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Santa Rosa Department Departmento de Santa Rosa
Department of Guatemala
Central park in Nueva Santa Rosa
FlagCoat of arms
Santa Rosa
Coordinates: 14°16′42″N 90°18′00″W / 14.27833°N 90.30000°W / 14.27833; -90.30000
Country	Guatemala
Capital	Cuilapa
Municipalities	14
Government
• Type	Departmental
Area
• Department of Guatemala	2,295 km (886 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,330 m (4,360 ft)
Lowest elevation	214 m (702 ft)
Population
• Department of Guatemala	396,607
• Density	170/km (450/sq mi)
• Urban	184,212
• Ethnicities	Ladino Xinca
• Religions	Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism
Time zone	UTC-6
ISO 3166 code	GT-SR

Santa Rosa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta ˈrosa]) is a department in Guatemala. The capital is Cuilapa.

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 after shocks 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.

Municipalities

1. Barberena
2. Casillas
3. Chiquimulilla
4. Cuilapa
5. Guazacapán
6. Nueva Santa Rosa
7. Oratorio
8. Pueblo Nuevo Viñas
9. San Juan Tecuaco
10. San Rafael Las Flores
11. Santa Cruz Naranjo
12. Santa María Ixhuatán
13. Santa Rosa de Lima
14. Taxisco

Geography

Culture

Municipal fairs

Tourism

Geographic location

v t e Places adjacent to Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala
Guatemala Department Jalapa Department Escuintla Department Santa Rosa Jutiapa Department Pacific Ocean

See also

• Guatemala portal
• Geography portal
• List of places in Guatemala

Notes and references

References

1. Citypopulation.de Population of departments in Guatemala
2. ^ Ambraseys & Adams 2001, pp. 72–73
3. ^ SEGEPLAN n.d.

Bibliography

• Ambraseys, Nicholas; Adams, Robin A. (2001). The Seismicity of Central America; a descriptive catalogue 1898-1995. World Scientific. p. 309. ISBN 9781860942440.
• SEGEPLAN (n.d.). "Municipios del departamento de Santa Rosa". SEGEPLAN (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

External links

• Interactive department map

v t e Departments of Guatemala
Alta Verapaz Baja Verapaz Chimaltenango Chiquimula El Progreso Escuintla Guatemala Huehuetenango Izabal Jalapa Jutiapa Petén Quetzaltenango Quiché Retalhuleu Sacatepéquez San Marcos Santa Rosa Sololá Suchitepéquez Totonicapán Zacapa

• Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala
• Departments of Guatemala