Terrorism Confinement Center

The Terrorism Confinement Center is a maximum security prison in , El Salvador. The prison was built in late 2022 amid a large-scale gang crackdown in the country.
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  • Type: Prison
  • Description: prison in El Salvador
  • Also known as: “Cecot”, “CECOT”, “Center for the Confinement of Terrorism”, and “Terrorist Confinement Centre”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tecoluca.

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is a municipality in the of . The Terrorism Confinement Center, also known as CECOT, is a maximum security prison located in . is situated 2½ km east of Terrorism Confinement Center.

Terrorism Confinement Center

Latitude
13.53359° or 13° 32′ 1″ north
Longitude
-88.80497° or 88° 48′ 18″ west
Inception
February 2023
Height
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
765HG5MW+C2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1138043235
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Wiki­data ID
Q116608704
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Terrorism Confinement Center” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركز الاحتجاز لمكافحة الإرهاب”
  • Azerbaijani: “Terrorçuluğun Məhdudlaşdırılması Mərkəzi”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтар затрыманьня тэрарыстаў”
  • Catalan: “CECOT”
  • Catalan: “presó de Tecoluca”
  • Catalan: “Presó de Tecoluca”
  • Chinese: “反恐怖主義監禁中心”
  • Chinese: “恐怖主义拘留中心”
  • Chinese: “恐怖主义禁闭中心”
  • Chinese: “超级监狱”
  • Dutch: “CECOT”
  • Dutch: “Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo”
  • Dutch: “Terroristendetentiecentrum”
  • Esperanto: “Centro de Malliberigo pri Terorismo”
  • French: “CECOT”
  • French: “Centre de confinement du terrorisme”
  • French: “Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo”
  • German: “Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo”
  • Hungarian: “Terrorizmuskorlátozási Központ”
  • Japanese: “テロリスト拘禁センター”
  • Japanese: “テロリスト監禁センター”
  • Korean: “테러리스트 구금 센터”
  • Korean: “테러리스트 수감 센터”
  • Korean: “테러리스트 수용 센터”
  • Korean: “테러범 구금 센터”
  • Korean: “테러범 수용 센터”
  • Korean: “테러범 수용센터”
  • Latin: “Centrum Inclusionis Terrorismi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “CECOT”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo”
  • Persian: “مرکز مهار تروریسم”
  • Polish: “Centrum Odosobnienia Terroryzmu”
  • Portuguese: “Centro de Confinamento do Terrorismo”
  • Russian: “CECOT”
  • Russian: “Центр содержания террористов”
  • Spanish: “CECOT”
  • Spanish: “Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo”
  • Swedish: “Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo”
  • Thai: “ศูนย์กักกันการก่อการร้าย”
  • Turkish: “CECOT”
  • Turkish: “Terörle Mücadele Merkezi”
  • “CECOT”

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