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Cuyagualo Destination Guide

Delve into Cuyagualo in El Salvador

Cuyagualo in the region of La Libertad is a city in El Salvador - some 13 mi or ( 21 km ) West of San Salvador , the country's capital .

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Current time in Cuyagualo is now 08:59 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/El Salvador " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Belmopan, Belize City, Zaragoza, San Salvador, and Quezaltepeque. While being here, make sure to check out Belmopan . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Cuyagualo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

In El Slavador International airport

5:28 min by Chris JW
Views: 17891 Rating: 5.00

Me and my friends in the El Salvador international airport watching planes such as Taca, Delta, Mexicana. I LOVE EL Salvador I would love to go back there!!! El Salvador was a great place to visit. ..

El Salvador Santa Ana, San Salvador

3:24 min by javiis777
Views: 14432 Rating: 4.71

You'll see some of Santa Ana and San Salvador. ..


El Salvador: Driving from Merliot towards El Boqueron (San Salvador Volcano) - Part 1

9:53 min by Roque Mocan
Views: 6425 Rating: 4.50

We had visitors from Canada who wanted to go to El Boqueron. This video set is from a Roundel in Merliot suburb up to a look out of the city in the way to El Boqueron (forgot to turn on the camera for ..

Obama en route to the US Embassy in San Salvador 2011-03-23.wmv

0:48 min by Roberto Salazar
Views: 2354 Rating: 3.67

The United States of America president, Mr. Barack Obama, during his visit to El Salvador, paid a visit to the US Embassy in San Salvador. He passed in front of our office building. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

La Libertad Department (El Salvador)

La Libertad is one of the departments of El Salvador and is located in the southwest of the country. The capital is Santa Tecla. It has 1,653 km² and a population of more than 780,400 people. It was classified as a department on January 28, 1865. The population was settled on the Ulliman Plains, which is where rubber is harvested. The city was called "Nueva Ciudad de San Salvador" (New City of San Salvador) and made the department's capital on the same date as the department was declared.

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Located at 13.77 -89.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Departments of El Salvador, La Libertad Department (El Salvador), States and territories established in 1865

San Andrés, El Salvador

San Andrés (formerly known as Campana San Andrés) is a pre-Columbian site in El Salvador, whose occupation began around the year 900 BC as an agricultural town in the valley of Zapotitán in the department of La Libertad. This early establishment was vacated by the year 250 because of the enormous eruption of the caldera of Lago Ilopango, and was occupied again in the 5th Century, along with many other sites in the valley of Zapotitán.

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Located at 13.80 -89.39 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Former populated places in El Salvador, Maya sites in El Salvador, Mesoamerican pyramids, Visitor attractions in El Salvador

San Salvador (volcano)

The San Salvador Volcano (also known as Quetzaltepec) is a stratovolcano situated northwest to the city of San Salvador. The crater has been nearly filled with a relatively newer edifice, the Boquerón volcano. The city of San Salvador is adjacent to the volcano and the western section of the city actually lies among its slopes.

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Located at 13.73 -89.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Complex volcanoes, Mountains of El Salvador, Stratovolcanoes, Volcanoes of El Salvador

El Boqueron National Park

Parque Nacional El Boquerón, or El Boqueron National Park, is located on top of the San Salvador Volcano at 5,905 feet (1800 meters) the park's main attraction is a crater 5 kilometers in diameter and 558 meters deep. In addition, there is a small crater within the crater named “Boqueroncito” (little Boquerón). El Boquerón has a cool temperate climate year round. The park is home to many plant species identified as ornamentals such as “cartuchos”, hydrangeas, begonias and wild “sultanas”.

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Located at 13.73 -89.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: National parks of El Salvador

Joya de Cerén

Joya de Cerén (Jewel of Cerén in the Spanish language) is an archaeological site in La Libertad Department, El Salvador, featuring a pre-Columbian Maya farming village preserved remarkably intact under layers of volcanic ash. It is often referred to as the "Pompeii of the Americas", in comparison to the famed Ancient Roman ruins.

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Located at 13.83 -89.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: 1976 archaeological discoveries, Archaeological sites in El Salvador, Former populated places in El Salvador, La Libertad Department (El Salvador), Maya sites in El Salvador, Visitor attractions in El Salvador, World Heritage Sites in El Salvador