Usulután Depairtment
Usulután frae the Nawat leid (meanin "ceety o the ocelots") is a depairtment o El Salvador in the sootheast o the kintra (Lenca region). The caipital is Usulután.
Usulután | |
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 Usulután Volcano | |
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 Location athin El Salvador | |
| Coordinates: 13°22′34″N 88°31′12″W / 13.376°N 88.52°WCoordinates: 13°22′34″N 88°31′12″W / 13.376°N 88.52°W | |
| Kintra |  El Salvador |
| Creatit (gien current status) | 1865 |
| Seat | Usulután |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2130.4 km2 (822.6 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Rankit 1st |
| Population | |
| • Total | 366,040 |
| • Rank | Rankit 5t |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SV-US |
It is El Salvador's lairgest depairtment. It haes a aurie o 2,130 km² an a population o ower 366,000.
The depairtment wis creatit on 22 Juin 1865.
On 26 October 1948, the Alegria destrict wis abolished an a new ane cried Santiago de Maria wis creatit; it conteens the ceeties o Santiago de Maria, which is the main ceety, as well as Alegria, Tecapan an California.
The ceety o Usulutan, the depairtment's caipital, wis foondit bi the Lenca tribes but it wis conquered bi the Pipil tribes. Some o the best beaches in El Salvador are locatit in Usulutan, an ithers such as El Espino are nou unner development.
The depairtment is hame tae Jiquilisco Bay an Port El Triunfo.
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eeditReferences
eedit- El Salvador at GeoHive Archived 2016-09-28 at the Wayback Machine