Concepción de Ataco
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Coordinates: 13 ° 52 ′ N , 89 ° 51 ′ W Concepción de Ataco on the map of El Salvador
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| Country | El Salvador | |
| Department | Ahuachapán | |
| Residents | 18,101 (2007) | |
| Detailed data | ||
| surface | 61.03 | |
| height | 1240 m | |
| City structure | 11 cantons | |
| Time zone | UTC −6 | |
| City Presidency | Óscar Oliverio Gómez Duarte ( ARENA ), 2009–2012 | |
Concepción de Ataco is a municipality in El Salvador in the Ahuachapán department .
Surname
The Nawat name Ataco or Ataku is interpreted as the "place of high-lying springs". Word components are at ( nahuatl atl ) "water", aku (aco) "raised, elevated" and the locative ending -ku (-co) .
history
The old Ataco was founded by the Pipil . Around 1200 the area came under the rule of Cuzcatlan .
The former rule of Cuzcatlan was finally conquered by the Spanish in 1528. During the entire colonial period, Ataco belonged to the Provincia de los Izalcos or Alcaldía Mayor de Sonsonate . According to Archbishop Pedro Cortes y Larraz, Ataco belonged to the Parroquia Ahuachapán in 1770 and its population consisted of 303 Pipil families with 784 people who spoke Nawat (Pipil) as their mother tongue , but also spoke Spanish.
On June 12, 1824 Ataco came first to the department of Sonsonate . By decree, the village was incorporated into the Santa Ana Department on February 8, 1855 . In 1866, the Municipio Ataco applied for detachment from Santa Ana and connection to the Department of Sonsonate, but with the creation of the Department of Ahuachapán on February 26, 1869, it was connected to the same. Around 1858 it had 972 inhabitants, in 1890 the municipality had 2,860 inhabitants.
Attractions
The Church of the Immaculate Conception (Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción de María) has space for 500 people. It was destroyed in an earthquake in 2001 and rebuilt in 2003. Many colonial buildings are well preserved; many of the house walls are decorated with colorful murals.
Atzumpa has cold springs whose clear water is used as a bathing establishment. The place is popular because of its fresh climate and its landscape with subtropical forest.
Pipil culture
Ataco was still a center of the Pipil culture in the first half of the 20th century . The Pipil language Nawat has practically died out as a result of the harsh repression since the genocide of the Pipil in 1932.
Political structure
The eleven cantons of the Municipios Concepción de Ataco are called: El Arco, El Limo, El Naranjito, El Tronconal, La Ceiba, La Joya de los Apantes, Los Tablones, San José, Shucutitán and Texusín Chirizo.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Resultados Alcaldes Electos en El Salvador para 2009-2012 ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Concepción de Ataco - fisdl.gob.sv (Spanish)
- Concepción de Ataco - turismo.com.sv (Spanish)