Santa Cruz Muluá

Santa Cruz Muluá is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

Retalhuleu department Retalhuleu () is a department located in the south-west of Guatemala, extending from the mountains to the Pacific Ocean coast. It has an area of 1856 km2. In 2018 the population of the Department of Retalhuleu was 326,828. Its capital, Re ...

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. Its name comes from the ancient mayan word " Mulaja " which means " Land Between Rivers, " because its between the Samalá River, the Rio Muluá and many other small rivers and streams. It is situated 180 km from

Guatemala City Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nest ...

. The administrative center is bounded by the

Samalá River The Samalá is a river in southwestern Guatemala. Its sources are in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Sierra Madre, San Carlos Sija, Valle De Écija range, in the departments of Quetzaltenango (department), Quetzaltenango and Totonicapán (departme ...

to the west, which serves as the border with

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. Santa Cruz Muluá borders on the north with

San Martín Zapotitlán San Martín Zapotitlán (or simply San Martín) is a small municipality in the department of Retalhuleu in Guatemala. Citizens spend every November 11 with a small fair to commemorate Martin of Tours. Its land extension is 24 km², making it th ...

, with theme parks Xetulul and Xocomil. Also to the north lies San Felipe famous for its blood sausage (''moronga'' locally), to the east and the south is

San Andrés Villa Seca San Andrés Villa Seca is a town and municipality in the Retalhuleu 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 ...

. Santa Cruz Mulua municipality contains several villages:

El Asintal El Asintal () is a town, with a population of 17,388 (2018 census), and a Municipalities of Guatemala, municipality in the Retalhuleu Department, Retalhuleu department of Guatemala. The municipality cover an area of 74 km2 with a population of 36,88 ...

(also Canton Asintal), Los Brillantes (also Finca Los Brilliantes), Boxoma further to the south and not often visited and,

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, which is the most distant and close the Pacific coast. Municipalities of the Retalhuleu Department {{Guatemala-geo-stub