LAKE COATEPEQUE

Volcán en El Salvador

El lago de Coatepeque es de origen volcánico y no está del situado a 18 kilometros al sur de la ciudad de Santa Ana, en la Localidad de El Congo. Una Tiene altitud De 745 metros de Y UNA SUPERFICIE De 25,3 Kilometros ². Ademas, la Profundidad de 115 m. Superficie: 26 Kilometros de ² La cúpula del norte es de 25 m de diametro y 25 m de Altura y 150 m al sur de cúpula es de diametro y 25 m de Altura. Estado: Santa Ana

Ubicación: El Congo

Coordenadas: 13 ° 52'12 "N 89 ° 33'0" W

Área: 25.3 km ²

Cuenca: endorreica km ²

Altitud: 745 m

Profundidad: 115 m

Tipo de Crater Lake: (caldera)

Afluentes: n / a

Isla: Islas Cerro Coatepeque es un lago de origen volcánico situado a una hora de San Salvador. Es mucho más viejo que Ilopango, aunque creado por una erupción catastrófica similar hace unos cinco a seis mil años. Nombrado Lago de Coatepeque, es en la vertiente oriental del volcán de Santa Ana. Se trata de un hermoso lago en forma de cráter, limpio y brillante azul, 6 kms de ancho y 120 metros de profundidad y rodeado de verdes laderas empinadas elevándose de 250 a 500 metros. La carretera escénica entre la Carretera Interamericana y CA8, conocida como la "carretera panorámica" por sus vistas maravillosas, rizos a lo largo de la empinada cresta del cráter que le da atisbos de los amplios valles fértiles de un lado y el lago del otro.

A lo largo de la orilla del lago hay varias casas privadas de la playa, ya que es un fin de semana de El Salvador para hacer una forma popular. También hay hoteles frente al mar con capacidad para los visitantes-Hotel Torremolinos ofrece alojamiento, restaurante y alquiler de equipamiento de deportes acuáticos. Hotel Amacuilco tiene un centro de arte vale la pena visitar y es un lugar popular para los viajeros más jóvenes.

BOQUERON PARK

THE SALVADOR OF THE WORLD

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Monument Divine Salvador OF Mundo English: Monument to the Divine Savior of the World) is a monument located on Plaza El Salvador del Mundo (The Savior of the World Plaza) in San Salvador City, El Salvador. It consists of a statue of Jesus Christ standing a global sphere of planet earth, placed on top of the tall four-sided concrete base pedestal it is a landmark located in the country's capital San Salvador. The monument is a national personification of El Salvador. It is a symbol that identifies and represents both El Salvador and Salvadorans throughout the world. The monument is 70 years old, however the statue of Christ itself is much older, a century old. In 2010, the entire monument and plaza was completely replenished anew. The monument is lighted up white during night. On international holidays, the monument is lightened up with special colors such as (pink) for International Day of the Girl Child, (red) for World Aids Day and (green for Earth Day. The plaza is also the site and point of reunions for religious holidays like Palm Sunday and national holidays like Independence Day, Christmas Eve, and New Years where people can enjoy firework displays. The monument is also a magnet for photographers especially during astronomical events such as solar and lunar eclipse.  

History

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The monument was built on a pedestal originally used to decorate the tomb of Manuel Enrique Araujo, the President of El Salvadorbetween 1911 and 1913.It was unveiled and presented by Araujo's family on November 26, 1942, in connection to the first Nationa lEucharistic Congress in San Salvador. The iconic statue of Christ on the globe sphere of planet earth is part of the Monument to Divino Salvador del Mundo on Plaza El Salvador del Mundo (The Savior of the World Plaza).

The statue was damaged in the 1986 San Salvador earthquake. It was rebuilt and put back in place months after the campaign "Lift up your soul Salvadoran". In front of the plaza, there is a statue lifted in memory of Oscar Arnulfo Romero. On the other side, from that area, it is customary to begin the march of floats during the celebration of the festivities of the city.

The plaza was completely retrofitted, remodeled and entirely upgraded in 2010. As part of the reorganization plan to improve the image of San Salvador, the mayor Norman Quijano made the remodeling and renaming the Plaza to Plaza Salvador del Mundo. The renovation work included the complete renovation of sidewalks, the stands and the area of the flags. The image of Christ, placed about 18 m high, was also revamped with new paint.

THE PITAL

                                                                                                                                                         

"El Pital" redirects here. For the Colombian municipality, see Pital.

It is one of the most popular tourist draws in El Salvador, with great biodiversity in a wide altitudinal range containing many endangered species of flora and fauna. The cloud forest has some of the rarest plants and animals in the country, including quetzal and other endangered species.hill pital is a mountain in Central América, on the border of El Salvador and Honduras. It is located 12 km (7 mi) from the town of La Palma at a height of 2,730 m (8,957 ft) above sea level, and is the highest point in Salvadoran territory. Cerro El Pital is in the middle of a cloud forest that has an average annual temperature of 10 °C (50 °F).

From November to February the temperature ranges between −6 °C (21 °F) and 10 °C (50 °F) (lowest recorded, in January 1956) and in the rest of the year the temperature ranges between 5 °C (41 °F) and 20 °C (68 °F). It is the coldest place in el salvador. On 13 April 2004, much of the mountain was blanketed by an accumulation of hail during a storm, an unusual event that caused a commotion among the local community Cerro el Pital, El Salvador Tourism

The Pital is the most mountainous and highest peak of El Salvador . It is one of the most important mountains in the department of Chalatenango and has an elevation 2,730 feet above sea level. In addition to cool weather , El Pital has a humid forest composed as pine trees , oak, oak and cypress.

The highest part of this hill is called Wye and is of great tourist attraction as it is the place where El Salvador borders with Honduras .

THE GREEN HILL

THE LAKE ILOPANGO

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Lake Ilopango is a crater lake which fills a scenic 8×11 km (72 km² or 28 sq mi) volcanic caldera in central El Salvador, on the borders of the San Salvador, La Paz, and Cuscatlán departments. The caldera, which contains the second largest lake in the country and is located immediately east of the capital city, San Salvador, has a scalloped 100 m (330 ft) to 500 m (1,600 ft) high rim The lake is globally known for being responsible for the infamous Extreme weather events of 535–536, and locally Ilopango lake is known for being a hot spot for UFO sightings. The military airbase, Ilopango International Airport has annual air shows where international pilots from all over the world fly over San Salvador City and Ilopango Lake

Eruptions occurred during the late Pleistocene and Holocene, producing pyroclastic flows and tephra that blanketed much of the country.The caldera collapsed most recently sometime between 410 and 535 AD (based on radiocarbon dating of plant life directly related to the eruption),which produced widespread pyroclastic flows and devastated Mayan cities. The eruption produced about 25 km³ (6.0 cu mi) of tephra (20 times as much as the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens), thus rating a 6 on the (VEI) Volcanic Explosivity Index. The "ash-cloud fallout  blanketed an area of at least 10,000 square kilometres waist-deep in pumice and ash", which would have stopped all agricultural endeavor in the area for decades.Later eruptions formed several lava domes within the lake and near its shore. The only historical eruption, which occurred from December 31, 1879, up to March 26, 1880, produced a lava dome and had a VEI of 3. The lava dome reached the surface of the lake, forming the islets known as Islas Quemadas.