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Chalatenango () is a
department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
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 ...
, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is the city of Chalatenango. The Chalatenango Department encompasses 2,017 km² and contains more than 204,000 inhabitants. ''Las Matras Archaeological Ruins'' contains the relics of prehistoric populations and caves in which rock writing is found. The "5 de Noviembre" Hydroelectric Dam is found in Chalatenango Department, near the border with Cabañas. The highest point in the country, El Pital with an elevation of 2730m, is also located in Chalatenango Department.


Agriculture

The most cultivated agricultural products are the basic grains, henequen (a type of agave), coffee, fruits, orchard plants, and vegetables, horses and cattle, and wilderness agriculture. Moreover, plaster, gold, lime, clay lead, silver, and zinc can be found there.


History

Around 1790,
Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet y Bosoist, 5th Baron of Carondelet, (born 1748, Noyelles-sur-Selle, County of Flanders, Flanders – died 1807 Quito, Ecuador) was a Spanish administrator of partial Burgundy, Burgundian descent in the employ ...
, Governor of El Salvador, found that the local
indigenous population Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...
working in Chaletenango's
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industry had declined greatly. Carondolet responded by bringing poor
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from Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria to settle, with the result that many
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and light skinned/eyed people may still be found in the Chalatenango Department today. Chalatenango was made a department on February 14, 1855. During the 1980s, the department was the stronghold of the Farabundo Martí Popular Forces of Liberation (FPL), one of the two largest groups in the Frente Farabundo Martí Para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN).


Municipalities

# Agua Caliente #
Arcatao Arcatao is a municipality and small town in the Department of Chalatenango, El Salvador. Geography Arcatao is located 32 km east from Chalatenango at the border with the Republic of Honduras in a small valley between the mountains; La Caà ...
# Azacualpa # Chalatenango #
Citalá Citalá is a municipality in the Chalatenango department Chalatenango () is a department of El Salvador, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is the city of Chalatenango. The Chalatenango Department encompasses 2,017 km² ...
# Comalapa #
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Dulce Nombre de María Dulce Nombre de María is a town and municipality in the Chalatenango Department Chalatenango () is a department of El Salvador, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is the city of Chalatenango. The Chalatenango Department en ...
# El Carrizal # El Paraíso #
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Las Vueltas Las Vueltas is a municipality in the Chalatenango Department in the north of El Salvador. The municipality is bordered to the north by Ojos de Agua, to the east by Las Flores, to the south by Chalatenango, and to the northeast by Concepción ...
# Nombre de Jesús # Nueva Concepción # Nueva Trinidad #
Ojos de Agua Ojos de Agua is a municipality in the Chalatenango department of El Salvador. It is about 1700 feet (or about 1.1 kilometers) from the border of Honduras and El Salvador, which is formed by the Rio Sumpul. The name "Ojos de Agua" translates ...
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Potonico Potonico is a municipality in the Chalatenango department Chalatenango () is a department of El Salvador, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is the city of Chalatenango. The Chalatenango Department encompasses 2,017 km ...
# San Antonio de la Cruz # San Antonio Los Ranchos #
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# San Francisco Lempa # San Francisco Morazán # San Ignacio #
San Isidro Labrador Isidore the Labourer, also known as Isidore the Farmer ( es, San Isidro Labrador) (c. 1070 – May 15, 1130), was a Spanish farmworker known for his piety toward the poor and animals. He is the Catholic patron saint of farmers and of Madrid, ...
# San José Cancasque # San José Las Flores # San Luis del Carmen # San Miguel de Mercedes # San Rafael # Santa Rita # Tejutla


References


External links


Alcaldia Municipal de Chalatenango
2009-2012. * Atlas Geográfico Universal y de El Salvador. Editorial Oceano. Edición 1995
Sitio web del departamento de Chalatenango
{{Authority control Departments of El Salvador States and territories established in 1855 1855 establishments in El Salvador