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'''Santa Cruz Verapaz''' ({{IPA|es|ˈsanta ˈkɾus βeɾaˈpas}}) is a town and [[Municipalities of Guatemala|municipality]] in the [[Guatemala]]n department of [[Alta Verapaz]]. The municipality lies at an altitude of 1,406 metres (4,613&nbsp;ft) above [[sea level]]. It has a population of 32,042 (2018 census) and covers an area of 99.9&nbsp;km². The annual festival is May 1-May 5.

==History==

Friars Juan de Torres, [[Pedro Angulo|Pedro de Angulo]] and  [[Luis de Cancer]], [[Order of Preachers|O.P.]] founded the settlement of "Santa Cruz de Santa Elena", in the region of the Munchú territory, and therefore, the town was originally known as "Santa Cruz Munchú". The town was established on 3 May 1543, according to the minutes from 1 May 1546 taken in Ciudad Real de [[San Juan Chamelco]] by Juan Matalbatz, governor of the region at the time.

The Catholic church was built in the 16th century and therefore it has a high historical value; like the one in [[Rabinal]] in [[Baja Verapaz Department]], it was one of the first Catholic temples built in the region during the [[Capitulaciones de Tezulutlán]].  The prestiberium design was magnificent, but it has been damaged over the centuries by the constant seismic events that affect the Guatemalan territory.

By an executive order of the Secretary of Education, the church was named as National Historic place on 12 July 1970.

==Administrative division==
Santa Cruz Verapaz has an urban and a rural area.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Administrative division
|-
! Type
! List
|-
! Urban neighborhoods
|{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Santa Elena
* Santa Cecilia
* Santo Tomás
* Santa Cruz
{{div col end}}
|-
!Urban residential areas
|{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Res. Milano
* El Bosque
* Los Ángeles
* Oro Verde
* Los Olivos
{{div col end}}
|-
! Villages
|{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Acamal
* Chicoyoj
* Chijou
* Chiquigüital
* Chitul
* Chixajau
* Najquitob
{{div col end}}
|-
! Parajes
|{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Chicac Acal
* Chi´k oxb
* Laguneta
* Los Arcos
* Paris Tumiin
{{div col end}}
|-
! Small villages
|{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Cak´abaj
* Carchelá
* Chalcoxoj
* Chilocom
* Chisaczí
* El Arco
* El Cangrejo
* El Palmar
* El Salto
* El Zapote
* Holanda
* La isla
* Las Camelias
* Los Arcos
* Moxenjá
* Pambach
* Pana
* Pancalax
* Panquiyou
* Peña del Gallo Parrochoch
* Rio Frio
* Rosario
* Sacmés
* San Antonio Panec
* Santa Elena
* Saquijá
* Saquimax
* Valparaíso
* Villa linda
* Wach Q´amcheé
* Xutjá
{{div col end}}
|-
! Farms and haciendas
|{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Capiljá
* Cerro Verde
* Clarita
* Don Pedro
* El Cangrejo
* El Porvenir
* El Rosario
* Holanda
* La Aurora
* Las Camelias
* Las Conchas
* Chisacsí
* Maria Auxiliadora
* Mocjá
* Panbach
* Rio Frio
* Santa Elena
* Santa Isabel
* San Rafael
* San Vicente
* Valparaíso
* Villa linda
{{div col end}}
|}

==Territory configuration==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Territory configuration
|-
! Tipo
! Listado
|-
! Mountains
|{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Tomtem
* Saltul
* Santa Apolonia
* Xucaneb
* Sierra Pancajché
* Sierra de Chamá
* Gruta Santa Elena y Chitul 
* Cerro Chisos
* Cerro Chitul
* Cerro San Rafael
{{div col end}}
|-
! Rivers
|{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Frío
* Carchelá
* Chirripitán 
* Chixoy 
* Quililá
* Saquijá
* Cahabón
* Sacbin
* Santa María
* La Cueva
* Chojomá
* El Palmar
* Guachcojloy
* Pambach
* Panchlax
{{div col end}}
|}

==Climate==

Santa Cruz Verapaz has [[temperate climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cfb'').

{{Weather box
|location = Santa Cruz Verapaz
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan mean C = 15.8
|Feb mean C = 16.7
|Mar mean C = 18.0
|Apr mean C = 19.1
|May mean C = 19.4
|Jun mean C = 19.4
|Jul mean C = 19.0
|Aug mean C = 19.0
|Sep mean C = 19.0
|Oct mean C = 18.2
|Nov mean C = 17.0
|Dec mean C = 16.5
|year mean C = 
|Jan high C = 21.1
|Feb high C = 22.6
|Mar high C = 24.2
|Apr high C = 25.0
|May high C = 24.8
|Jun high C = 23.9
|Jul high C = 23.3
|Aug high C = 23.7
|Sep high C = 23.6
|Oct high C = 22.8
|Nov high C = 21.6
|Dec high C = 21.5
|year high C = 
|Jan low C = 10.5
|Feb low C = 10.9
|Mar low C = 11.9
|Apr low C = 13.2
|May low C = 14.1
|Jun low C = 15.0
|Jul low C = 14.7
|Aug low C = 14.4
|Sep low C = 14.5
|Oct low C = 13.7
|Nov low C = 12.5
|Dec low C = 11.6
|year low C = 
|Jan precipitation mm = 76
|Feb precipitation mm = 46
|Mar precipitation mm = 66
|Apr precipitation mm = 59
|May precipitation mm = 140
|Jun precipitation mm = 303
|Jul precipitation mm = 278
|Aug precipitation mm = 254
|Sep precipitation mm = 302
|Oct precipitation mm = 254
|Nov precipitation mm = 155
|Dec precipitation mm = 83
|year precipitation mm =
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref name="Climate-Data.org">
{{cite web|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/55353/
|title= Climate: Santa Cruz Verapaz
|access-date= 26 August 2015
|website= Climate-Data.org}}</ref>
}}

==Geographic location==

{{Geographic location
|Center=Santa Cruz Verapaz
|North=[[Cobán]]
|Northeast=Cobán
|South=[[San Miguel Chicaj]], municipio de [[Baja Verapaz]]<ref name=segeplan/>
|East=[[Tactic (municipality)|Tactic]]<ref name=segeplan>{{cite web|author=SEGEPLAN|title=Municipios de Alta Verapaz, Guatemala|url=http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=2:alta-verapaz&Itemid=333|location=Guatemala|website=Secretaría General de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia de la República|access-date=30 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630153430/http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=2:alta-verapaz&Itemid=333|archive-date=30 June 2015|language=es}}</ref>
|West=[[San Cristóbal Verapaz]]
}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Guatemala|Geography}}
* [[Alta Verapaz Department]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.inforpressca.com/santacruzav/ Muni in Spanish]

{{Alta Verapaz Department}}
{{Corredor Seco (Guatemala)}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of the Alta Verapaz Department]]