SPA

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A spa is a therapeutic water treatment. Related uses include:

• Day spa
• Destination spa
• Mineral spa
• Spa town, a town noted for its spa

Spa or SPA may also refer to:

Places

• Spa, Belgium, a municipality in Belgium
  • Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, a racing circuit in Spa, Belgium
• Spa, County Down, Northern Ireland
• Spa, two towns in County Kerry, Ireland
• Spa Creek, a tributary of the Severn River, Annapolis, Maryland, US

Art, entertainment, and media

• SPA (band), a 1990s British band
• Spa (Sirius XM), a satellite radio music channel

Brands, enterprises, and organizations

• Spa (mineral water), a brand of Belgian mineral water
• Saudi Press Agency
• School of Planning and Architecture in India
• Scottish Publishers Association
• Seychelles Port Authority
• Socialist Party of America
• Socialist Party of Australia
• Socialistische Partij Anders, a Flemish Social-Democratic Party (SP.A)
• Società per azioni, S.p.A., public limited company, Italy
• Society for Popular Astronomy, UK
• Software Publishers Association, later Software and Information Industry Association
• Sony Pictures Animation, a film production company
• Summer Performing Arts Company, Grand Forks, North Dakota, US
• Supreme People's Assembly, the parliament of North Korea

Computing and technology

• Secure Password Authentication
• Sense Plan Act, a robot control methodology
• Simple power analysis, a type of cryptographic attack
• Single-page application, a type of web application

Science

• Scintillation proximity assay, for biochemical development and screening
• Spathoglottis, an orchid genus

Other uses

• Spondyloarthropathy (SpA), any joint disease of the vertebral column
• S.P.A. (automobile), Società Piemontese Automobili, a car manufacturer (1908-1926)
• Special Protection Area, EU, for birds
• Special Protocol Assessment, by US FDA

See also

• Hot tub
• Resort