Armenia
Armenia is a municipality in the Sonsonate department of El Salvador. It was founded by Spaniards and a small group of Armenians, with a significant number of indigenous people living there when Europeans arrived.- Type: Town with 15,000 residents
- Description: district in Eastern Sonsonate, El Salvador
- Also known as: “Armenia (El Salvador)”, “Armenia, El Salvador”, and “Guaymoco”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sacacoyo and Cantón El Sunza.
Sacacoyo
Town
Sacacoyo is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador. Sacacoyo is situated 3½ km east of Armenia.
Cantón El Sunza
Hamlet
Cantón El Sunza is a village located in the Sonsonate Department of El Salvador. Cantón El Sunza is situated 6 km west of Armenia.
Tepecoyo
Town
Tepecoyo is a municipality in the La Libertad… Tepecoyo is situated 6 km southeast of Armenia.
Armenia
- Categories: district of El Salvador, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Sonsonate Department, El Salvador, Central America, North America
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Latitude
13.74545° or 13° 44′ 44″ north
Longitude
-89.50058° or 89° 30′ 2″ west
Population
15,000
Elevation
559 metres (1,834 feet)
UN/LOCODE
SV SSO
Open location code
765GPFWX+5Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Armenia” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Արմենիա (Սալվադոր)”
- Armenian: “Արմենիա”
- Basque: “Armenia”
- Cebuano: “Armenia”
- Chinese: “亞美尼亞鎮”
- Danish: “Armenia”
- Dutch: “Armenia, Sonsonate”
- French: “Armenia”
- German: “Armenia”
- Italian: “Armenia”
- Japanese: “アルメニア (ソンソナーテ県)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Armenia (Sonsonate)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Armenia”
- Persian: “آرمنیا، سونسوناته”
- Polish: “Armenia”
- Portuguese: “Armenia”
- Russian: “Армения”
- Spanish: “Armenia”
- Ukrainian: “Арменія (Сальвадор)”
- Ukrainian: “Арменія”
- Urdu: “ارمینیا، ایل سلواڈور”
- Welsh: “Armenia, Sonsonate”
- Western Armenian: “Արմենիա (Էլ Սալվատոր)”
- Western Armenian: “Արմենիա”
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