Acajutla
Sign in to saveAcajutla is a seaport city in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador. The city is located at on the Pacific coast of Central America and is El Salvador's principal seaport from which a large portion of the nation's exports of coffee, sugar, and Balsam of Peru are shipped. As a city, Acajutla is one of seventeen such districts in Sonsonate. As of 1992, the population of the city was 18,008.
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- Locality
- Acajutla
- Region
- Sonsonate
- Country
- El Salvador
- Population
- 22,763
- Timezone
- America/El_Salvador
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Acajutla
- Settlement.native_name
- Acaxutla
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- US_Navy_070730-N-8704K-053_Hospital_ship_USNS_Comfort_(T-AH_20)_is_moored_in_Acajutla,_El_Salvador,_during_a_scheduled_port_visit.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- El Salvador
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in El Salvador
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px El Salvador
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sonsonate Department
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 166.59
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 29701
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
inicio - Alcaldía de Sonsonate Oeste
Visión Institucional Proporcionar servicios públicos y administrativos efectivos, eficientes y oportunos, que coadyuven a mejorar el desarrollo económico, social, cultural y educativo del municipio en general. Misión Institucional Ser un municipio saludable, con acceso a la educación y al trabajo. Generando empleo a través de la gestión exitosa de la población junto a su gobierno
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Acajutla Port
- Geography
- Climate
- Commerce
- Events
- Footnotes
- Sources
- External links
Acajutla is a seaport city in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador. The city is located at on the Pacific coast of Central America and is El Salvador's principal seaport from which a large portion of the nation's exports of coffee, sugar, and Balsam of Peru are shipped. As a city, Acajutla is one of seventeen such districts in Sonsonate. As of 1992, the population of the city was 18,008.
==History== Pedro de Alvarado, a Spanish conquistador under the command of Hernán Cortés, had conquered Mexico and Guatemala before coming to the vicinity of Acajutla. There, he met heavy resistance but defeated the indigenous people in 1524 and conquered all of present-day El Salvador at the Battle of Acajutla.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acajutla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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