Concepción de Oriente
Encyclopedia
Concepción de Oriente is a municipality
in the La Unión
department
of El Salvador
.
The municipality borders the Goascorán River
.
The river divides El Salvador
and Honduras
and serves as
the borderline in El Salvador's eastern part of the country.
The villa itself runs into the river. There is no bridge connecting
the municipality to Honduras. The villa used to be known as "Saco".
There are paved roads that lead from the nearest big city of
Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión. The "fiestas patronales"
are in the first week of January.
Had the highest percent of remittances in El Salvador in 2005.
Migration and Development in El Salvador: Ideals Versus Reality
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 La Unión
La Unión Department
La Unión is a department of El Salvador. It is located in the eastern part of the country and its capital is La Unión. It covers a total of 2,074 km² and has a population of 300,000. The department was created on June 22, 1865 and the city of La Unión was made its capital...
department
Departments of El Salvador
||A list of the departments of El Salvador in alphabetical order.Department :# Ahuachapán # Cabañas # Chalatenango # Cuscatlán # La Libertad # La Paz...
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...
.
The municipality borders the Goascorán River
Goascorán River
The Goascorán River or Río Goascorán is a river in Honduras and El Salvador that divides the two countries.-References:...
.
The river divides 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...
and Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
and serves as
the borderline in El Salvador's eastern part of the country.
The villa itself runs into the river. There is no bridge connecting
the municipality to Honduras. The villa used to be known as "Saco".
There are paved roads that lead from the nearest big city of
Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión. The "fiestas patronales"
are in the first week of January.
Had the highest percent of remittances in El Salvador in 2005.
Migration and Development in El Salvador: Ideals Versus Reality