Antiguo Cuscatlán
Antiguo Cuscatlán
Ciudad de Antiguo Cuscatlán | |
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District of La Libertad Este | |
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. | |
| Nickname: Antiguo | |
| Coordinates: 13°40′23″N 89°14′26″W / 13.67306°N 89.24056°W | |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Department | La Libertad Department |
| Municipality | La Libertad Este |
| Establishment as Town | 30 March 1971 |
| Establishment as City | 19 February 1987 |
| Determined as District | 1 May 2024 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor - Council Government |
| • Mayor | Milagro Navas (as Mayor of La Libertad Este)(Alianza Republicana Nacionalista) |
| • Councilmebers | Edwin Gilberto Orellana Rafael Hernandez Dale Claudia Cristina Ventura Anna Maria Copien Juan Jose Alas Castillo Francisco Antonio Castellón Carlos Humberto Mendoza Yolanda Concepción Peña Elizabeth Andrade de Jovel |
| Area | |
| 19.41 km2 (7.49 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 849 m (2,926.5 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 47,956 | |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 47,956 |
| Demonym | Cuscatleco |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central Standard Time) |
| SV-LI | CP 01502 |
| Area code | + 503 |
| Website | www.libertadeste.gob.sv (in Spanish) |
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Antiguo Cuscatlán (colloquially known as Antiguo) is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador; its eastern tip lies in the San Salvador Department part of the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, southwest of San Salvador and southeast of Santa Tecla. The population was 47,956 at the 2020 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.
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 Antiguo Cuscatlan is part of the San Salvador metro area, it is often confused as part of San Salvador.