| Santa Cruz de Minas | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Santa Cruz de Minas |
| Nickname: | "A Menorzinha do Brasil, Santa Cruz" ("Brazil's Littlest, Santa Cruz") |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southeast |
| Subdivision Name2: | Minas Gerais |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | José Antônio dos Santos (PP) (2009-2012)Sinara Rafaela Campos (PT) (2017–2020) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 21 December 1995 |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.859 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
| Population Total: | 8,664 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2,752.71 |
| Population Demonym: | santacruzense |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | -21.12°N -44.2228°W |
| Elevation M: | 930 |
| Area Code: | 38 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code (CEP) |
| Blank Name: | HDI (2000) |
| Blank Info: | 0.755 – medium[2] |
Santa Cruz de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Sao Joao del Rei. It is the smallest municipality of Brazil, measuring only 2.9km2.
According to IBGE (2017), the municipality belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.[3]
The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.[4]