Rosario de Mora is a district in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. According to the Census of Population and Housing 2007, has 11,377 inhabitants.
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On 23 May 1575, a telluric earthquake struck the city of San Salvador in the Spanish colony of New Spain. The earthquake destroyed the city. The earthquake was the second earthquake recorded with its epicenter in modern-day El Salvador, after the 1524 San Salvador earthquake.
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Huizúcar is a municipality in the city of La Libertad in El Salvador. The town of Huizúcar is the head of the Huizúcar district in the city of La Libertad. This town is 23 kilometers away from San Salvador and has an elevation of 640 meters above sea level. The patron saint of the town is Saint Michael the Archangel.
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Panchimalco is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.
Panchimalco Its 35,000 inhabitants, sometimes called "Panchos," are descendants of Pipil Indians fleeing the Spanish takeover of San Salvador during the 16th century, into areas originally inhabited by Mayan and Nahuatl peoples.
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San José Villanueva is a district of the municipality of La Libertad Este in the La Libertad Department of El Salvador. According to the 2024 population and housing census, the district has 19,150 inhabitants, up from 13,576 in 2007. The territory has an area of about 34.37 km2 and lies at an elevation of roughly 552 m above sea level. San José Villanueva forms part of the southern portion of the department and is bordered by Nuevo Cuscatlán to the north, Huizúcar to the east, the port of La Libertad to the south and Zaragoza to the west. As part of a nationwide municipal reorganization applied in May 2024, the former municipality of San José Villanueva became a district within the newly created municipality of La Libertad Este.
The district contains a health clinic, several schools, an institute, a Catholic parish church and a number of Protestant churches. In recent decades San José Villanueva has experienced residential growth with new upper-middle-class housing projects and gated communities, while retaining an important agricultural base oriented to grains, coffee and pasture grasses. Livestock activities involving cattle, pigs and poultry, as well as coffee processing and small-scale dairy production, also contribute to the local economy. The area is linked to neighbouring districts and to the coastal zone by paved access roads. Forest cover and land-use change in the surroundings have been monitored in international deforestation datasets.
Of particular note is the local archaeological site known as Piedra Pintada, a large rock panel with pre-Hispanic rock art and hieroglyphic-like motifs located in the hills south of the urban center.
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Zaragoza is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador.
Zaragoza is a small city between the cities of La Libertad and Santa Tecla. It is the third largest city in the department of La Libertad. The city has developed an important growth during the last 20 years, due to the suburban expansion of San Salvador.
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