Central America
El Salvador
La Libertad Department

Colón

Colón is a municipality in the La Libertad department of , bordering Santa Tecla, Quezaltepeque, San Juan Opico, Ciudad Arce and Sacacoyo y Talnique. It was previously known as El Guarumal, made a town on 20 August 1886 and a villa on 24 July 1986.
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  • Type: Town with 131,000 residents
  • Description: district in Western La Libertad, El Salvador
  • Also known as: “Colón, El Salvador”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Tecla and Talnique.

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is a city and a municipality in the La Libertad department of . It is the capital of the department of La Libertad. The city was named after Saint Thecla who was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul of Tarsus in the 1st century AD.

Town
is a municipality in the La Libertad department of . The town is built atop a mountain with only one access road. The people rely on a combination of coffee farming and tourism. is situated 8 km southwest of Colón.

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is a municipality in the La Libertad department of . During the January 2001 El Salvador earthquake, a landslide wiped out the only road leading to , constraining relief efforts. is situated 8 km southwest of Colón.

Colón

Latitude
13.70477° or 13° 42′ 17″ north
Longitude
-89.3413° or 89° 20′ 29″ west
Population
131,000
Elevation
552 metres (1,811 feet)
Open location code
765GPM35+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 442126226
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3586972
Wiki­data ID
Q3683887
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Tatar—“Colón” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Colón (El Salvador)”
  • Basque: “Colón”
  • Belarusian: “Калён”
  • Cebuano: “Botoncillal El Botoncillo”
  • Chinese: “Colón”
  • Chinese: “科隆”
  • Dutch: “Colón”
  • French: “Colón”
  • Italian: “Colón (El Salvador)”
  • Italian: “Colón”
  • Japanese: “コロン”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Colón”
  • Polish: “Colón”
  • Portuguese: “Colón”
  • Serbian: “Колон”
  • Spanish: “Colón (La Libertad)”
  • Spanish: “Colón”
  • Tatar: “Колон (Сальвадор)”
  • Tatar: “Колон”

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