Acajutla
Sign in to saveAcajutla is a seaport city in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador. The city is located at on the Pacific coast of Central America and is El Salvador's principal seaport from which a large portion of the nation's exports of coffee, sugar, and Balsam of Peru are shipped. As a city, Acajutla is one of seventeen such districts in Sonsonate. As of 1992, the population of the city was 18,008.
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Place details
- Locality
- Acajutla
- Region
- Sonsonate
- Country
- El Salvador
- Population
- 22,763
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Acajutla
- Settlement.native_name
- Acaxutla
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- US_Navy_070730-N-8704K-053_Hospital_ship_USNS_Comfort_(T-AH_20)_is_moored_in_Acajutla,_El_Salvador,_during_a_scheduled_port_visit.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- El Salvador
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in El Salvador
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px El Salvador
Wikidata facts
- Country
- El Salvador
- Population
- +55307
- Area
- +166.6
- Elevation
- +26
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Official website
- www.acajutla.gob.sv
- Image
- Barrio El Campamento - panoramio (1).jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Acajutla Port
- Geography
- Climate
- Commerce
- Events
- Footnotes
- Sources
- External links
Acajutla is a seaport city in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador. The city is located at on the Pacific coast of Central America and is El Salvador's principal seaport from which a large portion of the nation's exports of coffee, sugar, and Balsam of Peru are shipped. As a city, Acajutla is one of seventeen such districts in Sonsonate. As of 1992, the population of the city was 18,008.
==History== Pedro de Alvarado, a Spanish conquistador under the command of Hernán Cortés, had conquered Mexico and Guatemala before coming to the vicinity of Acajutla. There, he met heavy resistance but defeated the indigenous people in 1524 and conquered all of present-day El Salvador at the Battle of Acajutla.