Cuilapa

Cuilapa
Municipality of Guatemala
Cuilapa-Barbarena volcanic field
Cuilapa Location in Guatemala Show map of Guatemala Cuilapa Cuilapa (Santa Rosa Department) Show map of Santa Rosa Department
Coordinates: 14°17′N90°18′W / 14.283°N 90.300°W / 14.283; -90.300
Country	Guatemala
Department	Santa Rosa
Government [1]
• Mayor (2016-2020)	Esvin Fernando Marroquín Túpas
Area
• Total	72 sq mi (187 km2)
Population  (2018 census) [2]
• Total	41,359
• Density	573/sq mi (221/km2)
Climate	Aw

Cuilapa, also known as Santa Rosa Cuilapa, is a town, with a population of 41,359 (2018 census), ^[3] in Guatemala. It serves as the capital of the department of Santa Rosa and as the administrative seat for the surrounding municipality of Cuilapa. ^[4]

Cuilapa marks the geographic center of the Americas. ^[5]

History

1913 earthquake

On Saturday 8 March 1913, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Santa Rosa, destroying its department capital, Cuilapa. ^[6] 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. ^[6] Fraijanes, Pueblo Nuevo Viñas, Coatepeque and Jalpatagua were also affected. ^[6] Around Cuilapa, there were landslides and road blockades, and even a long crack was reported at Los Esclavos hill. ^[6]

Climate

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

Climate data for Amatitlán
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °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 (82.0)	28.6 (83.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	22.7 (72.9)	22.9 (73.2)	23.9 (75.0)	24.3 (75.7)	24.4 (75.9)	23.9 (75.0)	24.3 (75.7)	24.1 (75.4)	23.7 (74.7)	23.3 (73.9)	22.9 (73.2)	22.5 (72.5)	23.6 (74.4)
Mean daily minimum °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 (63.0)	18.5 (65.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	2 (0.1)	3 (0.1)	11 (0.4)	50 (2.0)	226 (8.9)	374 (14.7)	302 (11.9)	287 (11.3)	353 (13.9)	255 (10.0)	61 (2.4)	8 (0.3)	1,932 (76)
Source: Climate-Data.org [7]

Geographic location

Cuilapa is surrounded by Santa Rosa Department municipalities, except by East where it borders Jutiapa: ^[8]

Notable people

• Erick Lemus, professional footballer
• Carlos Mejía, professional footballer

See also

• Guatemalaportal
• Geographyportal
• List of places in Guatemala

Notes and references

References

1. "Alcaldes electos en el departamento de Santa Rosa". Municipalidades de Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala. 7 September 2015. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
2. Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
3. Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
4. Escalante Herrera 2007.
5. "Viaje a Guatemala". Prensa Libre. Guatemala. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
6. Ambraseys & Adams 2001 , pp. 72–73
7. "Climate: Cuilapa". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
8. "Municipios del departamento de Santa Rosa". SEGEPLAN (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. 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. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2015.