Santa Rosa Department (Guatemala)
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 Santa Rosa |
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| Coordinates: 14°16′42″N 90°18′00″W / 14.27833°N 90.30000°WCoordinates: 14°16′42″N 90°18′00″W / 14.27833°N 90.30000°W | |||
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| Department | Santa Rosa | ||
| Capital | Cuilapa | ||
| Municipalities | 14 | ||
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| • Type | Departmental | ||
| Area | |||
| • Department | 886 sq mi (2,295 km2) | ||
| Highest elevation | 4,360 ft (1,330 m) | ||
| Lowest elevation | 702 ft (214 m) | ||
| Population (Census 2002) | |||
| • Department | 301,370 | ||
| • Urban | 105,061 | ||
| • Ethnicities | Ladino, Xinca | ||
| • Religions | Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism | ||
| Time zone | -6 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | GT-SR | ||
Santa Rosa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta ˈrosa]) is a department in Guatemala. The capital is Cuilapa.
On Saturday 8 March 1913 and magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Santa Rosa, destroying its department capital, Cuilapa. 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.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.
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