Sanarate
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Coordinates: 14 ° 48 ′ N , 90 ° 12 ′ W Sanarate on the map of Guatemala
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| Country | Guatemala | |
| Department | El Progreso | |
| Residents | 33,025 (2002) | |
| - in the metropolitan area | 10,000 | |
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| surface | 273 km 2 | |
| Population density | 121 people / km 2 | |
| height | 803 m | |
| Waters |
Río Motagua Río Plátanos |
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| Time zone | UTC −6 | |
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Sanarate is a small town with around 10,000 inhabitants and a municipality in the El Progreso department in Guatemala . It is located about 55 km northeast of Guatemala City and 25 km southwest of Guastatoya at an altitude of around 800 m. In Monte Grande (Cerro Grande), three kilometers north-west of Sanarate, the national road 19 branches off from the Atlantic highway CA 9 to the south-east, which leads via Sanarate and Sansare to Jalapa and Jutiapa . Sanarate has a train station on the Puerto San José - Puerto Barrios railway line, which was closed in 2007 .
The 273 km² municipality extends from the valley of the Río Motagua in the northwest to the southern hill country of El Progreso. The municipality has a total of around 35,000 inhabitants, the majority of whom live in rural settlements and villages, including El Upayón, San Juan, Agua Salóbrega, Sansirisay El Llano, El Barranquillo, El Conacastón, San Miguel, Conacaste, El Monte Grande, Jutiapía, El Estoraque, Hato Viejo, Puente Plátanos, Quebrada Seca, Montepeque, El Florido, Cucajol, El Chichicaste, El Amatillo, La Pila Escondida, El Caracol, El Sinaca, La Coyotera, Los Izotes, La Laguna, Santa Lucía Los Ocotes, Llano de Morales, El Carrizo, Jocotón, El Carmen, Panajax, Sabaneta, San Rafael, Las Tunas, El Terrerito, Cerro Blanco, Agua Dulce, Puente La Barranquilla and El Trapichito.
Adjacent municipalities are Morazán in the north, Guastatoya in the east, Sansare in the southeast and San Antonio La Paz in the southwest. In the west, Sanarate borders on the departments of Baja Verapaz and Guatemala , in the south on Jalapa .
The municipality of Sanarate was part of the Guatemala Department in the 19th century.
See also
Web links
- Information on sanarate.com (span.)
- Detailed information (Spanish, PDF, 1.75 MB)