Chalatenango

Chalatenango is a town and district in the of . It is the capital of the department. As of 1 May 2021, Alfredo Hernández of Nuevas Ideas is the municipality's mayor.
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  • Type: City with 21,100 residents
  • Description: city in El Salvador
  • Also known as: Chalatenanga”, “Chalatenango, Chalatenango”, and “Xalatenanco

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. John the Baptist Cathedral.

Church
, also known as the Chalatenango Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral located in Chalatenango, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Miguel de Mercedes.

Town
is a municipality in the of .

Chalatenango

Latitude
14.0414° or 14° 2′ 29″ north
Longitude
-88.9394° or 88° 56′ 22″ west
Population
21,100
Elevation
400 metres (1,312 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SV CNG
Open location code
766H23R6+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 507951907
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3587091
Wiki­data ID
Q2290501
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Chalatenango” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: تشالاتنانغو
  • Asturian: Chalatenango
  • Basque: Chalatenango
  • Belarusian: Чалатэнанга
  • Bengali: কালাটেনাঙ্গো
  • Catalan: Chalatenango
  • Cebuano: Chalatenango (kapital sa departamento sa El Salvador)
  • Cebuano: Chalatenango
  • Chinese: Chalatenango
  • Chinese: 查拉特南戈
  • Danish: Chalatenango
  • Dutch: Chalatenango
  • Finnish: Chalatenango
  • French: Chalatenango
  • Galician: Chalatenango
  • German: Chalatenango
  • Greek: Τσαλατενάνγκο
  • Gujarati: ચાલતેનાન્ગો
  • Hebrew: צ’לטננגו
  • Hindi: छालातेनानगो
  • Indonesian: Chalatenango
  • Italian: Chalatenango
  • Japanese: チャラテナンゴ
  • Kannada: ಚಾಲಾಟೆನಾಂಗೋ
  • Korean: 찰라테낭고
  • Latvian: Čalatenanga
  • Lithuanian: Čalatenangas
  • Malay: Chalatenango
  • Marathi: चलाताएन्गो
  • Min Nan Chinese: Chalatenango
  • Moksha: Чалатэнанга
  • Moksha: Чалатэнанго
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chalatenango
  • Persian: چلتننگو
  • Polish: Chalatenango
  • Portuguese: Chalatenango
  • Russian: Чалатенанго
  • Silesian: Chalatenango
  • Sinhala: චලටෙනන්ගෝ
  • Spanish: Chalatenango
  • Swedish: Chalatenango
  • Tamil: சலாட்டணங்கொ
  • Telugu: ఛలాతెనాన్గొ
  • Thai: ชาลาเตนังโก
  • Turkish: Chalatenango
  • Ukrainian: Чалатенанго
  • Urdu: چالاتینانگو، چالاتینانگو
  • Urdu: شالاتنانگو، شالاتنانگو
  • Vietnamese: Chalatenango
  • Xālātēnanco

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