La Unión (El Salvador)

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La Unión
Coordinates: 13 ° 20 ′  N , 87 ° 51 ′  W
Map: El Salvador
marker
La Unión
La Unión on the map of El Salvador
Basic data
Country El Salvador
Department La Unión
Residents 34,045  (2012)
City insignia
Escudo de La Unión, El Salvador.png
Bandera del Departamento de La Union ES.jpg
Detailed data
surface 59.2 km²
Population density 575 inhabitants / km 2
height 10  m
City structure 12 cantons
prefix 2604-4031 / 3792
Time zone UTC −6
Construction of the new port
Construction of the new port

La Unión (full name: Ciudad de San Carlos de La Unión ) is a municipality and at the same time the capital of the La Unión department in El Salvador . It is located directly on the Bay of La Unión on the Gulf of Fonseca and 150 km southeast of the Salvadoran capital San Salvador . The community has a total area of ​​59.2 km² and is divided into 12 cantons with a total of 34,045 inhabitants. This makes it the largest city in the La Unión department.

port

The city's first port was completed in 1915. The new port with a total area of ​​one million square meters was planned by the Commision Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma (CEPA for short). Construction started in 2009 and completion is scheduled for 2015. After commissioning, this new port will also be managed by CEPA. When the port is ready it will be the largest in El Salvador.

City personalities

  • Hugo Lindo (1913–1985), writer, diplomat and politician

Individual evidence

  1. La Unión [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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.municipioaprobado.org.sv
  2. Puerto La Unión Centroamericana website ( memento of the original from November 9, 2014 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.puertolaunion.gob.sv