San Ignacio, El Salvador Explained

San Ignacio
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:El Salvador
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in El Salvador
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: El Salvador
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Chalatenango Department
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:69.15
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:16,000
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Coordinates:14.3333°N -100°W

San Ignacio is a municipality of El Salvador.

It is located in the department of Chalatenango, to a distance of 87 km. from San Salvador, and to 8 km. of the international border with Honduras.

This municipality takes his name in honor to Ignatius of Loyola. Their celebrations are from July 23 to July 31.

Geography

Tourism

San Ignacio represents one of the most important points of attraction in El Salvador, thanks to its pleasant climate and beautiful mountains.There we can find the highest mountain in the country: the "Cerro El Pital" (The Pital Hill) near "Las Pilas" corner with 2730m over the sea level, where we can find a variety of fruits and vegetables nonseen in another point of the country making this place, maybe, the most important vegetables source for the country.

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