Cuilapa, also known as Santa Rosa Cuilapa, is a town, with a population of 41,359 (2018 census), in
Guatemala
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. It serves as the capital of the
department
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Government and military
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of
Santa Rosa
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* Santa Rosa, Tinogasta, Catamarca
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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, an 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
Fraijanes is a town, with a population of 44,117 (2018 census), and a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala.
It is known for its fine tasting coffee, which is slightly more acidic than that of Antigua Guatemala.
History
Archbis ...
, Pueblo Nuevo Viñas Pueblo Nuevo Viñas is a municipality in the Santa Rosa department of Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and ...
, Coatepeque and Jalpatagua
Jalpatagua () is a town and municipality in the Jutiapa department
Jutiapa Department is a department of Guatemala that borders along El Salvador and the Pacific Ocean. The capital is the city of Jutiapa. As of 2018, it has a population of ...
were also affected.[ Around Cuilapa, there were landslides and road blockades, and even a long crack was reported at Los Esclavos hill.][
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Climate
Cuilapa has a tropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...
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* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
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: ''Aw'').
Geographic location
Cuilapa is surrounded by Santa Rosa Department municipalities, except by East where it borders Jutiapa
Jutiapa is a city and a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala.
Located 124 km from the city of Guatemala City, at an altitude of 892 m (2,926 ft), :[
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See also
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* List of places in Guatemala
This is a list of places in Guatemala.
List of most populous cities in Guatemala
Population data up to number 30 is based on the 2018 census.
Ancient cities and important ruins
* Cancuén
* Dos Pilas
* El Baul
* Iximche
* Kami ...
Notes and references
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Municipalities of the Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala