Sanarate Explained

Official Name:Sanarate
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Guatemala
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guatemala
Coordinates:14.795°N -90.1922°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Guatemala
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1: El Progreso
Leader Party:UNE
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:César Rodas
Area Total Km2:283
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:39444
Population Density Km2:auto
Unit Pref:Metric
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Aw

Sanarate is a city in the El Progreso department of Guatemala. It is the administrative seat of Sanarate Municipality. A population of 20,976 (2018 census)[2] makes Sanarate the second largest city of El Progreso department, after the departmental capital of Guastatoya.

The municipality of Sanarate is formed by the town of Sanarate and 43 aldeas (villages). Some of the most popular are El Upayon, Agua Salobrega, Los Izotes and El Monte Grande. El Barranquillo is one of the many villages that belong to Sanarate. El Barranquillo celebrates its "virgen de Fatima festivities" from October 28 through November 1 or 2. Its festivities enlarge due to a national holiday called "el dia de los santos". Soccer games, food, mechanical games all await the visitor during these festivities.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  2. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/cities/ Citypopulation.de