Chalatenango Department

Chalatenango
[[Image:|100px|Coat of Arms of Chalatenango Department]] Flag Coat of Arms
Location
Statistics
Created (given current status)	1855
Capital	Chalatenango
Area    •%	2,017 km²   Ranked 5th
Population    •(2006)	274,878   Ranked 10th
ISO 3166-2	SV-CH

Chalatenango is a department of El Salvador, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is the city of Chalatenango. The Chalatenango Department encompasses 2,017 km² and contains more than 220,000 inhabitants. Las Matras Archaeological Ruins contains the relics of prehistoric populations and caves in which rock writing is found. Chalatenango was made a department on February 14, 1855. The "5 de Noviembre" Hydroelectric Dam is found in Chalatenango Department, near the border with Cabañas. The highest point in the country, El Pital with an elevation of 2730.06 m, also is located in Chalatenango Department. During the 1980s, the department was the stronghold of the Popular Forces of Liberation (FPL), one of the two largest groups in the Frente Farabundo Martí Para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN).

Municipalities

El Pital mountain

La Palma

1. Agua Caliente
2. Arcatao
3. Azacualpa
4. Chalatenango
5. Citalá
6. Comalapa
7. Concepción Quezaltepeque
8. Dulce Nombre de María
9. El Carrizal
10. El Paraíso
11. La Laguna
12. La Palma
13. La Reina
14. Las Vueltas
15. Nombre de Jesús
16. Nueva Concepción
17. Nueva Trinidad
18. Ojos de Agua
19. Potonico
20. San Antonio de la Cruz
21. San Antonio Los Ranchos
22. San Fernando
23. San Francisco Lempa
24. San Francisco Morazán
25. San Ignacio
26. San Isidro Labrador
27. San José Cancasque
28. San José Las Flores
29. San Luis del Carmen
30. San Miguel de Mercedes
31. San Rafael
32. Santa Rita
33. Tejutla

Agriculture

The most cultivated agricultural products are the basic grains, henequen (a type of agave), coffee, fruits, orchard plants, and vegetables. There is the upbringing of horses, and cattle, and the agriculture of wilderness. Moreover, plaster, gold, lime, clay lead, silver, and zinc can be found there.