Place:San Vicente, El Salvador

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NameSan Vicente
Alt namesSan Vicentesource: Wikipedia
TypeDepartment
Coordinates13.517°N 88.75°W
Located inEl Salvador
Contained Places
Inhabited place
San Sebastián
San Vicente ( 1000 - )
Unknown
Apastepeque
Guadalupe
San Esteban Catarina
San Ildefonso
Santa Clara
Santo Domingo
Tecoluca
Verapaz
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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

San Vicente is a department of El Salvador in the center of the country. The capital is San Vicente. On October 4, 1834, San Vicente City of Austria and Lorenzana (Ciudad de San Vicente de Austria y Lorenzana) was made the capital of State of El Salvador during the Federal Republic of Central America. In 1840, it was no longer the capital of the State of El Salvador, but it continues to be the capital of the department. The department was created on June 12, 1824. The San Vicente department is and has a population in excess of 174,500. The forest Bosque La Joya is found in San Vincente.

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