Las Vueltas

Las Vueltas
Municipality
Las Vueltas
Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 14°05′37″N 88°53′22″W / 14.09361°N 88.88944°W / 14.09361; -88.88944
Country El Salvador
DepartmentChalatenango
Founded1765
Government
  MayorRosa Cándida Alas de Menjívar (FMLN)
Area
  Total
14.22 sq mi (36.83 km2)
Population
 (2005)
  Total
2,101

Las Vueltas is a municipality in the Chalatenango Department in the north of El Salvador. The municipality is bordered to the north by Ojos de Agua, to the east by Las Flores, to the south by Chalatenango, and to the northeast by Concepción Quezaltepeque. The territory covers 36.83 km2 and the population was, as of 2005, of 2,101 inhabitants. For its administration, the municipality is divided into six cantones and 35 caseríos.