Santa Cruz Barillas in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Santa Cruz Barillas in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Cruz Barillas plotted against Huehuetenango and Guatemala. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santa Cruz Barillas's incremental SNDi rose from 4.43 to 7.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Cruz Barillas ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Huehuetenango and 12th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.04
- Rank in Guatemala
- 25th of 31
- Rank in Huehuetenango
- 3rd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.7
- Rank in Guatemala
- 12th of 31
- Rank in Huehuetenango
- 2nd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Núi Đối, Vietnam
- Sougueur, Algeria
- Meslo, Ethiopia
- Nichlaul, India
- Jerusalem, South Africa
- Reyhanlı, Turkey
In new street additions, Santa Cruz Barillas built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Núi Đối built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Nichlaul fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Santa Cruz Barillas became progressively more disconnected, while Núi Đối became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Nichlaul fluctuated in connectivity. Santa Cruz Barillas and Núi Đối have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.