Chalatenango Depairtment

Chalatenango
Chalatenango
	Depairtment
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	Location athin El Salvador
	Coordinates: 14°10′23″N 89°04′34″W / 14.173°N 89.076°WCoordinates: 14°10′23″N 89°04′34″W / 14.173°N 89.076°W
Kintra	El Salvador
Creatit; (gien current status)	1855
Seat	Chalatenango
Area
• Total	2016.6 km2 (778.6 sq mi)
Area rank	Rankit 5t
Highest elevation	2730 m (8,960 ft)
Population
• Total	204,808
• Rank	Rankit 10t
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
ISO 3166 code	SV-CH
Website	www.chalatenango.gob.sv

Chalatenango is a depairtment o El Salvador, locatit in the northwast o the kintra. The caipital is the ceety o Chalatenango. The Chalatenango Depairtment encompasses 2,017 km² an conteens mair nor 204,000 inhabitants. Las Matras Airchaeological Ruins conteens the relics o prehistoric populations an caves in which rock writin is foond. The "5 de Noviembre" Hydroelectric Dam is foond in Chalatenango Depairtment, near the border wi Cabañas. The heichest point in the kintra, El Pital wi a elevation o 2730.06 m, is locatit in Chalatenango Depairtment an aw.

Agricultur

The maist cultivatit agricultural products are the basic grains, henequen (a teep o agave), coffee, fruits, orchard plants, an vegetables, horse an cattle, an wilderness agricultur. Mairower, plaster, gowd, lime, clay lead, siller, an zinc can be foond thare.

History

Aroond 1790, Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet, Govrenor o El Salvador, foond that the local indigenous population wirkin in Chaletenango's indigo industry haed declined greatly. Carondolet respondit bi bringin poor Spaniards tae settle, wi the result that mony blonde an licht skinned/eyed fowk mey still be foond in the Chalatenango Depairtment the day.^[1]

Chalatenango wis made a depairtment on 14 Februar 1855.

Durin the 1980s, the depairtment wis the stranghold o the Farabundo Martí Popular Forces o Leeberation (FPL), ane o the twa lairgest groups in the Frente Farabundo Martí Para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN).

Municipalities

References

↑ "François Louis Hector de Carondelet". Noyelles sur Selle, Carondelet (in French). Archived frae the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 18 Februar 2013.

Freemit airtins

Alcaldia Municipal de Chalatenango Archived 2016-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2009-2012.
Atlas Geográfico Universal y de El Salvador. Editorial Oceano. Edición 1995 ISBN 84-494-0135-6
Sitio web del departamento de Chalatenango

[Noyelles-1] "François Louis Hector de Carondelet". Noyelles sur Selle, Carondelet (in French). Archived frae the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 18 Februar 2013.

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