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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roberto Alas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Snakeyes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 22,800 residents
- Description: district in Western Sonsonate, El Salvador
- Also known as: “Puerto Acajutla”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Energía del Pacífico.
Energía del Pacífico
Power station
Photo: US Embassy San Salvador, Public domain.
Energía del Pacífico is a power station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port of Acajutla.
Acajutla
Latitude
13.5898° or 13° 35′ 23″ northLongitude
-89.8298° or 89° 49′ 47″ westPopulation
22,800Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)United Nations Location Code
SV AQJOpen location code
765GH5QC+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 4018997534OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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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: “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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Acajutla”. Photo: Snakeyes, CC BY-SA 3.0.