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Place details
- Locality
- Chalatenango
- Region
- Chalatenango
- Country
- El Salvador
- Population
- 19,364
- Timezone
- America/El_Salvador
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- El Salvador
- Department
- Chalatenango
- Municipality
- Chalatenango Sur
- Settled
- 15th century
- Mayor
- Alfredo Hernández ( NI )
- Land
- 50.8 sq mi (131.5 km )
- Elevation
- 1,299 ft (396 m)
- Total
- 30,679
- Density
- 410/sq mi (160/km )
- Seat town
- 16,200
- Demonym
- Chalateco
- Time zone
- UTC–6 (CST)
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- El Salvador
- Population
- 30679
- Area
- 131.8
- Elevation
- 400
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Official website
- www.chalatenango.gob.sv
- Image
- Catedral de Chalatenango.jpg
- Patron saint
- Christ Child
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- inception
- 1786-00-00
- P12749
- Libourne
- Commons category
- Chalatenango
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Encyclopedic overview
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Chalatenango ( Spanish pronunciation: [tʃalateˈnaŋɡo]; known as "Chalate" [tʃaˈlate] by locals) is a town and district in the Chalatenango department of El Salvador. It is the capital of the department. As of 1 May 2021, Alfredo Hernández of Nuevas Ideas (NI) is the municipality's mayor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chalatenango” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.