Joya de Ceren

Joya de Ceren is an archaeological site in . It was a Mayan village that was buried under tons of lava when the nearby San Salvador Volcano erupted in 600 AD.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: archaeological site in La Libertad Department, El Salvador
  • Also known as: “Joya de Cerén”

Joya de Ceren

Latitude
13.8235° or 13° 49′ 25″ north
Longitude
-89.3603° or 89° 21′ 37″ west
Elevation
454 metres (1,490 feet)
Open location code
765GRJFQ+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 442129165
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3585420
Wiki­data ID
Q27985
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Joya de Ceren” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Arabic: “خويا دي سيرين”
  • Armenian: “Խոյա դե Սերեն”
  • Bashkir: “Хойя-де-Серен”
  • Belarusian: “Хоя-дэ-Серэн”
  • Bulgarian: “Хоя де Серен”
  • Catalan: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Chinese: “霍亚德赛伦”
  • Croatian: “Joya de Ceren”
  • Croatian: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Czech: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Danish: “Joya de Cerén arkæologiske park”
  • Danish: “Joya de Cerén arkeologiske park”
  • Dutch: “Joya de Ceren”
  • Dutch: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Esperanto: “Joya de Ceren”
  • Esperanto: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Finnish: “Joya de Ceren”
  • Finnish: “Joya de Cerén”
  • French: “Joya de Ceren”
  • French: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Georgian: “ხოია დე სერენი”
  • Georgian: “ხოია-დე-სერენი”
  • German: “Ceren”
  • German: “Joya de Ceren”
  • German: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Hebrew: “חויה דה סרן”
  • Hungarian: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Indonesian: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Italian: “Joya de Ceren”
  • Italian: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Japanese: “ホヤ・デ・セレン”
  • Korean: “호야 데 세렌”
  • Lithuanian: “Choja de Serenas”
  • Lithuanian: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Macedonian: “Хоја де Серен”
  • Maltese: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ceréns juvel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Norwegian: “Ceréns Juvel”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Joya de Cerén”
  • Persian: “خویا د سرن”
  • Polish: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Portuguese: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Portuguese: “Sítio arqueológico de joya de ceren”
  • Russian: “Хойя-де-Серен”
  • Serbian: “Хоја де Серен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hoja de Seren”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Joya de Ceren”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Spanish: “Joya de Ceren”
  • Spanish: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Spanish: “Museo de sitio arqueologico Joya de Ceren”
  • Spanish: “Museo de sitio arqueologico Joya de Cerén”
  • Spanish: “Museo de sitio arqueológico Joya de Ceren”
  • Spanish: “Museo de sitio arqueológico Joya de Cerén”
  • Swedish: “Joya de Ceren”
  • Tatar: “Хойя-де-Серен”
  • Thai: “โฆยาเดเซเรน”
  • Thai: “โฮยาเดเซเรน”
  • Turkish: “Joya de Cerén”
  • Ukrainian: “Хоя-де-Серен”

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