SANTA ROSA

city, seat (1854) of Sonoma County, western California, U.S., on Santa Rosa Creek, at the foot of the Sonoma Mountains, 50 mi (80 km) north-northwest of San Francisco. Founded in 1833 by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo and probably named for St. Rose of Lima, it developed as a processingshipping centre for agricultural produce of the Sonoma Valley. The home and gardens of Luther Burbank, the plant breeder, were given by his widow to Santa Rosa Junior College (founded 1918). In the nearby Valley of the Moon is the Jack London Wolf House and Memorial where the writer's original manuscripts are displayed. The city's Church of One Tree Museum (built from a single redwood tree) honours Believe-it-or-not creator Robert L. Ripley, a native son. Agriculture and lumbering no longer dominate the economy, which now mainly depends on retail service industries catering to an increasing residential population. Inc. 1868. Pop. (1990) city, 113,313; Santa RosaPetaluma PMSA, 388,222. department, southern Guatemala, bounded on the south by the Pacific Ocean. In the highlands of the department, which has an area of 1,141 sq mi (2,955 sq km), farmers raise corn (maize) and beans, and there are coffee plantations. In the Pacific lowlands, agricultural products include sugarcane, rice, and sesame. Large herds of beef cattle are fed on hay. Scenic Lake Ayarza is in the northeast. Cuilapa (q.v.), the capital, lies on the Pan-American Highway, which traverses the department, as does the Pacific Coast Highway. Pop. (1982 est.) 249,930. city, capital of La Pampa province, central Argentina. Founded in 1892, the city developed as an agricultural centre processing grain (wheat) and cattle from the eastern part of the province. It has a regional museum of art and natural history; the University of La Pampa was founded there in 1958. The city is a communications centre that serves central Argentina. Pop. (1980 prelim.) 51,689.