Acajutla
Acajutla is a small Pacific coast city in Western El Salvador. It is the main port for El Salvador, is a regionally important transportation hub, and is increasingly popular among tourists who come for the mellow vibe of the town and for the beautiful beaches known for calmer waters than most Pacific coast beaches in Central America.
- Town with about 55,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (90 feet)
- …is also known as “Puerto Acajutla”
- Description: district in Western Sonsonate, El Salvador
Places of Interest
Highlights include Energía del Pacífico.
Energía del Pacífico
Power station
US Embassy San Salvador, Public domain.
Energía del Pacífico is a power station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port of Acajutla.
Acajutla
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Latitude
13.5898° or 13° 35′ 23″ north
Longitude
-89.8298° or 89° 49′ 47″ west
UN/LOCODE
SV AQJ
Open location code
765GH5QC+W3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Acajutla” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أكاخوتلا”
- Basque: “Acajutla”
- Bengali: “আকাজুটলা”
- Catalan: “Acajutla”
- Cebuano: “Acajutla”
- Chinese: “阿卡胡特拉”
- Czech: “Acajutla”
- Danish: “Acajutla”
- Dutch: “Acajutla”
- Estonian: “Acajutla”
- Finnish: “Acajutla”
- French: “Acajutla”
- German: “Acajutla”
- German: “Acaxual”
- Greek: “Ακαχούτλα”
- Gujarati: “અકજુતલા”
- Hebrew: “אקאחוטלה”
- Hindi: “अकाजतला”
- Indonesian: “Acajutla”
- Italian: “Acajutla”
- Japanese: “アカフトラ”
- Kannada: “ಅಜಜುಟ್ಲಾ”
- Korean: “아카후틀라”
- Latvian: “Akačutla”
- Lithuanian: “Akachutla”
- Malay: “Acajutla”
- Marathi: “अकाजूतला”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Acajutla”
- Moksha: “Акахутла”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Acajutla”
- Persian: “اکاجوتلا”
- Polish: “Acajutla”
- Portuguese: “Acajutla”
- Russian: “Акахутла”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Acajutla”
- Sinhala: “අකයිජුට්ලා”
- Slovak: “Acajutla”
- Spanish: “Acajutla”
- Swedish: “Acajutla”
- Tamil: “அகாஜூட்ல”
- Telugu: “అకాజుట్ల”
- Thai: “อคาจูทา”
- Turkish: “Acajutla”
- Ukrainian: “Акахутла”
- Urdu: “اکاخولتا”
- Vietnamese: “Acajutla”
- Waray (Philippines): “Acajutla”
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