La Paz Department, El Salvador
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Map of El Salvador showing La Paz department.
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Map of El Salvador showing La Paz department.
La Paz is a department of El Salvador in the south central area of the country. The capital is Zacatecoluca. It has 1223.61 km² and a population of more than 300,000.
The department was created on February, 1852.
There are various caves where exist rock writing. The department has a church in Zacatecoluca where the Independece Hero Dr Jose Simeon Cañas y Villacorta was born. He was known as "The Liberator of the Slaves in Central America".
In 1833, Anatasio Aquino, an indigenous person, proclaim himself as "The Emperor of the Nonualcos".
Municipalities
- Cuyultitán
- El Rosario
- Jerusalén
- Mercedes La Ceiba
- Olocuilta
- Paraíso de Osorio
- San Antonio Masahuat
- San Emigdio
- San Francisco Chinameca
- San Juan Nonualco
- San Juan Talpa
- San Juan Tepezontes
- San Luis La Herradura
- San Luis Talpa
- San Miguel Tepezontes
- San Pedro Masahuat
- San Pedro Nonualco
- San Rafael Obrajuelo
- Santa María Ostuma
- Santiago Nonualco
- Tapalhuaca
- Zacatecoluca