Sonsonate, El Salvador
Sonsonate | |
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City | |
Sonsonate Location in El Salvador | |
Coordinates: 13°43′N 89°43′W / 13.717°N 89.717°W | |
Country | El Salvador |
Department | Sonsonate Department |
Founded | 1524 |
Area | |
• City | 232.53 km2 (89.78 sq mi) |
Elevation | 246 m (807 ft) |
Population (2012) | |
• City | 71,541 |
• Density | 310/km2 (800/sq mi) |
• Metro | 110,501 |
Time zone | UTC-6 |
Sonsonate, the capital of the department of Sonsonate, El Salvador; on the Sensunapan River and the railway from San Salvador to the Pacific port of Acajutla, 21 km (13 mi) south.[1] Pop. (2007), about 71,541.
Economy
Historically, the area was a producer of cotton.[1] Most of the cotton produced, as of 1850, was retained for local use.[2] Today, tobacco farming, cattle ranching and tourism (volcanos, coral reef) are important industries.
Notes
- 1 2 "Sonsonate". Encyclopædia Britannica. 25 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 417.
- ↑ Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. London: Trelawney Saunders. p. 118.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sonsonate". Encyclopædia Britannica. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 417.
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