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San Miguel Department, El Salvador
San Miguel () is a department in the eastern part of El Salvador. The capital is San Miguel. The department is 2,077 km2 in area and has a population of over 678,000. Before the Spanish conquest of El Salvador, the territory that now consists of the departments of San Miguel, La Unión and Morazán was the Lenca kingdom of Chaparrastique (Place of Beautiful Orchids). San Miguel was first known as San Miguel de la Frontera. The city was founded by Luis de Moscoso on May 8, 1530, where it is now Santa Elena. On July 11, 1812, the city was given the title of "Noble y Leal Ciudad" (noble and loyal city). It was made a department on June 12, 1824. It is the location of Ciudad Barrios, the birthplace of Archbishop Óscar Romero. Municipalities # Carolina # Chapeltique # Chinameca # Chirilagua # Ciudad Barrios # Comacarán # El Tránsito # Lolotique # Moncagua # Nueva Guadalupe # Nuevo Edén de San Juan # Quelepa # San Antonio ("Cradle of Freedom") , image ... [...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] |
Chinameca, San Miguel
Chinameca is a municipality in the San Miguel 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 b .... The Chinameca Volcano rises over the town. Sports Chinameca is home to Salvadoran Third Division club C.D. Águila San Isidro, who play at the Hacienda San Isidro at 1,250 meters above sea level. - El Diario de Hoy References {{San Miguel Department (El Salvador)[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Miguel, San Miguel
San Miguel () is a city in eastern El Salvador. It is the country's third most populous city. It is located 138 km east of the capital, San Salvador. It is also the capital of the department of San Miguel and a municipality. The population of the city in 2017 was 518,410. History Luis de Moscoso Alvarado established the village of San Miguel de la Frontera (Saint Michael of the Frontier) on May 8, 1530, as a bastion for the conquest of the Lenca kingdom of Chaparrastique (Place of Beautiful Orchids). By 1586 the village had obtained the title of city. In 1655, a volcanic eruption almost destroyed the entire city. According to legend, the devastation was so severe that only an image of Mary in the parish church was spared. Economy The city has been an important center of the agriculture, textile and chemical industries of El Salvador. Since the early 21st century, the services sector, especially health care and commerce, have increased considerably, resulting in significant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Luis De La Reina
San Luis de la Reina (Saint Louis of the Queen) is a municipality in the San Miguel department of El Salvador. San Luis is an ecotourist destination. In the late 18th century, the Ostucal Hacienda (Ostucal is Nawat for "houses in the ravine") was owned by the parish of Osicala. It produced indigo, cereals, and raised cattle. In 1811, it was constructed into and raised to a city; patronal festivals A patronal feast or patronal festival ( es, fiesta patronal; pt, festa patronal; ca, festa patronal; it, festa patronale; french: fête patronale) is a yearly celebration dedicated, in countries influenced by Christianity, to the "heavenly advoc ... are held on 24 and 25 August. References Municipalities of the San Miguel Department (El Salvador) {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Jorge, San Miguel
San Jorge 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 ''municipality'' may also mean the go ... in the San Miguel department of El Salvador. References Municipalities of the San Miguel Department (El Salvador) {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Gerardo
San Gerardo is a municipality in the department of San Miguel, 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 b .... {{coord, 13, 48, N, 88, 24, W, display=title, region:SV_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Municipalities of the San Miguel Department (El Salvador) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio, San Miguel
San Antonio is a municipality in the San Miguel 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 b .... {{San Miguel Department (El Salvador) Municipalities of the San Miguel Department (El Salvador) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quelepa
Quelepa is an important archaeological site located in eastern El Salvador. Generally considered to have been settled by the Lenca people, the site was founded around 400 BC in the Late Preclassic period (500 BC - AD 250). The inhabitants constructed a platform from plaster and pumice and rebuilt it a number of times. Artefacts recovered during the excavations of the site indicate that the local population depended upon subsistence agriculture, these artefacts included ''metates'' (a kind of mortar) and '' comales'' (a type of griddle). The site belonged to the Mesoamerican cultural region. Quelepa means "stone jaguar" in the Lenca language, probably in reference to the large Jaguar Altar found at the site. Throughout its occupational history, the inhabitants crafted stone tools from obsidian. The site appears to have been linked to trade routes extending to western El Salvador and the Guatemalan Highlands and also to the north in Honduras. Although sites in western El Salvad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuevo Edén De San Juan
Nuevo Edén de San Juan is a municipality in the San Miguel department of El Salvador. This is a small town of 1500 people in the northern part of El Salvador. This is the former home to Santana Vasquez. Geography It is bordered by the following municipalities: the north by the Republic of Honduras, to the east, San Gerardo, on the south by Sesori the west by the municipality of Dolores. The municipality is divided administratively into 7 cantons and 53 villages. The seat municipal seat of Edén de San Juan, is located 800 meters above sea level, and lies 50.6 km northwest of San Miguel, El Salvador. The area of the township is 63.1 square kilometers and it has a population of 3020 inhabitants. The municipality's climate is warm and the total annual rainfall varies between 1,600 and 1,800 milliliters. The vegetation consists of subtropical rainforest. The most notable tree species are: cognac, laurel, Jicaro, quebracho, and fruit. The soil types that are in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nueva Guadalupe
Nueva Guadalupe is a municipality in the San Miguel 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 b ... with nearly 9000 inhabitants in 2018. {{San Miguel Department (El Salvador) Municipalities of the San Miguel Department (El Salvador) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moncagua
Moncagua 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 ''municipality'' may also mean the go ... in the San Miguel department of El Salvador. Moncagua is also a well known area of hot springs. Moncagua is known as "tierra caliente" or "hot land" in literal English translation. From the Nauathl (language of the Lenca, the indigenous population that used to live there) it literally means land of rabbits, rocks and water. Sports The local football club is Atlético Chaparrastique, who have spent some seasons in the Salvadoran Second Division and almost secured promotion to the top tier in 2003. Municipalities of the San Miguel Department (El Salvador) {{ElSalvador-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lolotique
Lolotique is a municipality in the San Miguel 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 b .... {{coord, 13, 33, N, 88, 21, W, display=title, region:SV_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Municipalities of the San Miguel Department (El Salvador) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
