Sacacoyo
Municipality in La Libertad, El Salvador
13°44′N 89°28′W / 13.733°N 89.467°W / 13.733; -89.467Sacacoyo is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador.
History
The name Sacacoyo comes from the Nahua phrase "En el camino de coyotes y zacate" (in the path of coyotes and grass)[1] In 1890, Sacacoyo had a population of 1,870 people. In 1905, Sacacoyo was combined as part of Tepecoyo, but on 11 May 1907 was recreated as Sacacoyo by legislative decree.
Geography
Administrative divisions:[2]
Sacacoyo is made up of three cantons:
- Ateos (historically Atehuan)
- Buena Vista
- La Montañita
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Capital: Santa Tecla
- Antiguo Cuscatlán
- Chiltiupán
- Ciudad Arce
- Colón
- Comasagua
- Huizúcar
- Jayaque
- Jicalapa
- La Libertad
- Nuevo Cuscatlán
- Quezaltepeque
- Sacacoyo
- San José Villanueva
- San Juan Opico
- San Matías
- San Pablo Tacachico
- Santa Tecla
- Talnique
- Tamanique
- Teotepeque
- Tepecoyo
- Zaragoza
- El Boquerón National Park
- San Salvador Volcano
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