The Municipality of San José del Golfo is located 28 kilometers from the Capital City to the north-east of Guatemala.

The Municipality of San José del Golfo, was established under the Government of general Justo Rufino Barrios, by Decree No.

683 of March 17, 1882, and was annexed to the El Progreso Department on April 13, 1908, however years later by Decree No.

[1] San José del Golfo has abundant natural resources, with traditional quartz mining.

Here is the sequence of events that have occurred at the location: San José del Golfo was practically destroyed by the powerful 4 February 1976 earthquake; it has been rebuilt since, although the original colonial architecture was completely lost in the disaster.