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Ahuachapán
Ahuachapán () is a city, and municipality, and the capital of the Ahuachapán Department in western El Salvador. The municipality, including the city, covers an area of 244.84 km² and as of 2007 has a population of 110,511 people. Situated near the Guatemalan border, it is the westernmost city in the country and is the center of an agricultural region producing primarily coffee. Ahuachapán is the site of a geothermal power plant and a hydroelectric station. The local geothermal activity produces many steam vents, visible throughout the surrounding mountains. Among other things, Ahuachapan is also the birthplace of notable Salvadoran poet Alfredo Espino and is about an hour's drive from the national wildlife park El Imposible. History Ahuachapán was founded by Mayan Indians of the Poqomam tribe in the 5th century, and was invaded in the 15th century by the Izalcos people. It officially gained city status in El Salvador on 11 February 1862 and became the departmenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahuachapán Department
Ahuachapán () is a department of El Salvador in the west of the country. The capital is Ahuachapán. In the South it has the Apaneca-Ilamatepec Range and the Cerro Grande de Apaneca (Apaneca Grand Hill). Its extension is and has more than 333,000 people living in the department. Municipalities # Ahuachapán # Apaneca # Atiquizaya # Concepción de Ataco # El Refugio # Guaymango # Jujutla # San Francisco Menéndez # San Lorenzo # San Pedro Puxtla # Tacuba # Turín Turín is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador. Geography The town is located 4 km west of Atiquizaya, 10 km east of Ahuachapán, the department capital; and 12 km west of Chalchuapa and the neighboring Maya ... Departments of El Salvador States and territories established in 1869 1869 establishments in El Salvador {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turín
Turín is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador. Geography The town is located 4 km west of Atiquizaya, 10 km east of Ahuachapán, the department capital; and 12 km west of Chalchuapa and the neighboring Maya archeological site of Tazumal. It is crossed by the national highway CA 13 and by the Santa Ana-Ahuachapán railway line. Notable people *Lilian Mercedes Letona Lilian Mercedes Letona (September 24, 1954 – August 1, 1983), was a El Salvador, Salvadoran guerrilla and Communism, communist revolutionary, member of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). Also known with her "nom de guerre" '' ... (''Commander Clelia'', 1954–1983), guerrilla and revolutionary, member of the FMLN References External links Municipalities of the Ahuachapán Department {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2022 is estimated to be 6.5 million. Among the Mesoamerican nations that historically controlled the region are the Lenca (after 600 AD), the Mayans, and then the Cuzcatlecs. Archaeological monuments also suggest an early Olmec presence around the first millennium BC. In the beginning of the 16th century, the Spanish Empire conquered the Central American territory, incorporating it into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ruled from Mexico City. However the Viceroyalty of Mexico had little to no influence in the daily affairs of the isthmus, which was colonized in 1524. In 1609, the area was declared the Captaincy General of Guatemala by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacuba
Tacuba is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador. Church Of Tacuba It is located in Villa of Tacuba. It is head of the municipality of the same name in the department of Ahuachapán, at about 14 Kilometers of the city of Ahuachapán and at 700 meters over the sea level. It was built in the 16th century or at the beginning of the 17th century by the officer Juan Clemente and his son Juan. Its facade is of wooden type and it has a Baroque style with a front of three bodies. The interior is decorated with four Solomon columns and two arched niches in the half body. The niches house images of entablature; it also possesses an opening for the illumination of the interior. The superior body is decorated with Solomon columns, where it can be appreciated, since it was partially destroyed by the earthquake of 1773. It happened in Guatemala, and created destruction in the city of Antigua, Guatemala. Of the church itself, only the facade of a lateral wall and a section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apaneca
Apaneca is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador. It has an area of 45.13 square kilometers. Its population is of 8,597 inhabitants (Estimated 2006). The municipality is divided in 7 cantons: *El Saltillal *Palo Verde *Quezalapa *San Ramoncito *Taltapanca *Tizapa *Tulapa Towns * Santa Leticia See also * Concepcion de Ataco *La Palma La Palma (, ), also known as ''La isla bonita'' () and officially San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly island of the Canary Islands, Spain. La Palma has an area of making it the fifth largest of the eight main Canary Islands. The ... * Antiguo Cuscatlan * Ahuachapan, El Salvador {{commonscat, Apaneca Municipalities of the Ahuachapán Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Lorenzo, Ahuachapán
San Lorenzo is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador. San Lorenzo is a town of 9,194 citizens, located 7 km north of Atiquizaya city. San Lorenzo is on the border with Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H .... The closest Guatemalan city to San Lorenzo is Esmeralda City and Jerez of department of Jutiapa. San Lorenzo is well known in Western El Salvador for its several rivers, the San Antonio and Rio Paz, which attract Salvadoran tourists during Christmas and New Year holidays. On December 20, 2006, an earthquake struck San Lorenzo, destroying 432 houses. In total, 1,038 houses were affected. References Municipalities of the Ahuachapán Department El Salvador–Guatemala border crossings {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atiquizaya
