Ahuachapán (Spanish pronunciation:[awatʃaˈpan]) is a department of El Salvador in the west of the country.[1] The capital is Ahuachapán.[2] In the South it has the Apaneca-Ilamatepec Range and the Cerro Grande de Apaneca (Apaneca Grand Hill).[1] Its has a population of over 360,000 people.[1] The Ahuachapán Department was created by the Legislative Decree of February 9, 1869 under the administration of Francisco Dueñas.
ahuachapán, department, ahuachapán, spanish, pronunciation, awatʃaˈpan, department, salvador, west, country, capital, ahuachapán, south, apaneca, ilamatepec, range, cerro, grande, apaneca, apaneca, grand, hill, population, over, people, created, legislative, d. Ahuachapan Spanish pronunciation awatʃaˈpan is a department of El Salvador in the west of the country 1 The capital is Ahuachapan 2 In the South it has the Apaneca Ilamatepec Range and the Cerro Grande de Apaneca Apaneca Grand Hill 1 Its has a population of over 360 000 people 1 The Ahuachapan Department was created by the Legislative Decree of February 9 1869 under the administration of Francisco Duenas AhuachapanDepartmentFlagCoat of armsLocation within El SalvadorCoordinates 13 52 01 N 89 53 31 W 13 867 N 89 892 W 13 867 89 892Country El SalvadorCreated1869SeatAhuachapanArea Total1 239 6 km2 478 6 sq mi RankRanked 8thPopulation Total333 406 RankRanked 7th Density270 km2 700 sq mi Time zoneUTC 6 CST ISO 3166 codeSV AHMunicipalities editCentral Ahuachapan Northern Ahuachapan Southern AhuachapanDistricts editAhuachapan Apaneca Atiquizaya Concepcion de Ataco El Refugio Guaymango Jujutla San Francisco Menendez San Lorenzo San Pedro Puxtla Tacuba TurinReferences edit a b c Perez Orlando J 2016 07 26 Historical Dictionary of El Salvador Rowman amp Littlefield p 22 ISBN 978 0 8108 8020 7 Cohen Saul Bernard 2008 The Columbia Gazetteer of the World A to G Columbia University Press p 39 ISBN 978 0 231 14554 1 nbsp This El Salvador location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ahuachapan Department amp oldid 1208972640, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
