San Vicente

San Vicente is a stratovolcano in central . It is located next to the town of and is the second highest volcano in El Salvador. In the indigenous language Nahuat, Chichontepec means the mountain of the two breasts, because its double summit resembles a woman's bosom.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,182 metres
  • Description: stratovolcano in central El Salvador
  • Also known as: “Chichontepec”, “De San Vicente”, “Volcan de San Vicente”, and “Volcán San Vicente”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guadalupe and Tepetitán.

Town
is a municipality in the of . is a small town. has one Catholic church, one high school, one elementary school, one clinic only open on certain days of the week.

Town
is a municipality in the of . On February 16, 1833 indio rebel leader Anastasio Aquino was proclaimed commander-in-chief of the liberation army, and issued the Declaration of .

Town
is a municipality in the department of . means 'true peace'. It has been the site of two recent natural disasters; an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Moment magnitude scale on 13 February 2001 and the 2009 Salvador floods and mudslides in November 2009.

San Vicente

Latitude
13.59726° or 13° 35′ 50″ north
Longitude
-88.83869° or 88° 50′ 19″ west
Elevation
2,182 metres (7,159 feet)
Open location code
765HH5W6+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2601741121
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3583173
Wiki­data ID
Q1072131
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“San Vicente” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “San Vicente (sumendia)”
  • Basque: “San Vicente”
  • Catalan: “volcà de San Vicente”
  • Catalan: “Volcà de San Vicente”
  • Cebuano: “Volcán de San Vicente”
  • Chinese: “欽琼特佩克火山”
  • Czech: “Chichontepec”
  • Czech: “Las Chiches”
  • Czech: “San Vicente”
  • Dutch: “San Vicente”
  • French: “San Vicente”
  • German: “Chichontepec”
  • German: “Volcán de San Vicente”
  • Hebrew: “הר הגעש סן ויסנטה”
  • Hebrew: “סן ויסנטה”
  • Italian: “Chinchontepec”
  • Italian: “San Vicente”
  • Japanese: “サン・ビアンテ火山”
  • Japanese: “サン・ビセンテ”
  • Japanese: “サン・ビセンテ火山”
  • Ladin: “San Vicente”
  • Lithuanian: “San Visentės ugnikalnis”
  • Persian: “آتشفشان سن ویسنته”
  • Persian: “اتشفشان سن ویسنته”
  • Pipil: “Ne tepet ka San Vicente”
  • Polish: “San Vicente (wulkan)”
  • Polish: “San Vicente”
  • Russian: “Сан-Висенте (вулкан)”
  • Russian: “Сан-Висенте”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Vicente (vulkan)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Vicente”
  • Slovak: “Chichontepec”
  • Slovak: “Las Chiches”
  • Slovak: “San Vicente (sopka)”
  • Slovak: “San Vicente”
  • Spanish: “San Vicente (volcán El Salvador)”
  • Spanish: “Volcán Chichontepec”
  • Spanish: “Volcán de San Vicente”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Вісенте”
  • Venetian: “San Vicente”

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