Juayúa

thumb|The Plaza Central thumb|The tourist office Juayúa is a city and municipality in the Sonsonate department of El Salvador. It is a small town up in the mountains, founded in 1577. Juayua is located in the western part of El Salvador, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from San Salvador.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Juayúa
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Chorros de La Calera.JPG
Settlement.pushpin_map: El Salvador
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in El Salvador
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Sonsonate
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Hugo Zavaleta (2024-2027)
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.area_blank1_title: Municipality
Settlement.area_blank1_km2: 103.06
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Municipality
Settlement.population_blank1: 70,959
Settlement.elevation_m: 1060

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Juayúa
Population: 24344
Area: 103.1
Elevation: 975

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Contents

History
The Santa Lucia Church
Tourism
The Food Festival
Los Chorros de la Calera waterfall
Colonial architecture and murals
Other tourism
Culture
See also
External links
References

== History == Juayúa is a Pre-Columbian Pipil town. By the year 1550, its population was estimated at about 300 inhabitants; by 1577, it was a catechizing town for the Franciscans priests living in Sonsonate.