Guazacapán
Sign in to saveAlso known as Guazacapan
Guazacapán () is a town located in Santa Rosa Department in south-west Guatemala. Guazacapán is also the name of the municipality in Santa Rosa Department around the town of Guazacapán. The municipality of Guazacapán covers an area of 130 km2 with a population of 18,855, according to the 2018 census.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Guazacapán
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Guatemala
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Guatemala
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 25px Santa Rosa
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 130
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 18855
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_urban
- 12195
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
via Wikipedia infobox
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- History
- References
- External links
Guazacapán () is a town located in Santa Rosa Department in south-west Guatemala. Guazacapán is also the name of the municipality in Santa Rosa Department around the town of Guazacapán. The municipality of Guazacapán covers an area of 130 km2 with a population of 18,855, according to the 2018 census.
== History == The town dates back to pre-Columbian times, being in existence prior to the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadores in the 16th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guazacapán” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
On the map
5 mapped locations