Antiguo Cuscatlan El Salvador

Antiguo Cuscatlán is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador; its eastern tip lies in the San Salvador Department part of t…
Antiguo Cuscatlán is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador; its eastern tip lies in the San Salvador Department part of the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, southwest of San Salvador and southeast of Santa Tecla. The population was 47,956 at the 2020 census. Antiguo Cuscatlán can be translated as Old Jeweled City: Antiguo means ancient or old in Spanish, and Cuscatlán means jeweled city in Nahuat. The city used to be the capital of the Pipil or Cuzcatecs, before the Spanish conquest of the New World.
  • Country: El Salvador
  • Elevation: 849 m (2,926.5 ft)
  • Area code: + 503
  • Department: La Libertad Department
  • Metro: San Salvador Metropolitan Area
  • Establishment as Town: 30 March 1971
  • Establishment as City: 19 February 1987

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