Santa Cruz Verapaz is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. It is situated at 1406 m above sea level. It contains 19,000 people. It covers a terrain of 48 km². The annual festival is May 1-May 5. A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Alta Verapaz is a department in the north central part of Guatemala. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ...