Ahuachapán Department
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1869 | ||||
| Capital | Ahuachapán | ||||
| Area •% |
1,240 km² Ranked 8th |
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| Population •(2006) |
377,141 Ranked 7th |
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| ISO 3166-2 | SV-AH |
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Ahuachapán is a department of El Salvador in the west of the country. The capital is Ahuachapán.
In the South it has the Apenca-Ilamatepec Range and the Cerro Grande de Apaneca (Apaneca Grand Hill).
The Rio Paz is the limit between El Salvador and Guatemala.
Its extension is 1,240 km² and has more than 360,000 people living in the department.
According to the historian Jorge Larde y Larin, the population was founded around the 5th or 6th century by the Pokomames tribes.
It was made a department of El Salvador on February 9, 1869. In 1822, it was the scene for the first army action between the Republic and Iturbide's Empire in Llano del Espino (Espino Plains).
The department mainly produces agricultural products such as coffee, beans, sugar cane, fruits, etc.
[edit] Municipalities
- Ahuachapán
- Apaneca
- Atiquizaya
- Concepción de Ataco
- El Refugio
- Guaymango
- Jujutla
- San Francisco Menéndez
- San Lorenzo
- San Pedro Puxtla
- Tacuba
- Turín
| 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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