Concepción de Oriente is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
La Unión department
La Unión () is the easternmost department of El Salvador. Its capital is La Unión. It covers a total of and has a population of 263,200. The department was created on June 22, 1865, and the city of La Unión was made its capital. The Con ...
of
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of 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 by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
.
The municipality borders the
Goascorán River.
The river divides
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of 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 by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
and
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
and serves as
the borderline in El Salvador's eastern part of the country.
The villa itself runs into the river. There is no bridge connecting
the municipality to Honduras. The villa used to be known as "Saco".
There are paved roads that lead from the nearest big city of
Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión
Santa Rosa de Lima is a municipality in La Unión Department of El Salvador.
The city is named after St. Rose of Lima, born on 1586 in Lima (Peru). Its "fiestas patronales" are during the month of August, when the city gets full of vendors from a ...
. The "fiestas patronales"
are in the first week of January.
Had the highest percent of remittances in El Salvador in 2005.
Migration and Development in El Salvador: Ideals Versus Reality
Municipalities of the La Unión Department
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