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Wikipedia was actually drawn by Jaumé Ollé. In turn, Jaumé credits Fred in
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information) was based.
Here's some information on Santa Rosa:
"In
Pre-Hispanic times, the Xincas were the first inhabitants of this Department.
During the Conquista (Española) de Guatemala (English: (Spanish) Conquest of
Guatemala) by Pedro de Alvarado, took the Xincas as slaves to attack and conquer
the Señorío de Cuzcatlán (English: Cuzcatlan Manor) (Cuzcatlán meaning Ciudad
Joya, Jewel City in English), located in modern-day El Salvador.
Hence,
the town, (in what is now Cuilapa), the river and the first bridge (built in
1592) built took the name Los Esclavos (English: The Slaves). The full name was
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores o de la Candelaria de los Esclavos (English: Our
Lady of Sorrows or Our Lady of the Candlemas of the Slaves).
In 1825,
after the country's independence, the Asamblea Nacional Constituyente (English:
National Constituent Assembly), divided the territory into seven Departments,
the third one being Guatemala-Escuintla, conformed by the towns of Guatemala,
Escuintla and Guazacapán, subdivided into seven Distritos in which Santa Rosa de
Lima became the cabecera departamental (English: Department seat).
On May
25, 1848 the Mita Region was split from the Departamento de Chiquimula,
transformed into a
Department and divided into three Districts: Jutiapa,
Santa Rosa and Jalapa. Specifically the District of Santa Rosa included Santa
Rosa as Department seat, together with Cuajiniquilapa (now called Cuilapa),
Chiquimulilla, Guazacapán, Taxisco, Pasaco, Nancinta (part of present-day
Chiquimulilla), Tecuaco, Sinacantán (part of present-day Chiquimulilla),
Isguatán (now called Santa María Ixhuatán, Sacualpa, La Leona (now called
Oratorio, Jumaytepeque (shortened to Jumay, which was a town itself until
annexed by Acuerdo Gubernativo (English: Government Agreement) of October 2,
1935 to Nueva Santa Rosa) and Mataquescuintla.
On May 8, 1852 the
Departamento de Santa Rosa was established, as it is today."
Sources:
http://www.aquisantarosa.com/inicio/biografia-de-santa-rosa/inicio/biografia-de-santa-rosa,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzcatlan,
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Rosa_(Guatemala),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Alvarado
For additional
information go to (Aquí) Santa Rosa (official
website):
http://www.aquisantarosa.com
Esteban Rivera 25 September 2018
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image by Jaume Ollé
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