Perquín

Perquín is a municipality in the Morazán department of El Salvador. It is home to the Museum of the Revolution, which contains artifacts and exhibits related to the Salvadoran Civil War.

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Type: Town with 2,560 residents
Description: district in Northern Morazán, El Salvador
Also known as: “Perquin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of the Revolution.

Museum of the Revolution

Museum

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Museum of the Revolution is a museum commemorating the antecedents and events of the Salvadoran Civil War that took place from 1979 to 1992. The museum is located in Perquín, in the Morazán Department of El Salvador.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Fernando and Arambala.

San Fernando

Town

San Fernando is a municipality in the Morazán department of El Salvador. San Fernando is situated 4 km west of Perquín.

Arambala

Town

Arambala is a district in the Morazán Department of El Salvador. As of 2003, it had a population of 2116. Arambala is situated 5 km southeast of Perquín.

Jocoaitique

Town

Jocoaitique is a municipality in the Morazán department of El Salvador. Jocoaitique is situated 6 km south of Perquín.

Perquín

Categories: district of El Salvador and locality
Location: Morazán, Eastern El Salvador, El Salvador, Central America, North America
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Latitude

13.95852° or 13° 57′ 31″ north

Longitude

-88.16137° or 88° 9′ 41″ west

Population

2,560

Elevation

1,024 metres (3,360 feet)

Open location code

765HXR5Q+CF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13125490487

OpenStreetMap feature

place=town

GeoNames ID

3584105

Wikidata ID

Q3900071

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Perquín” goes by many names.

Basque: “Perquín”
Cebuano: “Perquín”
Chinese: “Perquín”
Chinese: “佩爾金”
Dutch: “Perquín”
French: “Perquín”
Italian: “Perquín”
Japanese: “ペルキン”
Min Nan Chinese: “Perquín”
Portuguese: “Perquín”
Spanish: “Perquín”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Iglesia Católica El Transito de María and Alcaldía Municipal de Perquin.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Perquín”. Photo: Othlo, CC BY-SA 4.0.