Cara Sucia
Cara Sucia is a Mesoamerican archaeological site on the Pacific coastal plain of western El Salvador. It was occupied for some 1,800 years, and is particularly noted as one of the southeasternmost sites of the Late Classic Cotzumalhuapa culture which extended over much of the Pacific drainage of Guatemala and included part of the Salvadoran departments of Ahuachapán and Sonsonate.- Triangulation station
- …lies at an elevation of 36 metres (118 feet)
- Description: archaeological site
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Francisco Menéndez.
San Francisco Menéndez
Town
San Francisco Menéndez is a district in the Ahuachapán Department of El Salvador.
8 km north of Cara Sucia
Cara Sucia
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Latitude
13.77139° or 13° 46′ 17″ north
Longitude
-90.03139° or 90° 1′ 53″ west
Open location code
765FQXC9+HC
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From Dutch to Swedish—“Cara Sucia” goes by many names.
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