El Mozote
El Mozote is a village in the Morazán Department in El Salvador. It was the site of the El Mozote massacre during the civil war in December 1981 when nearly 1,000 civilians were killed by a Salvadoran Army unit known as the Atlácatl Battalion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Efrojas, Public domain.
- Type: Village
- Description: caserío of Arambala, El Salvador
- Also known as: “Mozote”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arambala and Jocoaitique.
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 3 km northwest of El Mozote.
Jocoaitique
Town
Jocoaitique is a municipality in the Morazán department of El Salvador. Jocoaitique is situated 4½ km west of El Mozote.
Segundo Montes
Village
Segundo Montes is a community in Morazán Department, El Salvador, formed in 1990 by repatriated refugees who had fled the country's civil war. The community was named in memory of Segundo Montes, a Jesuit priest and scholar at the Universidad Centroamericana… Segundo Montes is situated 6 km southwest of El Mozote.
El Mozote
- Categories: human settlement, caserío of El Salvador, and locality
- Location: Morazán, Eastern El Salvador, El Salvador, Central America, North America
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Latitude
13.89864° or 13° 53′ 55″ northLongitude
-88.11502° or 88° 6′ 54″ westElevation
842 metres (2,762 feet)Open location code
765HVVXM+FXOpenStreetMap ID
node 8227113425OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“El Mozote” goes by many names.
Localities in the Area
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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 “El Mozote”. Photo: Efrojas, Public domain.