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Cuscatlán Department
Cuscatlán () is a department of El Salvador, located in the center of the country. With a surface area of , it is El Salvador's smallest department. It is inhabited by over 252,000 people. Cuscatlán or Cuzcatlán was the name the original inhabitants of the Western part of the country gave to most of the territory that is now El Salvador. In their language it means "land of precious jewels". It was created on 22 May 1835. Suchitoto was the first capital of the department but on 12 November 1861, Cojutepeque was made the capital. It is known in producing fruits, tobacco, sugar cane, and coffee among other items. The department is famous for its chorizos from the city of Cojutepeque. Municipalities # Candelaria # Cojutepeque # El Carmen # El Rosario # Monte San Juan # Oratorio de Concepción # San Bartolomé Perulapía # San Cristóbal # San José Guayabal # San Pedro Perulapán # San Rafael Cedros # San Ramón # Santa Cruz Analquito # Santa Cruz Michapa # Suchito ... [...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] |
Oratorio De Concepción
Oratorio de Concepción is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department Cuscatlán () is a department of El Salvador, located in the center of the country. With a surface area of , it is El Salvador's smallest department. It is inhabited by over 252,000 people. Cuscatlán or Cuzcatlán was the name the original in ... of El Salvador. Municipalities of the Cuscatlán Department {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuscatlán Department
Cuscatlán () is a department of El Salvador, located in the center of the country. With a surface area of , it is El Salvador's smallest department. It is inhabited by over 252,000 people. Cuscatlán or Cuzcatlán was the name the original inhabitants of the Western part of the country gave to most of the territory that is now El Salvador. In their language it means "land of precious jewels". It was created on 22 May 1835. Suchitoto was the first capital of the department but on 12 November 1861, Cojutepeque was made the capital. It is known in producing fruits, tobacco, sugar cane, and coffee among other items. The department is famous for its chorizos from the city of Cojutepeque. Municipalities # Candelaria # Cojutepeque # El Carmen # El Rosario # Monte San Juan # Oratorio de Concepción # San Bartolomé Perulapía # San Cristóbal # San José Guayabal # San Pedro Perulapán # San Rafael Cedros # San Ramón # Santa Cruz Analquito # Santa Cruz Michapa # Suchito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenancingo, Cuscatlán
Tenancingo is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department of El Salvador. Geography Tenancingo is located approximately from the deviation of the Pan-American Highway The Pan-American Highway (french: (Auto)route panaméricaine/transaméricaine; pt, Rodovia/Auto-estrada Pan-americana; es, Autopista/Carretera/Ruta Panamericana) is a network of roads stretching across the Americas and measuring about in to ... from which it is accessed via a paved road. (Approximately of that road are gravel). History The date of first settlement is uncertain. Numerous indigenous artifacts have been found that indicate that the site of the present Tenancingo was populated by Pipil Native Americans in Pre-Columbian times. Municipalities of the Cuscatlán Department {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz Michapa
Santa Cruz Michapa is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department of 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 ... with a population of 12,225 (2001). It celebrates the Fiesta de la Santa Cruz every May 3. External linksArticle in Spanish {{Cuscatlán Department Municipalities of the Cuscatlán Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz Analquito
Santa Cruz Analquito is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department of 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 .... {{Cuscatlán Department Municipalities of the Cuscatlán Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Ramón, Cuscatlán
San Ramón is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department Cuscatlán () is a department of El Salvador, located in the center of the country. With a surface area of , it is El Salvador's smallest department. It is inhabited by over 252,000 people. Cuscatlán or Cuzcatlán was the name the original in ... of El Salvador. Municipalities of the Cuscatlán Department {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Rafael Cedros
San Rafael Cedros is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department Cuscatlán () is a department of El Salvador, located in the center of the country. With a surface area of , it is El Salvador's smallest department. It is inhabited by over 252,000 people. Cuscatlán or Cuzcatlán was the name the original in ... of El Salvador. It is located near the capital. External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20061212095827/http://www.sanrafaelcedros.com/ Municipalities of the Cuscatlán Department {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pedro Perulapán
San Pedro Perulapán is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department of El Salvador. San Pedro Perulapán is a town whose origins are pre-Columbian; it received the title of city on April 28, 1921. The Battle of San Pedro Perulapán occurred here on September 25, 1839, in which Francisco Morazán with 800 Salvadorans defeated 2,000 Honduran and Nicaraguan forces during the break-up of the Federal Republic of Central America. A bell tower in the town still has the bell whose toll announced the victory of the Salvadorans. The parish church contains an image of Saint Peter that still has the bullet hole it received during this battle. From the peak of the bell tower one can see the volcano of Guazapa Guazapa is a 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 ''munic .... References {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San José Guayabal
San José Guayabal is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department Cuscatlán () is a department of El Salvador, located in the center of the country. With a surface area of , it is El Salvador's smallest department. It is inhabited by over 252,000 people. Cuscatlán or Cuzcatlán was the name the original in ... of El Salvador. {{DEFAULTSORT:San Jose Guayabal Municipalities of the Cuscatlán Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristóbal, Cuscatlán
San Cristóbal is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department Cuscatlán () is a department of El Salvador, located in the center of the country. With a surface area of , it is El Salvador's smallest department. It is inhabited by over 252,000 people. Cuscatlán or Cuzcatlán was the name the original in ... of El Salvador. Municipalities of the Cuscatlán Department {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Bartolomé Perulapía
San Bartolomé Perulapía is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department Cuscatlán () is a department of El Salvador, located in the center of the country. With a surface area of , it is El Salvador's smallest department. It is inhabited by over 252,000 people. Cuscatlán or Cuzcatlán was the name the original in ... of El Salvador. It is located on the highway between San Martín and Suchitoto. The following statistics are for a city of the same name within the municipality: Municipality statistics *Population: 12,000 (according to mayorship) or 6909 (according to SIBASI 2001) *One Hospital *Two Schools *Ten Churches *Water, electricity, phone services *Two Alcoholics Anonymous groups *A police force *A court History When the Spanish conquistadors came, the location was part of three native towns called ''pupulapan''. The towns were then called, by the Europeans, San Martín, San Pedro, y San Bartolomé Perulapán, also called pupulapía, y transformed into ''peru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
