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Chalatenango Department, El Salvadori
Regional Level Types
Chalatenango DepartmentDepartment
El SalvadorCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Chalatenango19,364 (2012)
Nueva Concepción9,990 (2012)
San Francisco Morazán506 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
131852
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:131852:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Chalatenango, Salvador
German:
Departamento Chalatenango, El Salvador
Italian:
dipartimento di Chalatenango, El Salvador
Russian:
Чалатенанго, Сальвадор
Simplified Chinese:
查拉特南戈省, 萨尔瓦多
Spanish:
Departamento de Chalatenango, El Salvador
Basque:
Chalatenango departamendua, El Salvador
Bulgarian:
Чалатенанго, Салвадор
Catalan:
Departament de Chalatenango, El Salvador
Cebuano:
Departamento de Chalatenango, El Salvador
Dutch:
Chalatenango, El Salvador
Esperanto:
Departemento Chalatenango, Salvadoro
Galician:
Chalatenango, O Salvador
Georgian:
ჩალატენანგოს დეპარტამენტი, სალვადორი
Greek:
Διαμέρισμα Τσαλατενάνγκο, Ελ Σαλβαδόρ
Hindi:
छालातेनानगो, अल साल्वाडोर
Hungarian:
Chalatenango megye, Salvador
Indonesian:
Departemen Chalatenango, El Salvador
Japanese:
チャラテナンゴ県, エルサルバドル
Judaeo-Spanish:
Chalatenango, El Salvador
Korean:
찰라테낭고주, 엘살바도르
Lithuanian:
Čalatenango departamentas, Salvadoras
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Chalatenango Koān, El Salvador
Nahuatl:
Xālātēnanco, Cōzcatlān
Northern Frisian:
Chalatenango , El Salvador
Occitan:
Departament de Chalatenango, Lo Salvador
Polish:
Chalatenango, Salwador
Portuguese:
Chalatenango, El Salvador
Quechua:
Chalatenango suyu, Salwadur
Romanian:
Departamentul Chalatenango, El Salvador
Scots:
Chalatenango Depairtment, El Salvador
Thai:
จังหวัดชาลาเตนังโก, เอลซัลวาดอร์
Ukrainian:
Чалатенанго, Сальвадор
Urdu:
شالاتنانگو محکمہ, ایل سیلواڈور


Chalatenango is a department of El Salvador, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is the city of Chalatenango. The Chalatenango Department encompasses 2,017 km². Las Matras Archaeological Ruins contains the relics of prehistoric populations and caves in which rock writing is found. The "5 de Noviembre" Hydroelectric Dam is found in Chalatenango Department, near the border with Cabañas. The highest point in the country, El Pital with an elevation of 2730.06 m, is also located in Chalatenango Department.

Municipalities: Agua Caliente, Arcatao, Azacualpa, Chalatenango, Citalá, Comalapa, Concepción Quezaltepeque, Dulce Nombre de María, El Carrizal, El Paraíso, La Laguna, La Palma, La Reina, Las Vueltas, Nombre de Jesús, Nueva Concepción, Nueva Trinidad, Ojos de Agua, Potonico, San Antonio de la Cruz, San Antonio Los Ranchos, San Fernando, San Francisco Lempa, San Francisco Morazán, San Ignacio, San Isidro Labrador, San José Cancasque, San José Las Flores, San Luis del Carmen, San Miguel de Mercedes, San Rafael, Santa Rita, and Tejutla.

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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed2.59 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Mammuthus columbi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Mammuthus : Mammuthus columbi2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalatenango_Department
Wikidata ID:Q522221
GeoNames ID:3587090


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