Atiquizaya is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department Ahuachapán () is a department of El Salvador in the west of the country. The capital is Ahuachapán. In the South it has the Apaneca-Ilamatepec Range and the Cerro Grande de Apaneca (Apaneca Grand Hill). Its extension is and has more than 33 ... of El Salvador. It covers an area of 66.64 km 2 and as of 2007 has a population of 33,587. Cantons It is divided into the following cantons: El Chayal, Salitrero, Tapacún, Tortuguero, El Iscaquilío, Joya del Plantanar, Joya del Zapote, La Esperanza, Loma de Alarcón, Pepenance, San Juan El Espino, Santa Rita, Rincón Grande y Zunca. Sports The local football club is named C.D. Huracán and it currently plays in the Salvadoran Third Division. Notable people * William Roberto Figueroa, footballer Judith Rivera, best CA ever {{Ahuachapán Department Municipalities of the Ahuachapán Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of El Salvador
El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (Spanish: ''departamentos'') for administrative purposes, subdivided into 262 municipalities (''municipios''). The country is a unitary state. Departments See also *El Salvador *List of cities in El Salvador *Municipalities of El Salvador *Geography of El Salvador *Ranked list of Salvadoran departments *List of Salvadoran departmental capitals *Salvadoran Departments by HDI *Department (country subdivision) *Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ... * ISO 3166-2:SV References {{El Salvador topics Subdivisions of El Salvador Lists of subdivisions of El Salvador Departments, El Salvador ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Menéndez
Francisco Menéndez Valdivieso (3 December 1830 – 22 June 1890) was Provisional President of El Salvador from 22 June 1885 to 1 March 1887, then President of El Salvador from 1 March 1887 until his death on 22 June 1890. General Francisco Menéndez was born in Ahuachapán Ahuachapán () is a city, and municipality, and the capital of the Ahuachapán Department in western El Salvador. The municipality, including the city, covers an area of 244.84 km² and as of 2007 has a population of 110,511 people. Situat ..., 3 December 1830 and died in San Salvador, 22 June 1890. His parents were José Eustachian Menéndez and Gabriela Valdivieso, independently wealthy landowners. In 1858, General Menéndez wed Bonifacia Salazar in an arranged marriage. At age forty-one he took an active role in the revolution of 1871 that ousted Dr. Francisco Dueñas, the mayor of Ahuachapán. At the age of fifty-five General Menéndez was named Provisional President of El Salvador 22 June 1885, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Espino
Alfredo Espino (1900—August 1928) was a poet from El Salvador. Born in Ahuachapán, his only book is ''Jícaras Tristes'' (Sad Vessels), a collection of 96 poems. It is one of the most published books of poetry in El Salvador. Espino died in San Salvador. His poetry has been described as part of the El Salvadoran development of ''costumbrismo ''Costumbrismo'' (sometimes anglicized as costumbrism, with the adjectival form costumbrist) is the literary or pictorial interpretation of local everyday life, mannerisms, and customs, primarily in the Hispanic scene, and particularly in the 19t ...''. The author is widely read and commented on in El Salvador but not usually studied or analyzed in his poetical expression. Espino assumes the national historical problem of the clash of social strata by looking through the colors, flavors and perfumes in the land and the culture of the country at the time he wrote his poems. His book of poems has a poetic and delicate tone with lyri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Ausoles
Los Ausoles is a group of hot springs located 20 kilometers north of Ahuachapán in El Salvador. The area has been described as "the capital of Central American geothermal." Many of the springs in the area produce heavy steam, and as of 1850, were described as "semi-fluid mass of mud and water in a state of ebullition, continually throwing large heavy bubbles to the surfaces; this heated mass is in some black, in others red, or of the ochry colour." There are many hot springs in the area, however, there are five main springs: *El Zapote is a crater approximately 20 meters in diameter * Valdivieso is approximately 20 meters in diameter and comprises 4 different openings. It is known for its blue colored sulfur. *El Barreal comprises mud ponds. *La Labor is approximately 200 meters in diameter. It has seven openings with strong smells and noise, and clay and mud geysers. *El Salitre is a hot water lagoon A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Imposible National Park
El Imposible National Park (Spanish: ''Parque Nacional El Imposible'') is a tropical forest and a national park in El Salvador. It was established on 1 January 1989 and covers an area of 38.20 square kilometres. It literally means "The Impossible National Park" in English. It has an altitude of between 250 and 1,425 metres. El Imposible was named for the perilous gorge which used to claim the lives of farmers and pack mules transporting coffee to the Pacific port. El Imposible sits in the Apaneca Ilamatepec Mountain Range between 300m and 1450m above sea level, and includes eight rivers which feed the watershed for Barra de Santiago and the mangrove forests along the coast. The park is still home to an extraordinary variety of plant and animal life, including pumas, oncilla, wild boars, king hawks and black-crested eagles. The Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
