''San Antonio del Monte is also a subdivision of
Garafía in the island of
La Palma
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in the
Canary Islands
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San Antonio del Monte (
Spanish
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for "Saint Anthony of the mountain") is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Sonsonate department
Sonsonate () is a department of El Salvador in the western part of the country. The capital is Sonsonate.
The department has an area of 1,226 km².
Created on June 12, 1824, the El Salvador National Parliament decided on January 29, 1859 ...
of
El Salvador
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. The town was founded at the beginning of the 18th century by the friars of the convent of Santo Domingo of Sonsonate. It is at an altitude of 230 meters, a kilometer west of the city of Sonsonat
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Municipalities of the Sonsonate Department