Chalatenango () is a
department of
El Salvador
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, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is the city of
Chalatenango. The Chalatenango Department encompasses 2,017 km² and contains more than 204,000 inhabitants. ''Las Matras Archaeological Ruins'' contains the relics of prehistoric populations and caves in which rock writing is found. The "5 de Noviembre" Hydroelectric Dam is found in Chalatenango Department, near the border with Cabañas. The highest point in the country,
El Pital with an elevation of 2730m, is also located in Chalatenango Department.
Agriculture
The most cultivated agricultural products are the basic grains, henequen (a type of agave), coffee, fruits, orchard plants, and vegetables, horses and cattle, and wilderness agriculture. Moreover, plaster, gold, lime, clay lead, silver, and zinc can be found there.
History
Around 1790,
Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet
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, Governor of El Salvador, found that the local
indigenous population working in Chaletenango's
indigo
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industry had declined greatly. Carondolet responded by bringing poor
Spaniards
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from Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria to settle, with the result that many
blond
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and light skinned/eyed people may still be found in the Chalatenango Department today.
Chalatenango was made a department on February 14, 1855.
During the 1980s, the department was the stronghold of the
Farabundo Martí Popular Forces of Liberation (FPL), one of the two largest groups in the
Frente Farabundo Martí Para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN).
Municipalities
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Agua Caliente
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Arcatao
Arcatao is a municipality and small town in the Department of Chalatenango, El Salvador.
Geography
Arcatao is located 32 km east from Chalatenango, Chalatenango, Chalatenango at the border with the Republic of Honduras in a small valley be ...
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Azacualpa
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Chalatenango
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Citalá
Citalá is a municipality in the Chalatenango department
Chalatenango () is a department of El Salvador, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is the city of Chalatenango. The Chalatenango Department encompasses 2,017 km² ...
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Comalapa
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Concepción Quezaltepeque
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Dulce Nombre de María
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El Carrizal
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El Paraíso
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La Laguna
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La Palma
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La Reina
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La Re ...
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Las Vueltas
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Nombre de Jesús
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Nueva Concepción
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Nueva Trinidad
Nueva Trinidad is a municipality in the Chalatenango department
Chalatenango () is a department of El Salvador, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is the city of Chalatenango. The Chalatenango Department encompasses 2,017&n ...
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Ojos de Agua
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Potonico
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San Antonio de la Cruz
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San Antonio Los Ranchos
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San Fernando
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San Francisco Lempa
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San Francisco Morazán
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San Ignacio
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San Isidro Labrador
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San José Cancasque
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San José Las Flores
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San Luis del Carmen
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San Miguel de Mercedes
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San Rafael
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Santa Rita
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Tejutla
References
External links
Alcaldia Municipal de Chalatenango 2009-2012.
* Atlas Geográfico Universal y de El Salvador. Editorial Oceano. Edición 1995
Sitio web del departamento de Chalatenango
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Departments of El Salvador
States and territories established in 1855
1855 establishments in El Salvador