Cuilapa

Cuilapa
Municipality of Guatemala
Cuilapa
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°17′N 90°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
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)		 28.6
(83.5)
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)		 23.6
(74.4)
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)		 18.5
(65.4)
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]

See also

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. ↑ Escalante Herrera 2007.
    3. ↑ "Viaje a Guatemala". Prensa Libre. Guatemala. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
    4. 1 2 3 4 Ambraseys & Adams 2001, pp. 72–73
    5. ↑ "Climate: Cuilapa". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
    6. 1 2 "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.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.