San Juan Tepezontes

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San Juan Tepezontes
Municipality
San Juan Tepezontes

Location in El Salvador

Coordinates: 13°37′N 89°1′W / 13.617°N 89.017°W / 13.617; -89.017
Country  El Salvador
Department La Paz
Elevation 2,372 ft (723 m)

San Juan Tepezontes is a municipality in the La Paz department of El Salvador. Its name is a Hispanicization of a Yaqui term meaning "many hills."[2] It was incorporated in 1945.[3] Its population as of 2004 was 3,269.[4]

The town was severely damaged by earthquakes in 1857[5] and twice again in 2001

References

  1. ↑ Le Val Lund and Carl Sepponen, ed. (2002). Lifeline Performance of El Salvador Earthquakes of January 13 and February 13, 2001. Reston, VA: ASCE, TCLEE. ISBN 9780784406625.
  2. ↑ http://www.fisdl.gob.sv/servicios/en-linea/ciudadano/conoce-tu-municipio/la-paz/761.html
  3. ↑ http://www.fisdl.gob.sv/servicios/en-linea/ciudadano/conoce-tu-municipio/la-paz/761.html
  4. ↑ http://www.snet.gob.sv/ver/riesgo/regiones/la+paz/
  5. ↑ http://www.fisdl.gob.sv/servicios/en-linea/ciudadano/conoce-tu-municipio/la-paz/761.html

Coordinates: 13°37′N 89°01′W / 13.617°N 89.017°W / 13.617; -89.017


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