Verapaz, El Salvador
Municipality in San Vicente Department, El Salvador
13°39′N 88°52′W / 13.650°N 88.867°W / 13.650; -88.867Verapaz is a municipality in the San Vincente department of El Salvador. Verapaz means 'true peace' (from Spanish 'verdadera' [true] and 'paz' [peace]). It has been the site of two recent natural disasters; an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Moment magnitude scale on 13 February 2001 and the 2009 Salvador floods and mudslides in November 2009.[1]
References
- ^ Carmen Molina Tamacas (November 9, 2009). "Verapaz, el ave fénix que vuelve a sucumbir".
13°39′N 88°52′W / 13.650°N 88.867°W / 13.650; -88.867
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San Vicente Department
Capital: San Vicente
- Apastepeque
- Guadalupe
- San Cayetano Istepeque
- San Esteban Catarina
- San Ildefonso
- San Lorenzo
- San Sebastián
- Santa Clara
- Santo Domingo
- San Vicente
- Tecoluca
- Tepetitán
- Verapaz
- Apastepeque Volcanic Field
- Bosque La Joya
- El Guayabo River
- Lempa River
- San Vicente Volcano
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