Sonsonate, El Salvador

Sonsonate
City
Sonsonate
Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°43′N 89°43′W / 13.717°N 89.717°W / 13.717; -89.717
Country  El Salvador
Department Sonsonate Department
Founded 1524
Area
 • City 232.53 km2 (89.78 sq mi)
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2012)
 • City 71,541
 • Density 310/km2 (800/sq mi)
 • Metro 110,501
Time zone UTC-6

Sonsonate, the capital of the department of Sonsonate, El Salvador; on the Sensunapan River and the railway from San Salvador to the Pacific port of Acajutla, 21 km (13 mi) south.[1] Pop. (2007), about 71,541.

Economy

Historically, the area was a producer of cotton.[1] Most of the cotton produced, as of 1850, was retained for local use.[2] Today, tobacco farming, cattle ranching and tourism (volcanos, coral reef) are important industries.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Wikisource "Sonsonate". Encyclopædia Britannica. 25 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 417.
  2. ↑ Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. London: Trelawney Saunders. p. 118.

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sonsonate". Encyclopædia Britannica. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 417.

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