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Ahuachapán

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Ahuachapán

Town in El Salvador and administrative centre of the Ahuachapán department; population (1992) 83,900. It is the commercial centre of a rich coffee-growing and agricultural area, and sugar cane and fruit are important crops. It is connected by rail with Santa Ana, 35 km/22 mi east-northeast of the town.

The town in on the Pan-American Highway and was the site of civil warfare in the 1980s. The town has a bath house which draws its mineral water from the nearby Malacatiupán Falls. Geysers blowing from boiling mud are found in the surrounding area. Power is generated from the Atehuezián Falls on the River Molino.



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