Apaneca 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
Ahuachapán department
Ahuachapán () is a Departments of El Salvador, department of El Salvador in the west of the country. The capital is Ahuachapán. In the South it has the Apaneca-Ilamatepec Range and the Cerro Grande de Apaneca (Apaneca Grand Hill). Its extensio ...
of
El Salvador
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.
It has an area of 45.13 square kilometers. Its population is of 8,597 inhabitants (Estimated 2006). The municipality is divided in 7 cantons:
*El Saltillal
*Palo Verde
*Quezalapa
*San Ramoncito
*Taltapanca
*Tizapa
*Tulapa
Towns
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Santa Leticia
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See also
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Concepcion de Ataco
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La Palma
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Antiguo Cuscatlan
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Ahuachapan, El Salvador
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Municipalities of the Ahuachapán Department