SANTA MARINA**, a town of Spain, province of Orense, in Galicia. It stands on a small stream of the same name about twenty miles S.E. of Orense, and contains a parish church, a primary school, and a town-house. Its chief manufacture is linen of various kinds; and its trade is principally in linens and wool. On account of the numerous antiquities found in its vicinity Ginzo is supposed to occupy the site of an ancient town. Pop. 2000.