La Paz Department (El Salvador)
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1852 | ||||
| Capital | Zacatecoluca | ||||
| Area •% |
1,224 km² Ranked 9th |
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| Population •(2006) |
318,107 Ranked 10th |
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| ISO 3166-2 | SV-PA |
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La Paz is a department of El Salvador in the south central area of the country. The capital is Zacatecoluca. It has an area of 1,224 km² and a population of more than 300,000.
The department was created February, 1852.
There are various caves containing rock writing. The department has a church in Zacatecoluca where the Independence Hero Dr Jose Simeon Cañas y Villacorta was born. He was known as "The Liberator of the Slaves in Central America".
In 1833, Anatasio Aquino, an indigenous person, proclaimed himself as "The Emperor of the Nonualcos".
[edit] Municipalities
- Cuyultitán
- El Rosario
- Jerusalén
- Mercedes La Ceiba
- Olocuilta
- Paraíso de Osorio
- San Antonio Masahuat
- San Emigdio
- San Francisco Chinameca
- San Juan Nonualco
- San Juan Talpa
- San Juan Tepezontes
- San Luis La Herradura
- San Luis Talpa
- San Miguel Tepezontes
- San Pedro Masahuat
- San Pedro Nonualco
- San Rafael Obrajuelo
- Santa María Ostuma
- Santiago Nonualco
- Tapalhuaca
- Verapaz
- Zacatecoluca
| Departments of El Salvador |  |
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| Ahuachapán | Cabañas | Chalatenango | Cuscatlán | La Libertad | La Paz | La Unión | Morazán | San Miguel | San Salvador | San Vicente | Santa Ana | Sonsonate | Usulután | |
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