Cuilapa

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Cuilapa, also known as Santa Rosa Cuilapa, is a town, with a population of 41,359 (2018 census), in Guatemala. It serves as the capital of the department of Santa Rosa and as the administrative seat for the surrounding municipality of Cuilapa.

Cuilapa marks the geographic center of the Americas.

History

1913 earthquake

On Saturday 8 March 1913, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Santa Rosa, destroying its department capital, Cuilapa. Both the initial quake and the aftershocks destroyed a lot of private homes, and also the cathedral and the prison, leaving behind significant human losses; similar destruction occurred at Barberena, Cerro Redondo, Llano Grande and El Zapote. Fraijanes, Pueblo Nuevo Viñas, Coatepeque and Jalpatagua were also affected. Around Cuilapa, there were landslides and road blockades, and even a long crack was reported at Los Esclavos hill.

Climate

Cuilapa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).

|width=auto |location = Amatitlán |metric first = yes |single line = yes |temperature colour = pastel |Jan mean C = 22.7 |Feb mean C = 22.9 |Mar mean C = 23.9 |Apr mean C = 24.3 |May mean C = 24.4 |Jun mean C = 23.9 |Jul mean C = 24.3 |Aug mean C = 24.1 |Sep mean C = 23.7 |Oct mean C = 23.3 |Nov mean C = 22.9 |Dec mean C = 22.5 |year mean C = |Jan high C = 28.4 |Feb high C = 28.8 |Mar high C = 29.8 |Apr high C = 29.7 |May high C = 29.3 |Jun high C = 28.2 |Jul high C = 29.0 |Aug high C = 28.7 |Sep high C = 28.0 |Oct high C = 28.0 |Nov high C = 27.9 |Dec high C = 27.8 |year high C = |Jan low C = 17.0 |Feb low C = 17.1 |Mar low C = 18.0 |Apr low C = 19.0 |May low C = 19.5 |Jun low C = 19.6 |Jul low C = 19.6 |Aug low C = 19.5 |Sep low C = 19.4 |Oct low C = 18.7 |Nov low C = 17.9 |Dec low C = 17.2 |year low C = |Jan rain mm = 2 |Feb rain mm = 3 |Mar rain mm = 11 |Apr rain mm = 50 |May rain mm = 226 |Jun rain mm = 374 |Jul rain mm = 302 |Aug rain mm = 287 |Sep rain mm = 353 |Oct rain mm = 255 |Nov rain mm = 61 |Dec rain mm = 8 |rain colour = green |source 1 = Climate-Data.org |title= Climate: Cuilapa |access-date= 21 August 2015 |website= Climate-Data.org}}

Geographic location

Cuilapa is surrounded by Santa Rosa Department municipalities, except by East where it borders Jutiapa:

|width=auto |Center=Cuilapa |North=Nueva Santa Rosa |Northeast=Casillas |West=Barberena |East=Oratorio Jutiapa, Jutiapa Department municipality |Southwest=Pueblo Nuevo Viñas |South=Chiquimulilla and Santa María Ixhuatán

Notable people

References

  1. (7 September 2015). "Alcaldes electos en el departamento de Santa Rosa".
  2. [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de] Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  4. [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/cities/ Citypopulation.de] Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
  5. "Viaje a Guatemala".
  6. {{harvnb. Ambraseys. Adams. 2001
  7. "Municipios del departamento de Santa Rosa".

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