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Aguilares
Municipality
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AguilaresLocation in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°57′N 89°11′W / 13.950°N 89.183°W / 13.950; -89.183
Country	El Salvador
Department	San Salvador Department
Area
• Total	12.63 sq mi (32.72 km)
Elevation	981 ft (299 m)
Population
• Total	73,300
Time zone	UTC-6

Aguilares is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador, located 33 km away from the city of San Salvador. The municipality measures 33.72 km² and as of 2006, had an estimated population of 73,300. Sugar cane cultivation is the major economic activity for the area.

The municipality is divided into five administrative divisions, called cantones: Florida, Las Tunas, Pinalitos, Pishishapa, and Los Mangos. It is bounded on the north by El Paisnal, on the east by Suchitoto (Cuscatlán Department) and Guazapa, to the south by Nejapa and Guazapa, and to the west by Quezaltepeque (La Libertad Department) and El Paisnal.

Toponymy

The municipality was named in honor of Nicolás [es], Vicente [es], and Manuel Aguilar, leaders in the Salvadoran independence movement.

History

In the 1970s, the associated Catholic parish of Aguilares was served by Rutilio Grande, a Jesuit priest and activist who was assassinated on the outskirts of town. In 1979 or 1980, during the Salvadoran Civil War, the Salvadoran Army pillaged the town until its people retook it, depicted in Archbishop of San Salvador Óscar Romero's homily as images of the crucified Christ.

References

1. "The Catholic Transcript, Volume LXX, Number 13, 5 August 1977: The Catholic Transcript". The Catholic Transcript. 5 August 1977. p. 11.
2. Tomb, David (1 September 2021). "Chapter Ten Deepening the Commitment and Expanding the View". Latin American Liberation Theology (eBook ed.). Leiden: Brill Publishers. p. 277. ISBN 9789004496460.

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Capital: San Salvador
Districts	Aguilares Apopa Ayutuxtepeque Cuscatancingo Delgado El Paisnal Guazapa Ilopango Mejicanos Nejapa Panchimalco Rosario de Mora San Marcos San Martín San Salvador Santiago Texacuangos Santo Tomás Soyapango Tonacatepeque
Geography	Cerro Cinotepeque Cerrón Grande Reservoir Guazapa Volcano Lake Ilopango
Landmarks	Casa Presidencial Cemetery of Distinguished Citizens Estadio Cuscatlán Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González Estadio Las Delicias Estadio Nacional de El Salvador Estadio Universitario UES Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda Government Center Tower Iglesia El Carmen Ilopango International Airport Lifestyle Center La Gran Via Military Museum Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen National Palace Plaza Gerardo Barrios San Salvador Cathedral San Salvador Historic Downtown Teatro Nacional de El Salvador World Trade Center San Salvador

13°57′N 89°11′W / 13.950°N 89.183°W / 13.950; -89.183

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