Concepción de Ataco

Concepción de Ataco is a small town in the Apaneca-Ilamatepec mountains of . It is a colonial small town where time stands still, where cobblestone streets are filled with stone buildings that might seem to have stepped out of a history book if it weren't for the vividly colorful and often fanciful murals that cover walls on almost every street in town.
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  • Type: Town with 7,800 residents
  • Description: district in Central Ahuachapán, El Salvador
  • Also known as: Ataco

Places of Interest

Highlights include Immaculate Conception Church, Concepción de Ataco.

Church

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quezalapa.

Hamlet
is a town in , El Salvador. is the Nahuat word for the Quetzal bird. It is located 43 mi West of , the country's capital. is situated 4 km southeast of Concepción de Ataco.

Concepción de Ataco

Latitude
13.8704° or 13° 52′ 13″ north
Longitude
-89.8509° or 89° 51′ 3″ west
Population
7,800
Elevation
1,255 metres (4,117 feet)
Open location code
765GV4CX+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 429656983
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3586926
Wiki­data ID
Q1123798
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Concepción de Ataco” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Concepción de Ataco
  • Cebuano: Concepción de Ataco
  • Chinese: Concepción de Ataco
  • Chinese: 康塞普西翁德阿塔科
  • Dutch: Concepción de Ataco
  • French: Concepción de Ataco
  • German: Concepción de Ataco
  • Greek: Κονσεπσιόν δε Ατάκο
  • Italian: Concepción de Ataco
  • Japanese: コンセプシォン・デ・アターコ
  • Min Nan Chinese: Concepción de Ataco
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Concepción de Ataco
  • Norwegian: Concepción de Ataco
  • Polish: Concepcion de Ataco
  • Portuguese: Ataco
  • Portuguese: Concepción de Ataco
  • Spanish: Ataco
  • Spanish: Concepción de Ataco

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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 “Concepción de Ataco”. Photo: feinteriano, CC BY-SA 3.0.