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Cuilapa

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Country
  
Guatemala

Climate
  
Aw

Department
  
Santa Rosa

Local time
  
Monday 4:00 AM

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Weather
  
16°C, Wind N at 13 km/h, 70% Humidity

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.

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Map of Cuilapa, Guatemala

Cuilapa marks the geographic center of the Americas.

1913 earthquake

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.

Climate

Cuilapa has tropical climate (Köppen: Aw).

Geographic location

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

References

Cuilapa Wikipedia


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