Concepción de Ataco
Concepción de Ataco | |
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District | |
1 Avenida. Concepcion de Ataco | |
Concepción de Ataco Location in El Salvador | |
| Coordinates: 13°52′N 89°51′W / 13.867°N 89.850°W | |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Department | Ahuachapán |
| Municipality | Ahuachapán Centro |
| Established | 1770 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democratic |
| Area | |
• District | 23.57 sq mi (61.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,070 ft (1,240 m) |
| Population (2024) | |
• District | 12,968 |
| • Urban (Settlement) | 7,849 |
| • Rural | 5,119 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central America) |
| Area code | (503) |
| HDI 2010 | 0.695 – high |
Concepción de Ataco is a district and city within the Ahuachapán Department, El Salvador. It has an area of 61.03 km ² and a population of 18,101 inhabitants (est. 2006).
The district is divided into 11 cantons, which are: El Arco, El Limo, El Naranjito, El Tronconal, La Ceiba, La Joya de los Apante, La Planxa, San Jose, Shucutitán and Texusín Chirizo. Atacos's population has pre-Columbian origins and was founded by Pipiles in the central Cordillera de Apaneca.
In Nawat, Ataco means "high place of springs.”
Concepción de Ataco's "sister city" is Elk Grove, California. Ataco also shares a sister city relationship with Fountain Hills, Arizona.