Panchimalco
Panchimalco is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Panchimalco Its 35,000 inhabitants, sometimes called "Panchos," are descendants of Pipil Indians fleeing the Spanish takeover of San Salvador during the 16th century, into areas originally inhabited by Mayan and Nahuatl peoples.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Cross of Rome Church and Our Lady of Fatima Church, Los Planes de Renderos.
Our Lady of Fatima Church, Los Planes de Renderos
Church
Photo: Mauriciopozo99, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Our Lady of Fatima Church, Los Planes de Renderos is situated 3½ km north of Panchimalco.
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. According to the Census of Population and Housing 2007, has 11,377 inhabitants. Rosario de Mora is situated 5 km southwest of Panchimalco.
San Marcos
Town
Photo: Xtremesv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Marcos is a district in El Salvador. It is located in a small valley, 5 miles southeast of downtown San Salvador. It has a population of 63,209. San Marcos is one of the 14 municipalities which make up the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, also known as Greater San Salvador. San Marcos is situated 5 km north of Panchimalco.
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″ northLongitude
-89.17944° or 89° 10′ 46″ westPopulation
6,760Elevation
603 metres (1,978 feet)Open location code
765GJR6C+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 2825598041OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3584156Wikidata ID
Q927563
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Panchimalco” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Panchimalco (El Salvador)”
- Basque: “Panchimalco”
- Cebuano: “Panchimalco”
- Chinese: “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”
- “Pānchīmalco”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mercado Municipal de Panchimalco and Centro de Arte y Cultura ‘Tonatiuh’.
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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 “Panchimalco”. Photo: Diego Brito, CC BY-SA 2.0.