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Apopa
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Apopa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Probably the seventh biggest city in El Salvador with a little more than 150,000 people, the city has now collided with Soyapango and San Salvador, making it part of the San Salvador metropolitan area (with a 1,900,000 2010 population estimate).

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Apopa
Settlement.image_skyline
Apopa El Salvador Cathedral 2012.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
300px
Settlement.image_caption
Santa Catarina Cathedral
Settlement.image_flag
Bandera apopa el salvador.png
Settlement.pushpin_map
El Salvador
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
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 Salvador Department
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Metro
Settlement.subdivision_name2
San Salvador Metropolitan Area
Settlement.government_type
Democratic Republic
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Jennifer Juárez
Settlement.established_title2
Incorporated (town)

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Apopa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Probably the seventh biggest city in El Salvador with a little more than 150,000 people, the city has now collided with Soyapango and San Salvador, making it part of the San Salvador metropolitan area (with a 1,900,000 2010 population estimate).

== Toponymy == The toponym Apopa means "a place with mist". lugar depogua.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Apopa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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