San Bartolomé Perulapía 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
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 ''perulapía''. In 1770 Pedro Cortés y Larraz estimated that the population was 421 natives and 6 Latinos in population.
It was part of the department of San Salvador from 1824 until 1835, at which time it was turned over to Cuscatlán. Because of an earthquake in 1872, the town was moved a kilometer from its original location. Its population was 960 inhabitants in 1890.
External links
http://www.gobernacion.gob.sv/observatorio/Iniciativas%20Locales/WEB/Cuscatl%C3%A1n/snbartolomeperulapia.htmInformation
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Municipalities of the Cuscatlán Department