Concepción
de Ataco is a municipality and city
within the Ahuachapán
Department, El Salvador. It has an
area of 61.03 km ² and a population of 18,101 inhabitants (est. 2006). It is located 108 kilometers
from the capital city, with an elevation
of 1,275 meters above sea level,
making this an ideal town for part of their
customs, traditions and history, surrounded by a cool
climate and nice place.
The
municipality administration is divided into 11 cantons, which are: El Arco, El
Limo, El Naranjito, El Tronconal, La Ceiba, La Joya de los Apante, La Planxa,
San Jose, Shucutitán and Texusín Chirizo. Ataos's population has pre-Columbian origin and was founded by Yaqui
Indians or pipiles in central Apaneca Mountain Range.
In Nahuatl, Ataco means "high place of springs.”
Municipality falls within the tour "Route
of the Flowers", for its restaurants, inns and family-craft production where you can find workshops
in sculpting images,
hand looms, preparation of chocolates,
sweets and wood furniture, dolls wood coffee and flower
arrangements.
Ilobasco
By being so close, it is a trip that can be done in
one day, but being there, will captivate both, you'll want to never leave Ilobasco.
This town is known country wide (and
internationally) for its clay (other materials also used) craftsmanship or
pottery. There is a small school located in this town, where students are taught
the delicate art of ceramics.
Exploring the cobbled streets of Ilobasco you
find stores that sell all kinds of ceramics, but also realize that local
residents are friendly and outgoing. They love to engage in conversation with visitors,
no matter what language they speak. Among the items to be found here are the
phones, wall decorations, and clay figures. However, the most impressive items
are replicas of their caves and exotic vegetables. Their colors are so bright
and looks so real, you cannot avoid filling your basket with them, they are a
great gift for family and friends who remained at home.
The clay is extracted and
prepared locally. The clay work includes the "miniatures", which are
small representations of daily scenes as lived by Salvadorans, no bigger than 2
inches tall. The Town is also home for second division soccer team El Roble.
One version of the
miniatures are the "surprises", which are basically a scene covered
with another piece of clay shaped and painted in the form of a fruit, an egg, a
house or other things. The cover can be removed and then the scene can be seen.
Suchitoto
Suchitoto is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department of El Salvador. These beautiful town you finde colonial style houses, cobbled streets and wide avenues with old, is located between the volcano and Guazapa Lempa River, 44 km. Northwest Resume city, 388 m height. Suchitoto it is a Náhuat language and it means "Flower Bird". Within its jurisdiction the Lempa River offers natural spas as part of the Large Dam Cerrón; Bello Suchitlán Lake. There are several hot springs and the famous geological formation Canyon Los Thirds true natural curiosity, 2 km east of Suchitoto. A 4 km southeast of Suchitoto is the valley of La Bermuda, with remains of cobbled streets and foundations damaged by plowing. These traces correspond to the second Villa de San Salvador there founded by Captain Diego de Alvarado, on 1 April 1528.
Area around the main square of the colonial town of
Suchitoto, with its church built by the Spaniards in the 1700s. Suchitoto is
widely known throughout El Salvador for its church and for its cobblestone
roads.
It has an excellent view of Suchitlán lake, which is
an artificial lake formed in the Lempa River and the Cerrón Grande dam.
It is a very popular weekend destination for
Salvadorans. It has broad cultural activities such as art galleries, cultural
centers, and handcrafts.
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