Acajutla

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Acajutla is a seaport city in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador. The city is located at {{coord|13|35|24|N|89|50|01|W|type:city}} on the Pacific coast of Central America and is El Salvador's principal seaport from which a large portion of the nation's exports of coffee, sugar, and Balsam of Peru are shipped. As a city, Acajutla is one of seventeen such districts in Sonsonate. As of 1992, the population of the city was 18,008.

History

Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado, under the command of Hernán Cortés, had conquered Mexico and Guatemala before coming to the vicinity of Acajutla. There he met heavy resistance, but defeated the indigenous people in 1524 and conquered all of present-day El Salvador at the Battle of Acajutla.

Following the complete independence of El Salvador in 1838, the economy of the nation became increasingly dependent on the export of coffee. The rapid growth of this lucrative "cash crop" led to profound socio-economic changes in the region, and drew of the attention of foreign investors and the local plantation owners to Acajutla, where infrastructure development was seen as necessary to assure the transport of crops from the interior and the ability to load them efficiently aboard ships.

During the 1932 Salvadoran peasant uprising, two destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy, HMCS Skeena and HMCS Vancouver anchored off the shore of Acajutla at the request of the British Consul in El Salvador who feared for the safety of British nationals and assets. Armed Canadian sailors briefly landed against the wishes of the Salvadoran government and began preparing to continue on to San Salvador before the situation improved and the British no longer deemed an armed Canadian presence necessary.{{cite news|author=Marc Milner|url=http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2006/03/the-invasion-of-el-salvador/|title=The Invasion of El Salvador: Navy, Part 14|work=Legion Magazine|date=1 March 2006|access-date=22 January 2011}}{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Tatiana |title=The Acajutla Incident: The 1932 Rebellion in El Salvador and Canada's little known role in it |url=https://navalandmilitarymuseum.org/archives/articles/a-sailors-life/gunboat-diplomacy-the-acajutla-incident/ |website=CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum |publisher=CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum |accessdate=27 September 2020}}

During the twelve-year Salvadoran civil war (1980–1992), the oil refinery at Acajutla (then the only operating refinery in El Salvador), was a target for anti-government rebels.

Acajutla Port

File:US Navy 070730-N-8704K-092 The Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is moored in Acajutla, El Salvador.jpg

The port of Acajutla was built in its initial phase at a cost of 25 million colones. The wave breaker of 338 meters inaugurated its operations in August 1961, and is managed by the Executive Commission of Autonomous Port (CEPA).

Geography

The city is located at {{coord|13|35|24|N|89|50|01|W|type:city}} on the Pacific coast of Central America and is El Salvador's principal seaport.

=Climate=

As with all the Pacific coast of Central America, the climate at Acajutla is continuously hot and humid. Daytime high temperatures are usually in the {{convert|32|to|34|°C|°F|1}} range. The Köppen climate classification subtype for this climate is Aw (tropical savanna climate).[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=5687&cityname=Acajutla%2C+Sonsonate%2C+El+Salvador&units= Climate Summary for Acajutla]

{{Weather box

|location = Acajutla (1991–2020, extremes 1954–present)

