Panchimalco

Panchimalco
Coordinates: 13 ° 37 ′  N , 89 ° 11 ′  W Panchimalco​ Panchimalco on the map of El Salvador
Basic data
Country	El Salvador
Department	San Salvador
Residents	41,260
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	90 km 2
Population density	458 inhabitants / km 2
height	570  m
Time zone	UTC −6
City Presidency	Don Isabel Vega Vásquez, ARENA
Santa Cruz de Roma
A group of young people represent the Procesión de las Palmas de Panchimalco at the parade, Desfile de las Rosas in Los Angeles .

The Municipio de Panchimalco is located in the department of San Salvador in the center of the Central American state of El Salvador . The administrative center of the municipality is Ciudad de Panchimalco .

history

Panchimalco means Panti = flag in Nahua ; Chimali = shield; co = particle for place. The pre-Columbian population were Toltecs . In 1548 the place was mentioned for the first time in Latin script. During the Spanish conquest, the place was called El Fuerte (the fortress) because of its concave shape, which was strategically easy to defend . The temple of Panchimalco was covered with earth. In 1730 the Iglesia de la Santa Cruz de Roma was built on it, its whitewashed baroque facade is 40 meters wide and 18 meters high. The altarpiece was created in the French Baroque style. The roof is supported by 18 columns made of balsam wood . On February 27, 1975, the building was upgraded to the Monumento Nacional Historico by parliament . In documents from 1689 and 1740, the place operates under the name Santa Cruz de Panchimalco . In 1770 the region belonged to the San Jacinto guardianship . In 1776, the administrative districts of New Spain were redistributed according to the reform of Carlos III . The region now belonged to the Partido de San Salvador. From 1824 to 1836 it belonged to the Department de San Salvador . San Salvador was temporarily the seat of government of the Central American Confederation , which is why Panchimalco belonged to the Distrito Federal Centroamericano from 1824 to 1836 . The conglomerate of the Distrito Federal Centroamericano was later divided into the more traditional, more powerful Districtos. Panchimalco came to the Distrito de Santo Tomás in 1865 . On February 7, 1879, the center of Panchimalco was upgraded to a villa. In 1954 the film "El Pirata Negro" was shot in Panchimalco, in which the inhabitants acted as extras. The dead Morena Celarié (1922–1969) was found at the touristically attractive La Puerta del Diablo , in the Cantón Planes de Renderos . On May 24, 1982, more than 150 bodies of victims of death squads were dumped at the Puerta del Diabolo . On January 31, 1988 at 11:00 a.m., José Javier Santamaria Medina (16), Jose Luis Cornejo (27) and Angel de Jesus Santamaria Raymundo (27) were found near their homes in San Jose Guayabal in Cuscatlan by a group of Men who were partly dressed in civilian clothes and partly in FAES army uniforms were abducted. On February 1, 1988, their bodies were found at the Puerta del Diabolo .

Municipio Panchimalco

The administrative unit Municipio Panchimalco is divided into 14 Cantones and 65 Caserios. Its main waterways are called: El Muerto or Cuitapán , Tihuapa and Huiza . Its topographic elevations are called: Cerro Chulo , Cerro El Candelero , Cerro Guayuma or Cerro Chanchate . It has a fresh climate. The annual rainfall was between 1,250 and 1,750 mm. The vegetation consists of subtropical and tropical wet forest in which the species: Ceiba , Maquilishuat (Tabebuia rosea), Conacaste , Pinus , Laurel , cypress , cedar , coffee , amate and fruit trees can be found.

economy

Basic food grains, vegetables and fruits are grown. Livestock is kept: domestic cattle , riding horses, domestic pigs, poultry. There are brickworks for masonry and roof tiles, metal construction companies, handicrafts shops, pharmacies, pupuserias.

Attractions

• Parque Balboa
• Parque de la Familia
• La Puerta del Diablo

Fiestas

The patronage festival is celebrated on September 13th and 14th. The Procesión de las Palmas is celebrated on the first Sunday in May . It is a Marian procession organized by the Cofradía de las Flores y las Palmas . Traditional dances are performed. In a palm procession, the participants start from three points with palm branches decorated with flowers.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios Históricos en Centroamérica , Se erigió por Real Cédula la Real Intendencia de San Salvador
2. ^ Truth Commissions , Part Three, Chapter One III. CHRONOLOGY OF THE VIOLENCE ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
3. ↑ Inter-American court of Human Rights, OEA v. El Salvador, Case 10.151