Zacatecoluca
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Coordinates: 13 ° 30 ′ N , 88 ° 52 ′ W Zacatecoluca on the map of El Salvador
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| Country | El Salvador | |
| Department | La Paz | |
| Residents | 75,100 (2016) | |
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| surface | 425.69 km 2 | |
| Population density | 176 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 210 m | |
| Waters | Río Lempa | |
| Time zone | UTC −6 | |
| City Presidency | Francisco Salvador Hirezi FMLN | |
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Zacatecoluca is the capital of the La Paz department in the south of the Central American state of El Salvador and a municipality at the southeastern base of Chichontepec in the Río Lempa valley .
geography
Waters
The following rivers flow in the municipality:
- Río Ichanmichen: 3 miles north of Zacatecoluca
- Río El Puente and Río El Callejóna form the Río San Antonio or El Amate: 5.4 kilometers southeast of Zacatecoluca
- Río Amayo: 9 km north of Zacatecoluca forms the borders with the municipality of San Juan Nonualco
Neighboring municipios
| San Juan Nonualco, Guadalupe ( Dpto. San Vicente ) |
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| San Juan Nonualco, Santiago Nonualco |
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Tecoluca (Dpto. San Vicente) |
| San Luis la Herradura |
history
Zacatecos is the name in Nahuatl for residents of an area with sufficient Zacate . The city was a center of the independence movements of 1811 and 1814. On May 11, 1844, Zacatecaluca was upgraded to a city and on February 21, it became the capital of the department of La Paz. An earthquake in 1932 caused great damage to the city.
In the 1980s, Lieutenant Colonel Òscar Edgardo Casanova Vejar, a cousin of the Supreme Commander of the Guardia Nacional , Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, was in command of the Zacatecoluca garrison and was in command of the Guardia Naciónal in the area of Comalapa International Airport. Òscar Edgardo Casanova Vejar protected the murderers of four sisters of the Maryknoll Missionary Order Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel, Jean Donovan and Maura Clarke on December 2, 1980. The sisters were murdered on the way from Comalapa airport to Zacatecoluca by members of the Guardia Nacional .
On January 25, 1982, the FAES murdered more than 70 people at Masacre en el Cantón La Joya , the majority of whom were not yet adults.
On May 5, 1987 the diocese of Zacatecoluca was established. The main church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de los Pobres .
The earthquakes of January 13th and February 13th 2001 claimed many victims.
From 2006 to 2008 Medardo Alfaro of the conservative ARENA party was mayor of the city.
economy
In Zacatecaluca agricultural production such as cotton, oil plants and wood is processed and baskets are made. There is a salt trade, dairies, cutlers, tools and a market day twice a week. The proportion of households in extreme poverty is 17.8% and the proportion of households in poverty is 41.6%.
Worth seeing
- A figure of Maria Immaculata was placed on the roof of the church of Santa Lucia , as the volcano had spared the place so far.
- Worth seeing in the area are:
- Río Jíboa
- Cerro Tacuazín, literally opossums Cerro El Rosario, (Latitude: 13 ° 31 '17 N, Longitude: 89 ° 2' 60 W)
- Balneario Ichanmichen, Cantón San Josecito
traffic
Zacatecoluca can be reached via the Carretera del Litoral or from the CA1 exit San Vicente by motor vehicle.
sons and daughters of the town
- Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz (1764–1828), politician
- José Simeón Cañas y Villacorta (1767–1838), politician
- Ángel Guirola de la Cotera (1826–1910), politician, President of El Salvador from April 6 to August 21, 1884.
- Cristóbal Humberto Ibarra (1920–1988), poet, narrator and essayist
- Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo (1921–1973), politician, President of El Salvador from July 1, 1962 to July 1, 1967
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 18 de Enero de 2009 Hirezi, Alcalde de Zacatecoluca ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2009 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.
- ↑ Truth Commissions Digital Collection: Reports: El Salvador , THE AMERICAN CHURCHWOMEN ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2009 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.
- ^ Council on Hemispheric Affairs. May 24, 1984, Guardsmen Tyler Report ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. pdf
- ^ New York Times. March 21, 1993, How US Actions Helped Hide Salvador Human Rights Abuses
- ↑ Comité de Victimas de Zacatecoluca Page no longer available , search in web archives: Masacre Cantón La Joya
