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La Placita Destination Guide

Touring La Placita in El Salvador

La Placita in the region of San Miguel is a city located in El Salvador - some 63 mi or ( 101 km ) East of San Salvador , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of La Placita

Time in La Placita is now 01:16 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/El Salvador " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Belmopan, Santa Elena, San Salvador, San Rafael Oriente, and Santa Tecla. Being here already, consider visiting Belmopan . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for La Placita ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Cunvia Mix (David Benavides).

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Medical Mission to El Salvador Podiatry Relief - IIFAS Video Documentary

4:40 min by DrGlassDPM
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Dream Tour Ticabus P3 - Landscapes Guatemala until Frontier with El Salvador

6:26 min by mssx99
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This video features some landscapes between Guatemala City and the frontier to El Salvador. ..

Pequeños pescadores de El Salvador piden apoyo y reportan dificultades

2:33 min by telesurtv
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En El Salvador, pescadores de Playa Dorada exigen mayor apoyo gubernamental porque la actividad disminuyó un 30% este año debido a la crisis económica, el aumento en los precios de combustibles y el c ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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 4 km away
Tags: Active volcanoes, Mountains of El Salvador, Stratovolcanoes, Volcanoes of El Salvador

Chinameca, San Miguel

Chinameca is a municipality in the San Miguel department of El Salvador. The Chinameca Volcano rises over the town.

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Located at 13.50 -88.35 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the San Miguel Department (El Salvador), Populated places in 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 8 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

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 11 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the San Miguel Department (El Salvador), Populated places in El Salvador