Cabañas Department
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Cabañas | |||||
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Created (given current status) |
1873 | ||||
Capital | Sensuntepeque | ||||
Area •% |
1,104 km² Ranked 12th |
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Population •(2006) |
214,150 Ranked 14th |
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ISO 3166-2 | SV-CA |
Cabañas is a department of El Salvador in the north central part of the country. The capital is Sensuntepeque. Sensuntepeque means 400 hills because around the department there are small hills.One of the coldest regions in El Salvador and Certified place of Tourism , strongly recommended.
From Cerro Pelon (Pelon Hill), you can almost see the whole department.
It has 1,104 km² and more than 200,000 people.
The department was created on February 10, 1873.
The department produces beans, sugar cane, etc.
[edit] Municipalities
- Cinquera
- Dolores
- Guacotecti
- Ilobasco
- Jutiapa
- San Isidro
- Sensuntepeque
- Tejutepeque
- Victoria
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