla, Mexico
Esperanza, Ucayali, a city in Peru
La Esperanza, the seat of the municipality of El Rosario, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands of Spain

People
Esperanza (given name), a Spanish feminine given name
Gabriel Esperanza, 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

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., a non-profit organization that provides job training and placement to unemployed minority workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Esperanza International, a non-profit organization that develops Dominican Republican communities through microfinancing

Other uses
MV Esperanza, a 1984 Greenpeace ship
Esperanza (Madrid Metro), a station of the Madrid Metro
Esperanza (bug), a genus of bugs
Tecoma stans, a yellow flower sometimes called esperanza
Esperanza High School, Anaheim, California, United States
Esperanza Drum and Bugle Corps, a modern drum corps from San Diego, California, United States
Esperanza Ortega, the title character of Esperanza Rising, a 2000 novel
La Esperanza Airport, Nicaragua
Esperanza Diamond, found in Crater of Diamonds State Park

See also
Esperanza Fire, a wind-driven arson fire that started in a river wash near Cabazon, California
Esperança (disambiguation)
Esperanto, the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language
Teatro de la Ciudad, Mexico City, formerly Teatro Esperanza Iris