Santiago Nonualco

Santiago Nonualco on the map of El Salvador

Santiago Nonualco is a municipality in El Salvador in the department of La Paz. It is located 48 km from San Salvador.

History

Nonualco means to Nahuat tribe of mute. The Department of La Paz was the land of Nonualcobruderschaft. This stretched between the Río Lempa River and Jiboa and to the southeast of the Cordillera of the Tepezontes and the Chichontepec ( volcano of San Vicente) Nonualco Santiago was founded as a colonial Pueblo de Indios. The nearby towns are also named after apostles: San Juan and San Pedro Nonualco Nonualco. There is a Cedulación ( Ejidozuweisung ) of 1745.

Beginning in 1833 occupied the neighboring municipality of San Vicente, in protest against the introduction of basic and income tax. The Tayte the Nonualco was then Anastasio Aquino Martir San Carlos. The protest was stifled bloody from government troops.

On December 10, 1840, the place under the direction Petronilo Castro protested again, whereupon the government of Norberto Ramírez Áreas had reflected the protest of their troops.

For the municipality of the city in 1920 was upgraded. In Santiago Nonualco have indigenous customs, such as the danza del Tigre y el Venado obtained.

Economy

Santiago Nonualco is a poor city for salvadorenische conditions. There are cultivated sugar cane and staple food, it is operated cattle and sugar syrup and pieces Zückerhüte made ​​. The supply of labor in Zafra is low and is paid low. There is a small central market, a few modest stores, Comedores ( Local ), bars, doctors, pharmacies, a few dentists ( complementary to sugar production), Casa de Credito, a few lawyers. Factories are a 25 minutes bus near the airport, Comalapa, located at El Pedregal.