Ilobasco

Ilobasco
—  Municipality  —
Ilobasco Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°51′N 88°51′W / 13.85°N 88.85°W / 13.85; -88.85
Country	El Salvador
Department	Cabañas Department
Government
– Alcalde	José María Dimas Castellanos Hernández
Area
– Total	96.4 sq mi (249.69 km2)
Elevation	2,461 ft (750 m)
Population (2007)
– Total	61,510
– Density	637.1/sq mi (246/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6

Ilobasco is a municipality in the Cabañas department of El Salvador. It is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of the capital, San Salvador.

This town is known country wide (and internationally) for its clay (other materials also used) craftsmanship or pottery.^[1]

The clay is extracted and prepared locally. The clay work includes the "miniatures", which are small representations of daily scenes as lived by Salvadorans, no bigger than 2 inches tall. The Town is also home for second division soccer team El Roble.

One version of the miniatures are the "surprises", which are basically a scene covered with another piece of clay shaped and painted in the form of a fruit, an egg, a house or other things. The cover can be removed and then the scene can be seen.

External links

• Ilobasco Official Web Site by: Jose D.Castaneda – Learn more about the history of San Miguel de Xilobasco.
• Pictures from the city of Ilobasco
• Google Satellite View of Ilobasco

Notes

1. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/bps/topic/283164/Ilobasco

Coordinates: 13°50′N 88°51′W / 13.84°N 88.85°W / 13.84; -88.85