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Santa Rosa (Guatemalan department)

Santa Rosa
Department
Flag of Santa Rosa
Flag
Coat of arms of Santa Rosa
Coat of arms
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Coordinates: 14°16′42″N 90°18′00″W / 14.27833°N 90.30000°W / 14.27833; -90.30000Coordinates: 14°16′42″N 90°18′00″W / 14.27833°N 90.30000°W / 14.27833; -90.30000
Country Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
Department Santa Rosa
Capital Cuilapa
Municipalities 14
Government
 • 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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