Apaneca

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Apaneca
District

Apaneca Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°51′N 89°48′W / 13.850°N 89.800°W / 13.850; -89.800
Country	El Salvador
Department	Ahuachapán
Municipality	Ahuachapán Centro
Area
• District	17.42 sq mi (45.13 km²)
Population (2024)
• District	9,436
• Rank	143rd in El Salvador
• Urban	6,866
• Rural	2,570

Apaneca is a district in the Ahuachapán Department of El Salvador. The name means river of the wind in Nahuatl.

It has an area of 45.13 square kilometers. Its population is of 8,597 inhabitants (Estimated 2006). The municipality is divided in 7 cantons:

El Saltillal
Palo Verde
Quezalapa
San Ramoncito
Taltapanca
Tizapa
Tulapa

Towns

Santa Leticia

References

1 2 3 "City Population: Check for Humans". City Population. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
↑ Planet, Lonely; Harrell, Ashley; Bartlett, Ray; Brash, Celeste; Butler, Stuart; Clammer, Paul; Fallon, Steve; Kaminski, Anna; Kluepfel, Brian; McCarthy, Carolyn; Albiston, Isabel (1 November 2019). Lonely Planet Best of Central America. Lonely Planet. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-78868-670-9. Retrieved 17 March 2026.

v t e Ahuachapán Department
Capital: Ahuachapán
Districts	Ahuachapán Apaneca Atiquizaya Concepción de Ataco El Refugio Guaymango Jujutla San Francisco Menéndez San Lorenzo San Pedro Puxtla Tacuba Turín
Natural features	Banderas River Cara Sucia River El Imposible National Park Paz River

Apaneca

Towns

References

See also