Santa Ana Depairtment
Santa Ana is a depairtment o El Salvador in the northwast o the kintra. The caipital is Santa Ana, ane o the lairgest ceeties in El Salvador. It haes 2,023 km² an a population o ower 572,000. The Santa Ana Volcano is in this depairtment.
Santa Ana | |
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 Izalco volcano | |
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 Location athin El Salvador | |
| Coordinates: 14°05′24″N 89°30′40″W / 14.09°N 89.511°WCoordinates: 14°05′24″N 89°30′40″W / 14.09°N 89.511°W | |
| Kintra |  El Salvador |
| Creatit (gien current status) | 1855 |
| Seat | Santa Ana |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2023.2 km2 (781.2 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Rankit 4t |
| Population | |
| • Total | 572,081 |
| • Rank | Rankit 3rd |
| • Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SV-SA |
History eedit
This depairtment wis creatit on 8 Februar 1855.
Durin Pre-Columbie times, the aurie nou componin Santa Ana wis inhabitit bi Mayan fowks; amang the depairtment's major Mayan airchaeological steids are Tazumal an Casa Blanca. Mony o the region's inhabitants wur members o the Poqomam or Ch'orti' Mayan subgroups.
Atween 1200 an 1400 the depairtment o Santa Ana unner Lempa River wis conquered bi the Pipils. Atween 1528 an 1540 the depairtment o Santa Ana wis conquered an pacifee'd bi the Spaniards. It belangit tae the Greater Mayorship o San Salvador an later tae the Intendance o San Salvador, bein dividit in the pairties or destricts o Santa Ana an Metapán.
Frae 1824 (year in which the Greater Mayorship o Sonsonate an Intendance o San Salvador unifee'd) it belangit tae the depairtment o Sonsonate. The depairtment wis creatit in 1855, alang wi the present depairtment o Ahuachapán.
Geografie eedit
The depairtment o Santa Ana is at a altitude atween 500 m an 3000 m. The maist important volcanoes are the Ilamatepec or Santa Ana Volcano an the Chingo. Ither notable muntains are Green Hill an the Montecristo massif. The main rivers o the depairtment are the Lempa an the Guajoyo rivers.
The maist important lochs in the depairtment are Loch Güija on the border wi Guatemala near Metapán, an Loch Coatepeque which is in the soothren pairt o the depairtment.
Municipalities eedit
Santa Ana is dividit intae 13 municipalities:
| Municipality | Territory | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Candelaria de la Frontera | 91.13 km² | 33,550 hab. |
| Chalchuapa | 165.76 km² | 86,200 hab. |
| Coatepeque | 126.85 km² | 48,544 hab. |
| El Congo | 91.43 km² | 22,274 hab. |
| El Porvenir | 52.52 km² | 7,819 hab. |
| Masahuat | 71.23 km² | 5,125 hab. |
| Metapán | 668.36 km² | 59,499 hab. |
| San Antonio Pajonal | 51.92 km² | 4,574 hab. |
| San Sebastián Salitrillo | 42.32 km² | 16,688 hab. |
| Santa Ana | 400.05 km² | 261,568 hab. |
| Santa Rosa Guachipilín | 38.41 km² | 7,909 hab. |
| Santiago de la Frontera | 44.22 km² | 9,150 hab. |
| Texistepeque | 178.97 km² | 20,904 hab. |
References eedit
- Directorio Municipal de la Fundación Dr. Guillermo Manuel Ungo Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- El Salvador at GeoHive Archived 2016-09-28 at the Wayback Machine