Acajutla

Acajutla is a small Pacific coast city in . It is the main port for , 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.
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  • 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.

Power station
Photo: US Embassy San Salvador, Public domain.
is a power station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port of Acajutla.

Hamlet
is a hamlet.

Acajutla

Latitude
13.5898° or 13° 35′ 23″ north
Longitude
-89.8298° or 89° 49′ 47″ west
Population
22,800
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SV AQJ
Open location code
765GH5QC+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4018997534
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3587498
Wiki­data ID
Q937292
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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.