El Carmen

El Carmen is a locality in La Libertad Department, El Salvador. El Carmen is situated nearby to the locality Jabalinón, as well as near Conacaste.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Joya de Ceren and Colón.

Joya de Ceren

Photo: Mariordo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Joya de Ceren is an archaeological site in Western El Salvador. It was a Mayan village that was buried under tons of lava when the nearby San Salvador Volcano erupted in 600 AD.

Colón is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador, bordering Santa Tecla, 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. Colón is situated 7 km south of El Carmen.

El Carmen

Type: Locality
Location: La Libertad Department, El Salvador, Central America, North America
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Latitude

13.77° or 13° 46′ 12″ north

Longitude

-89.33833° or 89° 20′ 18″ west

Elevation

571 metres (1,873 feet)

Open location code

765GQM96+XM

GeoNames ID

3733552

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