Antiguo Cuscatlán
Antiguo Cuscatlán (colloquially known as Antiguo) is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador, and its eastern tip lays in San Salvador Department part of the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, southwest of San Salvador and southeast of Santa Tecla. The population was 48,027 at the 2010 census. Antiguo Cuscatlán can be translated as Old Jeweled City: Antiguo means ancient or old in Spanish, and Cuscatlán means jeweled city in Nahuat. The city used to be the capital of the Pipil or Cuzcatecs, before the Spanish conquest of the New World.
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Images from top, left to right: Torre Avante, Palacio Municipal de Antiguo Cuscatlán, Beverly Hills Hotel, Iglesia de Los Santos Niños Inocentes, Marriot Hotel and Banco Promerica, Multiplaza Mall San Salvador. | |
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| Nickname: Antiguo | |
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| Coordinates: 13°40′23″N 89°14′26″W | |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Department | La Libertad Department |
| Metro | San Salvador Metropolitan Area |
| Establishment as Town | 30 March 1971 |
| Establishment as City | 19 February 1987 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democratic Republic |
| • Mayor | Milagro Navas (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista) |
| Area | |
| • City | 19.41 km2 (7.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 849 m (2,926.5 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 48,027 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 50,578 |
| • Demonym | Cuscatleco |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central Standard Time) |
| SV-LI | CP 1502 |
| Area code | + 503 |
| Website | www.antiguocuscatlan.gob.sv (in Spanish) |
The historic downtown sits on the foothills of La Cordillera del Bálsamo, and the city extends towards the Cordillera del Bálsamo on the south and on the foothills of the San Salvador Volcano on the north. The estimated per capita income for the city was $22,783 in 2013, which is 5.9 times higher than the national per capita (nominal).
Because of its close proximity to the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, it is often confused as part of San Salvador.