Sonsonate, El Salvador
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Sonsonate
Villa de la Santísima Trinidad de Sonsonate | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 13°43′N 89°43′W / 13.717°N 89.717°W | |
Country | El Salvador |
Department | Sonsonate Department |
Founded | 1524 |
Area | |
• City | 232.53 km2 (89.78 sq mi) |
Elevation | 246 m (807 ft) |
Population (2007) | |
• City | 71,541 |
• Density | 310/km2 (800/sq mi) |
• Metro | 110,501 |
Time zone | UTC-6 |
Sonsonate (Spanish pronunciation:
On the other hand, one of the main cultural attractions of this city is the celebration of Holy Week, which is considered part of the religious heritage of the country, thus recognized by decree of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador since 2013.[3][4]
Name's Origin
In the first historical reports on Sonsonate, reference was made to the fact that the city had taken the name of the Sensunat river, which was interpreted as "four hundred waters". Fray Francisco Vásquez, for his part, interpreted it as "four hundred eyes of water." For Santiago I. Barberena, the word is of Nahuat origin where Sentzunti means four hundred and At is water having its place name: Sentzunhat.[5]
Economy
Historically, the area was a producer of cotton.[6] Most of the cotton produced, as of 1850, was retained for local use.[7] Today, tobacco farming, cattle ranching and tourism (volcanos, coral reef) are important industries.
Notes
- ^ http://www.digestyc.gob.sv/index.php/temas/des/poblacion-y-estadisticas-demograficas/censo-de-poblacion-y-vivienda/publicaciones-censos.html
- ISBN 978-99923-0-052-7.
- ^ https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Semana-Santa-patrimonio-cultural-20130317-0091.html
- ^ https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Semana-Santa-de-Sonsonate-ya-es-patrimonio-20130321-0132.html
- ^ http://www.fisdl.gob.sv/servicios/en-linea/ciudadano/conoce-tu-municipio/sonsonate/676.html
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 417. .
- ^ Baily, John (1850). Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. London: Trelawney Saunders. p. 118.
References
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sonsonate". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 417. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
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