San Pedro Perulapán is a

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in the

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. San Pedro Perulapán is a town whose origins are

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; it received the title of city on April 28, 1921. The Battle of San Pedro Perulapán occurred here on September 25, 1839, in which

Francisco Morazán José Francisco Morazán Quesada (; born October 3, 1792 – September 15, 1842) was a liberal Central American politician and general who served as president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1830 to 1839. Before he was president ...

with 800 Salvadorans defeated 2,000 Honduran and

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forces during the break-up of the

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. A bell tower in the town still has the bell whose toll announced the victory of the Salvadorans. The parish church contains an image of

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that still has the bullet hole it received during this battle. From the peak of the bell tower one can see the volcano of

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