Atiquizaya 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
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