Masahuat
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Masahuat is a municipality
in the Santa Ana
department
of El Salvador
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Masahuat is a small town in the State of Santa Ana. El Salvador's main river, Lempa runs near it. Up until a few years ago Lempa's current would be so strong that the town was inaccessible by vehicle during the rainy winter months.
Residents would have to cross the river over hanging man bridges. A few years ago a bridge was built and the town is now accessible by vehicle year round. The bridge also provides access to Cerro Los Flores and other small towns nearby.
Residents are mostly farmers, with corn and beans being the crop of choice. Cattle is also raised in the town and its surroundings. Many of the towns natives have left the country and emigrated temporarily or permanently to the United States. This emigration started in the 1970s and 1980s during El Salvador's civil war. After the war ended, the country's economy forced many other mostly men to leave the country and seek employment in the United States.
Many of Masahuat's natives have settled in northwest Arkansas in the United States, drawn by the low cost of living and the abundance of poultry and construction jobs in the area. This migration to Arkansas by not only Masahuat native's but Salvador nationals in general greatly increased during the 1990s, as can be seen by US Census data.http://books.google.com/books?id=1qRG508LhdAC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=arkansas+salvadoran+population&source=bl&ots=rwtyYy3sFJ&sig=LsAC9uVMQLiHyAGKoJQQOGX28kI&hl=en&ei=QmjOSs2fOJCCNvfUoZUD&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2#v=onepage&q=arkansas%20salvadoran%20population&f=false
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 Santa Ana
Santa Ana Department
Santa Ana is a department of El Salvador in the northwest of the country. The capital is Santa Ana.- General information :It has 2,023 km² and a population of over 600,000. This department was created on February 8, 1855...
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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Masahuat is a small town in the State of Santa Ana. El Salvador's main river, Lempa runs near it. Up until a few years ago Lempa's current would be so strong that the town was inaccessible by vehicle during the rainy winter months.
Residents would have to cross the river over hanging man bridges. A few years ago a bridge was built and the town is now accessible by vehicle year round. The bridge also provides access to Cerro Los Flores and other small towns nearby.
Residents are mostly farmers, with corn and beans being the crop of choice. Cattle is also raised in the town and its surroundings. Many of the towns natives have left the country and emigrated temporarily or permanently to the United States. This emigration started in the 1970s and 1980s during El Salvador's civil war. After the war ended, the country's economy forced many other mostly men to leave the country and seek employment in the United States.
Many of Masahuat's natives have settled in northwest Arkansas in the United States, drawn by the low cost of living and the abundance of poultry and construction jobs in the area. This migration to Arkansas by not only Masahuat native's but Salvador nationals in general greatly increased during the 1990s, as can be seen by US Census data.http://books.google.com/books?id=1qRG508LhdAC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=arkansas+salvadoran+population&source=bl&ots=rwtyYy3sFJ&sig=LsAC9uVMQLiHyAGKoJQQOGX28kI&hl=en&ei=QmjOSs2fOJCCNvfUoZUD&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2#v=onepage&q=arkansas%20salvadoran%20population&f=false