Quintana

Quintana may refer to:

Places

• Quintana (castra), a street in a Roman camp

Geographic features

• Quintana Island, an Antarctic island

Settlements, and administrative and political divisions

• Quintana Municipality in São Paulo, Brazil
• Quintana, Texas, United States
• Quintana (Hato Rey), a sector in Puerto Rico
• Quintana (Belmonte), a parish in Asturias, Spain
• Quintana, Álava, a concejo in the Basque Country in Spain
• Quintana (Madrid), a ward in Madrid, Spain
• Quintana de la Serena, municipality in Spain
• Quintana Roo, a state in Mexico
• Quintana y Congosto, a municipality in Spain
• Villarta-Quintana, a municipality in Spain

Structures and sites

• Estadio Quintana Roo, a football stadium in Quintana Roo
• La Quintana, a library park in Medellin, Colombia
• Quintana (Madrid Metro), a station on Line 5
• Quintana Square, the main square of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

People

Quintana is a Spanish surname, associated with:

• Alfredo Quintana (1988–2021), Portuguese handballer
• Andrés Quintana Roo (1787–1851), Mexican politician
• Anton Quintana (1937–2017), Dutch writer
• Anxo Quintana (born 1959), Spanish politician
• Quintana Olleros (1851–1919, born Blas Olleros y Quintana), Spanish painter
• Charlie Quintana (1962–2018), US musician
• Carlos Quintana (disambiguation)
  • Carlos Quintana (boxer) (born 1976), Puerto Rican boxer
  • Carlos Morales Quintana (born 1970), Spanish architect and yachtsman, husband of Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
  • Carlos Quintana (baseball) (born 1965), Major League Baseball player
  • Carlos Quintana (footballer) (born 1988), Argentine football defender
• Dayer Quintana (born 1992), Colombian professional road bicyclist
• Diego Quintana (born 1978), Argentine footballer
• Dionisio Quintana (born 1957), Cuban javelin thrower
• Gretchen Quintana (born 1984), Cuban heptathlete
• Enrique Quintana
• Enrique Fuentes Quintana (1924–2007), Spanish politician
• Ismael Quintana (1937–2016), Puerto Rican singer
• Janelle Quintana (born 1989), Filipina actress
• José Quintana (born 1989), Major League Baseball player
• Changuito (born 1948; as José Luís Quintana), Cuban percussionist
• José Luis Naranjo y Quintana (born 1944), Mexican politician
• Juan de Quintana (died 1534), Franciscan friar and confessor to the Holy Roman Emperor
• Juan Cortada y Quintana (1821–1889), Puerto Rican politician
• Leona Vicario (1789–1842; as Leona Vicario de Quintana Roo), Mexican independentist rebel
• Lope Conchillos y Quintana (died 1521), Spanish politician
• Manuel José Quintana (1772–1857), Spanish writer
• Mário Quintana (1906–1994), Brazilian writer
• Nairo Quintana (born 1990), Colombian racing cyclist
• Rosa Quintana (born 1959), Spanish civil servant and politician
• Sebastián Quintana (born 1983), Uruguayan/Qatari footballer
• Francisco J. Quintana (born 1974), American-Argentinean neuroscientist

Characters

• Jesus Quintana, a character in the films The Big Lebowski and The Jesus Rolls, portrayed by John Turturro
• Dante Quintana, the main character from the book Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Sports

• Quintana Roo Tigres, a Mexican baseball team
• Academia Quintana, a Puerto Rican football team
• Quintana Roo (company), a company that produces time trial bicycles mainly for triathlons

Biology

• Quintana atrizona, a Cuban fish species in the monotypic genus Quintana
• Bartonella quintana, or Rochalimaea quintana, a bacterium that causes trench fever

Other uses

• Quintana Roo Speleological Survey of Quintana Roo, Mexico
• Operation Quintana Roo, Mexican anti-narcotics military operation
• Giostra della Quintana, a historical jousting tournament in Foligno, Italy

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Quintana
• All pages with titles containing Quintana