Chalatenango
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Coordinates: 14 ° 2 ′ N , 88 ° 56 ′ W Chalatenango on the map of El Salvador
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | El Salvador | |
| Department | Chalatenango | |
| Residents | 29,271 (2007) | |
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| Detailed data | ||
| surface | 132.2 km² | |
| Population density | 221 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 396 m | |
| City structure | 6 cantons | |
| prefix | 2393 | |
| Time zone | UTC −6 | |
| City patron | Baby jesus | |
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Chalatenango is a municipality and at the same time the capital of the Chalatenango department in El Salvador . It is located at an altitude of 396 m and 47 km northeast of the Salvadoran capital San Salvador . The community has a total area of 132.2 km² and is divided into 6 cantons with a total of 29,271 inhabitants.
history
The city was founded by the indigenous Lenca people before the Spanish occupation , but was given to the Pipil people in the fifteenth century . In 1550 the settlement had around 600 inhabitants. The mayor of San Salvador , Manuel Corral de Galvez, wrote in 1740 that Chalatenango only had about 125 inhabitants. On February 16, 1831, the settlement received the rank of Villa ( small town ) in recognition of the important services provided in the process of El Salvador's independence.
Chalatenango was heavily influenced by the civil war. Many people in the city had to leave their homes. However, in the early 1990s and after the peace agreement, people repopulated the region.
Surname
The name Chalatenango comes from the Nawat , the language of the Pipil. It is made up of the words chal ( sand ), at ( water ) and tenango ( valley ). Put together it means something like valley of sandy water .
sons and daughters of the town
- Carlos Humberto Romero (1924–2017), President of El Salvador from 1977 to 1979
- Papa AP (* 1981), reggaeton singer and producer in Canada
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Chalatenango [PDF ] . www.municipioaprobado.org.sv. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
