Guatemala
Pacific Lowlands
Retalhuleu

Santa Cruz Muluá

Santa Cruz Muluá is a municipality in the Retalhuleu department of . Its name comes from the ancient mayan word " Mulaja " which means " Land Between Rivers, " because its between the Samalá River, the Rio Muluá and many other small rivers and streams.
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  • Type: Village with 2,710 residents
  • Description: municipality of Retalhuleu Department, Guatemala
  • Also known as: “Muluá” and “Santa Cruz Mulua”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Xetulul Theme Park.

Theme park
Photo: Fernando Reyes Palencia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Xetulul is a theme park in . It is located in the Retalhuleu Department in the southwest of the country. Opening in 2002, Xetulul is the third-largest amusement park in Latin America, after in , , and near , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Martín Zapotitlán and San Felipe.

Village
is a small municipality in the department of in . Citizens spend every November 11 with a small fair to commemorate Martin of Tours. is situated 3½ km northeast of Santa Cruz Muluá.

Town
is a town, with a population of 17,360, and a municipality in Retalhuleu Department, situated on the road to between to the north-west and San Martin Zapotitlan to the south side. is situated 6 km northeast of Santa Cruz Muluá.

Town
is a town and municipality in the of . It has a population of 38,791. was founded around the 16th century, and its name in Nahuatl literally means "Fortification of the Coyote", a name given by the Mexican soldiers accompanying Pedro de Alvarado, the Spanish conquistador of Guatemala. is situated 7 km southeast of Santa Cruz Muluá.

Santa Cruz Muluá

Latitude
14.58143° or 14° 34′ 53″ north
Longitude
-91.6245° or 91° 37′ 28″ west
Population
2,710
Elevation
393 metres (1,289 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GT SCM
Open location code
766CH9JG+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2064883157
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3589400
Wiki­data ID
Q1748852
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Santa Cruz Muluá” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Municipio de Santa Cruz Muluá”
  • Cebuano: “Santa Cruz Muluá”
  • Chinese: “Santa Cruz Muluá”
  • Chinese: “聖克魯斯穆盧阿”
  • Dutch: “Santa Cruz Muluá”
  • French: “Santa Cruz Muluá”
  • Italian: “Santa Cruz Mulua”
  • Italian: “Santa Cruz Muluá”
  • Italian: “Santa Cruz Muluà”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Santa Cruz Muluá”
  • Polish: “Santa Cruz Muluá”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Cruz Muluá”
  • Spanish: “Santa Cruz Mulua”
  • Spanish: “Santa Cruz Muluá”
  • Swedish: “Municipio de Santa Cruz Muluá”
  • Swedish: “Santa Cruz Muluá”
  • “Santa Cruz Muluá”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Santa Cruz Muluá”. Photo: Rodrigobaaz, CC BY-SA 4.0.