Sonsonate Depairtment
Sonsonate is a depairtment o El Salvador in the wastren pairt o the kintra. The caipital is Sonsonate.
Sonsonate | |
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 Location within El Salvador | |
| Coordinates: 13°42′11″N 89°41′35″W / 13.703°N 89.693°WCoordinates: 13°42′11″N 89°41′35″W / 13.703°N 89.693°W | |
| Country |  El Salvador |
| Created (given current status) | 1824 |
| Seat | Sonsonate |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1225.8 km2 (473.3 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Ranked 9th |
| Population | |
| • Total | 463,739 |
| • Rank | Ranked 6th |
| • Density | 380/km2 (980/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SV-SO |
The depairtment haes a population o ower 463,000 an a aurie o 1,226 km².
Creatit on 12 Juin 1824. The El Salvador Naitional Pairlament decidit on 29 Januar 1859 tae separate frae the depairtment the ceeties o Apaneca, San Pedro Puxtla, Guaymango an Jujutla an gie these ceeties tae Santa Ana Depairtment.
Sonsonate Ceety wis the seicont caipital o the Federal Republic o Central Americae in 1834.
The depairtment remains the hert o the Pipil cultur in the kintra, hame tae several auncient tradeetions an tae maist o the few remainin Nahuatl speakers in El Salvador.
It is a owerwhelmingly agricultural aurie, wi extremely growthie volcanic soils that ance wur the maist valuable resource in Central Americae for the Spainyie conquistadors who profitit frae its auncient cacao plantations. Its name appropriately means "Place o 400 rivers" or "Place o mony watters" as it receives well ower 2,000mm (79 inches) o rain a year.
Irma Dimas o Sonsonate wis Miss El Salvador in 2005.