Cuilapa
| Cuilapa | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of Guatemala | |
  Cuilapa Location in Guatemala | |
 Cuilapa Location in Santa Rosa Department | |
| Coordinates: 14°17′N 90°18′W / 14.283°N 90.300°W | |
| Country |
 Guatemala |
| Department |
 Santa Rosa |
| Government[1] | |
| • Mayor (2016-2020) | Esvin Fernando Marroquín Túpas |
| Climate | Aw |
Cuilapa, also known as Santa Rosa Cuilapa, is a town in Guatemala. It serves as the capital of the department of Santa Rosa and as the administrative seat for the surrounding municipality of Cuilapa.[2]
Cuilapa marks the geographic center of the Americas.[3]
History
1913 earthquake
On Saturday 8 March 1913 and magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Santa Rosa, destroying its department capital, Cuilapa.[4] Both the initial quake and the replicas 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.[4] Fraijanes, Pueblo Nuevo Viñas, Coatepeque and Jalpatagua were also affected.[4] Around Cuilapa, there were landslides and road blockades, and even a long crack was reported at Los Esclavos hill.[4]
Climate
Cuilapa has tropical climate (Köppen: Aw).
| Climate data for Amatitlán | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 28.4 (83.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.8 (82) |
28.63 (83.53) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.9 (75) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.9 (75) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.1 (75.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.58 (74.43) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) |
17.1 (62.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.2 (63) |
18.54 (65.38) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2 (0.08) |
3 (0.12) |
11 (0.43) |
50 (1.97) |
226 (8.9) |
374 (14.72) |
302 (11.89) |
287 (11.3) |
353 (13.9) |
255 (10.04) |
61 (2.4) |
8 (0.31) |
1,932 (76.06) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
Geographic location
Cuilapa is surrounded by Santa Rosa Department municipalities, except by East where it borders Jutiapa:[6]
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Nueva Santa Rosa | Casillas | | |
| Barberena |  |
Oratorio Jutiapa, Jutiapa Department municipality | ||
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| Pueblo Nuevo Viñas | Chiquimulilla and Santa María Ixhuatán[6] |
See also
- Guatemala portal
- Geography portal
- List of places in Guatemala
Notes and references
References
- ↑ "Alcaldes electos en el departamento de Santa Rosa". Municipalidades de Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ Escalante Herrera 2007.
- ↑ "Viaje a Guatemala". Prensa Libre. Guatemala. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Ambraseys & Adams 2001, pp. 72-73
- ↑ "Climate: Cuilapa". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- 1 2 "Municipios del departamento de Santa Rosa". SEGEPLAN (in Spanish). Guatemala. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
Bibliography
- Ambraseys, Nicholas; Adams, Robin A. (2001). The Seismicity of Central America; a descriptive catalogue 1898-1995. World Scientific. p. 309. ISBN 9781860942440.
- Escalante Herrera, Marco Antonio (2007). "Breve información del municipio de Cuilapa". Pbase (in Spanish). Guatemala. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
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