Colón, La Libertad

Colón, La Libertad
—  Municipality  —
Colón, La Libertad Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°43′N 89°22′W
Country	El Salvador
Department	La Libertad
Area
• Total	32.45 sq mi (84.05 km2)
Elevation	1,870 ft (570 m)
Population
• Total	96,989

Entrance to the town of Colón (right), from the main highway (Panamerican)

Colón is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador.

Colón is surrounded by the municipalities of Santa Tecla, Quezaltepeque, San Juan Opico, Ciudad Arce, Sacacoyo y talnique. Before the municipality was known as El Guarumal, and was made a town on 20 August 1886, and a village (Villa) on 24 July 2986.

Cantons

The municipality has the central neighborhood and various cantons: 1. Botoncillal 2. Cobanal 3. Cuyagualo 4. El Capulín 5. El Limón 6. El Manguito 7. Entre Ríos 8. Hacienda Nueva 9. Las Angosturas 10. Las Brisas 11. Las Moras 12. Lourdes

Tourism

Colón has Los Chorros (a bathing resort) which was destroyed in the 2001 earthquake, reopened in March 2008.

Security

The municipality is considered to be one of the most dangerous in the country, reporting various homicides and notorious activity of gangs, locally called maras.