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La Cuesta Destination Guide

Delve into La Cuesta in El Salvador

La Cuesta in the region of San Miguel is a city in El Salvador - some 69 mi or ( 111 km ) East of San Salvador , the country's capital .

Interactive map of La Cuesta

Current time in La Cuesta is now 10:21 PM (Friday) . 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, Zamoran, Uluazapa, Santa Ines, and San Salvador. 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 La Cuesta ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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El Salvador: Driving to La Unión, continuing from San Miguel, Part 11

9:22 min by Roque Mocan
Views: 31853 Rating: 5.00

People have asked me to film the road to the East (Oriente) of El Salvador. I wanted to get to know La Union, so I drove first to San Miguel, and from there to La Union - to visit a co-worker that liv ..


Cunvia Mix (David Benavides).

11:20 min by david benavides
Views: 18136 Rating: 5.00

En Manos De David Benavides Ciudad Barrios 2010 ..

El Salvador: Driving to La Unión, continuing from San Miguel, Part 12

9:37 min by Roque Mocan
Views: 4522 Rating: 5.00

People have asked me to film the road to the East (Oriente) of El Salvador. I wanted to get to know La Union, so I drove first to San Miguel, and from there to La Union - to visit a co-worker that liv ..


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Interesting facts about this location

San Miguel, El Salvador

San Miguel is the third most populous city in El Salvador after Santa Ana and the third most important Salvadorean city. It is located 138 km east of the capital, San Salvador. It is also the capital of the department of San Miguel and a municipality. The population of the city in (2007) was 218,410 habitants.

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Located at 13.47 -88.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the San Miguel Department (El Salvador), Populated places in El Salvador

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza is a multi-purpose stadium in San Miguel, El Salvador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of C.D. Águila. It is named after the 50s star Juan Francisco "Cariota" Barraza in 1982. The stadium holds 10,000 people.

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Located at 13.48 -88.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Football venues in El Salvador, Multi-purpose stadiums in El Salvador

San Miguel (volcano)

San Miguel (also known as Chaparrastique) is a stratovolcano in central-eastern El Salvador. It is situated about 15 km southwest of the city of San Miguel. It is one of the most active volcanoes in this country. The 2002 eruption had flowed lava into nearby ranches up to the main highway.

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Located at 13.43 -88.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Active volcanoes, Mountains of El Salvador, Stratovolcanoes, Volcanoes of El Salvador

San Miguel Department (El Salvador)

San Miguel is a department of El Salvador in the eastern part of the country. The capital is San Miguel. It has 2,077 km² and a population of over 450,000 San Miguel was first known as San Miguel de la Frontera. The city was founded by Luis de Moscoso on May 8, 1530, where it is now Santa Elena. This territory was part of the Lenca Principality at the time of the conquest. On July 11, 1812 it was given the title of "Noble y Leal Ciudad" (noble and loyal city).

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Located at 13.52 -88.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Departments of El Salvador, San Miguel Department (El Salvador), States and territories established in 1824

Quelepa

Quelepa is an important archaeological site located in eastern El Salvador. The site was founded around 400 BC, in the Late Preclassic period (500 BC - AD 250). The inhabitants constructed a platform from plaster and pumice and rebuilt it a number of times. Artefacts recovered during the excavations of the site indicate that the local population depended upon subsistence agriculture, these artefacts included metates (a kind of mortar) and comales (a type of griddle).

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Located at 13.53 -88.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in El Salvador, Classic period in Mesoamerica, Formative period in the Americas, Lenca, Mesoamerican sites