Santiago Nonualco
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Coordinates: 13 ° 31 ′ N , 88 ° 57 ′ W Santiago Nonualco on the map of El Salvador
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| Country | El Salvador | |
| Department | La Paz | |
| Residents | 39,887 (2007) | |
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| surface | 125.51 | |
| height | 122 m | |
| City structure | 22 cantones rurales | |
| Waters | Río Jiboa | |
| Time zone | UTC −6 | |
Santiago Nonualco is a municipality in El Salvador in the department of La Paz . It is located 48 kilometers from San Salvador.
history
Nonualco means in Nahuat tribe of the mute. The department of La Páz was the land of the Nonualco fraternity . This stretched between the Río Lempa and Río Jiboa and in the southeast of the cordillera of the Tepezontes and the Chichontepec (volcano of San Vicente) Santiago Nonualco was founded as a colonial Pueblo de Indios. The neighboring towns are also named after apostles : San Juan Nonualco and San Pedro Nonualco. There is a cedulación ( ejido assignment ) from 1745.
In early 1833, the community occupied neighboring San Vicente in protest against the introduction of property and income taxes. The Tayte of Nonualco at that time was Anastasio Mártir Aquino San Carlos . The protest was bloodily stifled by government troops .
On December 10, 1840, the place protested again under the leadership of Petronilo Castro, whereupon the government of Norberto Ramírez Áreas had the protest suppressed by their troops.
The place was upgraded to a municipality in 1920. Indigenous customs such as the danza del Tigre y el Venado have been preserved in Santiago Nonualco.
economy
Santiago Nonualco is a poor city even by Salvadoran standards. Sugar cane and staple foods are grown, cattle is raised, and pieces of sugar syrup and sugar loafs are made. The number of jobs at Zafra is low and paid low. There is a small central market, a few modest shops, comedores, bars, doctors, pharmacies, a few dentists (complementary to sugar production), Casa de Credito , a few lawyers. Factories are 25 minutes by bus near Comalapa Airport, at El Pedregal.
