San Pedro Perulapán
San Pedro Perulapán | |
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District | |
.jpg) Bust of Morazán at San Pedro Perulapán | |
  San Pedro Perulapán Location in El Salvador | |
| Coordinates: 13°46′N 89°2′W / 13.767°N 89.033°W | |
| Country |  El Salvador |
| Department |  Cuscatlán |
| Municipality | Cuscatlán Norte |
| Elevation | 1,965 ft (599 m) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• District | 51,414 |
| 58,230 | |
| • Rank | 29th in El Salvador |
| • Urban | 44,106 |
| • Rural | 7,308 |
San Pedro Perulapán is a district in the Cuscatlán Department of El Salvador. San Pedro Perulapán is a town whose origins are pre-Columbian; it received the title of city on April 28, 1921.[3] The Battle of San Pedro Perulapán occurred here on September 25, 1839, in which Francisco Morazán with 800 Salvadorans defeated 2,000 Honduran and Nicaraguan forces during the break-up of the Federal Republic of Central America.[4] A bell tower in the town still has the bell whose toll announced the victory of the Salvadorans.[3] The parish church contains an image of Saint Peter that still has the bullet hole it received during this battle.[3] From the peak of the bell tower one can see the volcano of Guazapa.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "City Population: Check for Humans". City Population. Retrieved 2026-07-11.
- ↑ "San Pedro Perulapan Population 2026". World Population Review. 2026-07-09. Retrieved 2026-07-11.
- 1 2 3 4 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "General Francisco Morazán". Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2008-07-28.