Jiquilisco

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Jiquilisco
Coordinates: 13 ° 19 ′  N , 88 ° 35 ′  W
Map: El Salvador
marker
Jiquilisco
Jiquilisco on the map of El Salvador
Basic data
Country El Salvador
Department Usulutan
Residents 47,784  (2007)
Detailed data
height 44  m
Waters Bahía de Jiquilisco , Pacific
Time zone UTC -6

Jiquilisco is a municipality in the Usulután department in southeast El Salvador . Located on the Bahía de Jiquilisco , 47,784 people live there (as of 2007), making Jiquilisco 30th in El Salvador.

The name Jiquilisco means "Jiquilite collector". In jiquilite or xiquilit is a plant of the genus Indigofera from their roots of dye indigo is obtained.

Individual evidence

  1. Censo de población 2007 (PDF-p. 29 (p. 37), Spanish). Retrieved February 11, 2016 .
  2. Censo de población 2007 (PDF-p. 34 (p. 42), Spanish). Retrieved February 11, 2016 .
  3. Declaration on the website of the Fondo de Inversión Social para el Desarollo Local - Gobierno de El Salvador (Spanish). Retrieved February 11, 2016 .