Place:La Paz, El Salvador

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NameLa Paz
Alt namesLa Pazsource: Wikipedia
TypeDepartment
Coordinates13.467°N 88.983°W
Located inEl Salvador     (1883 - )
Contained Places
Inhabited place
San Marcelino
San Rafael Tasajera
Zacatecoluca
Unknown
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
San Miguel Tepezontes
San Pedro Masahuat
San Pedro Nonualco
San Rafael Obrajuelo
Santa María Ostuma
Santiago Nonualco
Tapalhuapa
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

La Paz is a department of El Salvador in the south central area of the country. The capital is Zacatecoluca. La Paz has an area of 1,228 km2 and a population of more than 328,000. The department was created in 1852. There are various caves containing rock writing. The department has a church in Zacatecoluca where the Independence Hero Dr Jose Simeon Cañas y Villacorta was born. He was known as "The Liberator of the Slaves in Central America". In 1833, Anastasio Aquino, an indigenous person, proclaimed himself as "The Emperor of the Nonualcos".

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