Apastepeque
Sign in to saveApastepeque is a municipality in the San Vicente Department, El Salvador. It is located approximately 50 km east of San Salvador and approximately 6 km from San Vicente. The town has approximately 10,000 residents with 19,895 in municipality.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Apastepeque
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Apastepeque_02211.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Raimundo Lazo Street on Corpus Christi day
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- El Salvador
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in El Salvador
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px El Salvador
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- San Vicente Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Patron
- Settlement.leader_name
- Santiago Apostol
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_total
- 19,895
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- El Salvador
- Population
- +19646
- Area
- +120.6
- Elevation
- +590
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Image
- Alcaldía de Apastepeque, San Vicente.JPG
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Arts and culture
- Economy
- References
Apastepeque is a municipality in the San Vicente Department, El Salvador. It is located approximately 50 km east of San Salvador and approximately 6 km from San Vicente. The town has approximately 10,000 residents with 19,895 in municipality.
The town is known for its fiestas and cultural traditions throughout the year, starting in January with Fiesta de los Moros, in May, Santa Rita's festivities, in July the patron Santiago, and in December, the annual Christmas carnaval.