Armenia, Sonsonate
Encyclopedia
Armenia is a municipality
in the Sonsonate
department
of El Salvador
.
The current mayor is Carlos Rivera Molina (ARENA). Molina was first elected in 2002, taking the place of Moises Alvarado of the FMLN, and was re-elected to a second term in March 2006.
The name of this town was originally "Guaymoco" in ancient Pipil dialect of Nahuat and means "the oratory of the frogs". Even though nobody knows for sure when or where the name of Armenia was originated, there is a story which says that when the first Spanish settlers were passing by on the road from Tazumal they have encountered many natives who they requested to show them any edible birds or animals. Natives pointed at the nearby dormant volcano and described a black and red feathered bird later known as turkey. Hence the name that was passed from one generation to another until the name was officially given.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Sonsonate
Sonsonate Department
Sonsonate is a department of El Salvador in the western part of the country. The capital is Sonsonate.The department has a population of over 500,000 and an area of 1,226 km².Created on June 12, 1824...
department
Departments of El Salvador
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of El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
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The current mayor is Carlos Rivera Molina (ARENA). Molina was first elected in 2002, taking the place of Moises Alvarado of the FMLN, and was re-elected to a second term in March 2006.
The name of this town was originally "Guaymoco" in ancient Pipil dialect of Nahuat and means "the oratory of the frogs". Even though nobody knows for sure when or where the name of Armenia was originated, there is a story which says that when the first Spanish settlers were passing by on the road from Tazumal they have encountered many natives who they requested to show them any edible birds or animals. Natives pointed at the nearby dormant volcano and described a black and red feathered bird later known as turkey. Hence the name that was passed from one generation to another until the name was officially given.