El Cuco

El Cuco, also known as Oriente Salvaje among surfers, is a quintessential beach with dark sands, lined with vendor huts, seafood restaurants and shaggy palms.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chirilagua and Intipucá.

Town
is a municipality in southeastern , in the department of . It contains approximately 24,000 inhabitants as a result of census of 2007.

Town
is a small municipality in the southwestern of .

El Cuco

Latitude
13.17° or 13° 10′ 12″ north
Longitude
-88.11° or 88° 6′ 36″ west
Open location code
765H5VCR+22
Wiki­data ID
Q14214807
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About Mapcarta. 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 “El Cuco”. Photo: davidjoviera, CC BY 3.0.