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Chagalapa Destination Guide

Explore Chagalapa in El Salvador

Chagalapa in the region of Ahuachapán is a town in El Salvador - some 58 mi or ( 94 km ) West of San Salvador , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Chagalapa

Current time in Chagalapa is now 06:57 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/El Salvador " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Belmopan, Belize City, Tacuba, San Salvador, and Santa Tecla. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Belmopan . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Chagalapa ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Cascadas de Imposible

0:38 min by mikeocalla
Views: 12778 Rating: 5.00

Jumping off the rocks in el Parque Imposible in El Salvador ..

Cicadas in El Imposible

0:10 min by David Folweiler
Views: 423 Rating: 5.00

Our guide Ismael tries to catch a cicada (ciguara in Spanish) while on a hike in El Imposible (The Impossible) National Park in El Salvador. Listen to the racket the cicadas make in the mid-day tropic ..


Video del 31 de Diciembre 028.avi

0:27 min by waguilar74
Views: 258 Rating: 0.00

31st of December in el Salvador ..

Monterrico mangroves

0:37 min by ryandavisphotography
Views: 183 Rating: 0.00

taking a 5:30 am cruise through the mangroves of Monterrico, Guatemala. this video was at about 7:00 am. Looks a lot better in the high quality version...obviously. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Cara Sucia (Mesoamerican site)

Cara Sucia is a Mesoamerican archaeological site in western El Salvador. The site was first settled in the Preclassic period and was finally abandoned around AD 900, in the Terminal Classic, when the Pipil people moved into the region, although there is no evidence of Pipil occupation at the site.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 13.78 -90.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in El Salvador, Maya sites in El Salvador, Mesoamerican sites

Cara Sucia River

Cara Sucia River is a river of El Salvador. It arises in the foothills of the Parque National El Imposible and flows westward through the area of Cara Sucia in the Ahuachapán Department region to a bay near El Zapote.

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Located at 13.81 -89.99 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Rivers of El Salvador

Ahuachapán Department

Ahuachapán is a department of El Salvador in the west of the country. The capital is Ahuachapán. In the South it has the Apenca-Ilamatepec Range and the Cerro Grande de Apaneca (Apaneca Grand Hill). Its extension is 1,240 km² and has more than 360,000 people living in the department.

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Located at 13.87 -89.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Ahuachapán Department, Departments of El Salvador, States and territories established in 1869

Moyuta

Moyuta is a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala.

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Located at 14.03 -90.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Jutiapa Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Ahuachapán

Ahuachapán is a city and municipality and the capital of the Ahuachapán Department in western El Salvador. The municipality including the city covers an area of 244.84 km² and as of 2007 has a population of 110,511 people. Situated near the Guatemalan border, it is the westernmost city in the country and is the center of an agricultural region producing primarily coffee. Ahuachapán is the site of a geothermal power plant and a hydroelectric station.

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Located at 13.92 -89.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Ahuachapán Department, Populated places in El Salvador