Colón is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
La Libertad department of
El Salvador.
Colón is surrounded by the municipalities of Santa Tecla, Quezaltepeque, San Juan Opico, Ciudad Arce, and Sacacoyo y Talnique. The municipality was previously known as El Guarumal, and was made a town on 20 August 1886, and a village (villa) on 24 July 1986.
Cantons
The municipality is bordered by various
cantons:
*Botoncillal
*Cobanal
*Cuyagualo
*El Capulín
*El Limón
*El Manguito
*Entre Ríos
*Hacienda Nueva
*Las Angosturas
*Las Brisas
*Las Moras
*Lourdes
Tourism
Colón has Los Chorros (a bathing resort) which was destroyed in the 2001 earthquake, but reopened in March 2008.
Security
The city was considered to be one of the most dangerous in the country, reporting various homicides and notorious activity of gangs, locally called ''maras’.
Gallery
File:Los_Chorros,_Colon,_La_Libertad_2012.jpg, Entrance to Los Chorros
File:Entrada_a_Lourdes_LL_El_Salvador2012.jpg, The Canton of Lourdes
Municipalities of the La Libertad Department (El Salvador)
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