Place:San Miguel, El Salvador

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NameSan Miguel
Alt namesSan Miguelsource: Wikipedia
TypeDepartment
Coordinates13.533°N 88.283°W
Located inEl Salvador     (1875 - )
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Carolina
Chinameca
Chirilagua
Ciudad Barrios
El Cuco
El Tránsito
Lolotique
San Jorge
San Miguel ( 1530 - )
San Rafael Oriente
Unknown
Chapeltique
Comacaran
Moncagua
Nueva Guadalupe
Nuevo Edén de San Juan
Quelepa
San Antonio
San Gerardo
Sesori
Uluazapa
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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

San Miguel is a department in the eastern part of El Salvador. The capital is San Miguel. The department is 2,077 km² in area and has a population of over 678,000.

Before the Spanish conquest of El Salvador, the territory that now consists of the departments of San Miguel, La Unión and Morazán was the Lenca kingdom of Chaparrastique (Place of Beautiful Orchids).

San Miguel was first known as San Miguel de la Frontera. The city was founded by Luis de Moscoso on May 8, 1530, where it is now Santa Elena. On July 11, 1812 the city was given the title of "Noble y Leal Ciudad" (noble and loyal city). It was made a department on June 12, 1824.

It is the location of Ciudad Barrios, the birthplace of Archbishop Óscar Romero.

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