Panchimalco
Panchimalco is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Panchimalco Its 35,000 inhabitants, sometimes called "Panchos," are descendants of Nahua Indians fleeing the Spanish takeover of San Salvador during the 16th century, into areas originally inhabited by Mayan and Nahuatl peoples.Places of Interest
Highlights: Holy Cross of Rome Church and Puerta del Diablo.
Our Lady of Fatima Church, Los Planes de Renderos
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosario de Mora and San Marcos.
Rosario de Mora
Town
Rosario de Mora is a district in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Rosario de Mora is situated 5 km southwest of Panchimalco.
San Marcos
Town
Santo Tomás
Town
Santo Tomás is a district in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Santo Tomás is situated 6 km northeast of Panchimalco.
Panchimalco
- Type: Town with 6,760 residents
- Description: district in Southern San Salvador, El Salvador
- Categories: administrative territorial entity, district of El Salvador, and locality
- Location: San Salvador Department, El Salvador, Central America, North America
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Latitude
13.61144° or 13° 36′ 41″ north
Longitude
-89.17944° or 89° 10′ 46″ west
Population
6,760
Elevation
603 metres (1,978 feet)
Open location code
765GJR6C+H6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Panchimalco” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Panchimalco (El Salvador)”
- Basque: “Panchimalco”
- Cebuano: “Panchimalco”
- Chinese: “潘奇馬爾科”
- Dutch: “Panchimalco”
- French: “Panchimalco”
- Galician: “Panchimalco”
- German: “Panchimalco”
- Italian: “Panchimalco”
- Japanese: “パンチマルコ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Panchimalco”
- Polish: “Panchimalco”
- Portuguese: “Panchimalco”
- Spanish: “Panchimalco”
- Urdu: “پانچیمالکو”
- “Pānchīmalco”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Barrio El Centro and Barrio Concepción.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mercado Municipal de Panchimalco and Centro de Arte y Cultura ‘Tonatiuh’.
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