Berlín, El Salvador
Berlin | |
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Municipality | |
From left to right, top to bottom: Skyline of Berlín, Cerro La Cruz Viewpoint, Catholic Church of Berlín, Laguna de Alegría, Berlín Central Park, Berlín Pool Party, Historical Center of Berlín | |
| Motto(s): Ciudad de Frescos Cafetales "City of Fresh Coffee Plantations" | |
| Coordinates: 13°30′N 88°32′W / 13.500°N 88.533°W | |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Department | Usulután Department |
| Founded | 1885 |
| Named after | Berlin, Germany |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andrés Elías Monterrosa Palacios Nuevas Ideas |
| Area | |
• Total | 146.96 km2 (57 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC6 (Central Standard Time) |
| Area code | +503 |
| Website | berlinelsalvador.com/ |
Berlín is a municipality in the Usulután Department, in El Salvador. The municipality is also one of the four capital districts of the department. It is located at the east of El Salvador, 112 kilometers from the capital city San Salvador. The municipality of Berlín is situated in the Tecapa-Chinameca-Alegrìa mountain zone, located in the central-north of Usulután.
Founded in 1885 as Berlín, by the residents of the previous "Gramalón" or "Agua Caliente" and by a German known as Serafin Brennen, who has arrived to establish the municipality, after surviving a shipwreck off the Salvadoran coast.