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|Jan record high C = 38.5

|Feb record high C = 39.5

|Mar record high C = 40.2

|Apr record high C = 39.3

|May record high C = 39.3

|Jun record high C = 38.2

|Jul record high C = 38.1

|Aug record high C = 38.0

|Sep record high C = 36.5

|Oct record high C = 38.5

|Nov record high C = 38.4

|Dec record high C = 38.8

|year record high C = 40.2

| Jan high C = 32.7

| Feb high C = 33.0

| Mar high C = 33.7

| Apr high C = 34.0

| May high C = 33.5

| Jun high C = 33.1

| Jul high C = 33.3

| Aug high C = 33.3

| Sep high C = 32.5

| Oct high C = 32.2

| Nov high C = 33.0

| Dec high C = 32.8

| year high C = 33.1

| Jan mean C = 27.3

| Feb mean C = 27.7

| Mar mean C = 28.4

| Apr mean C = 29.2

| May mean C = 29.0

| Jun mean C = 28.3

| Jul mean C = 28.3

| Aug mean C = 28.2

| Sep mean C = 27.7

| Oct mean C = 27.5

| Nov mean C = 27.9

| Dec mean C = 27.5

| year mean C = 28.1

| Jan low C = 23.2

| Feb low C = 23.8

| Mar low C = 24.6

| Apr low C = 25.4

| May low C = 25.2

| Jun low C = 24.5

| Jul low C = 24.0

| Aug low C = 24.0

| Sep low C = 24.0

| Oct low C = 23.9

| Nov low C = 23.8

| Dec low C = 23.4

| year low C = 24.1

|Jan record low C = 17.2

|Feb record low C = 16.1

|Mar record low C = 17.8

|Apr record low C = 17.4

|May record low C = 18.9

|Jun record low C = 19.5

|Jul record low C = 18.2

|Aug record low C = 16.6

|Sep record low C = 17.8

|Oct record low C = 17.0

|Nov record low C = 15.6

|Dec record low C = 16.9

|year record low C = 15.6

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 0.6

| Feb precipitation mm = 1.8

| Mar precipitation mm = 8.0

| Apr precipitation mm = 45.6

| May precipitation mm = 171.2

| Jun precipitation mm = 302.8

| Jul precipitation mm = 286.0

| Aug precipitation mm = 255.2

| Sep precipitation mm = 331.4

| Oct precipitation mm = 271.9

| Nov precipitation mm = 60.2

| Dec precipitation mm = 6.2

| year precipitation mm = 1741.0

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 0.2

| Feb precipitation days = 0.3

| Mar precipitation days = 0.9

| Apr precipitation days = 3.2

| May precipitation days = 9.3

| Jun precipitation days = 12.7

| Jul precipitation days = 14.6

| Aug precipitation days = 15.2

| Sep precipitation days = 15.0

| Oct precipitation days = 11.3

| Nov precipitation days = 3.1

| Dec precipitation days = 0.7

| year precipitation days = 86.5

|Jan humidity = 67

|Feb humidity = 67

|Mar humidity = 69

|Apr humidity = 72

|May humidity = 77

|Jun humidity = 79

|Jul humidity = 77

|Aug humidity = 78

|Sep humidity = 81

|Oct humidity = 81

|Nov humidity = 71

|Dec humidity = 68

|year humidity = 73.9

|Jan sun = 303.8

|Feb sun = 285.3

|Mar sun = 300.7

|Apr sun = 261.0

|May sun = 248.0

|Jun sun = 204.0

|Jul sun = 260.4

|Aug sun = 263.5

|Sep sun = 207.0

|Oct sun = 235.6

|Nov sun = 273.0

|Dec sun = 303.8

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|Jand sun = 9.8

|Febd sun = 10.1

|Mard sun = 9.7

|Aprd sun = 8.7

|Mayd sun = 8.0

|Jund sun = 6.8

|Juld sun = 8.4

|Augd sun = 8.5

|Sepd sun = 6.9

|Octd sun = 7.6

|Novd sun = 9.1

|Decd sun = 9.8

|yeard sun = 8.6

| source 1 = Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales{{Cite web

| url = http://srt.marn.gob.sv/norma_1991_2020.html

| title = Normales climatológicas 1991-2020

| publisher = Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales

| language = Spanish

| url-status = live

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240203182246/http://srt.marn.gob.sv/norma_1991_2020.html

| archive-date = 3 February 2024

| access-date = 3 February 2024

}}

|source 2 = Deutscher Wetterdienst (sun 1954–1966),

{{cite web

| url = http://www.dwd.de/DWD/klima/beratung/ak/ak_786500_kt.pdf

| title = Klimatafel von Acajutla / El Salvador

| work = Baseline climate means (1961–1990) from stations all over the world

| publisher = Deutscher Wetterdienst

| language = German

| accessdate = 2 May 2017}} Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)

{{cite web

| url = http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/index.php?page=stati&id=1868

| title = Station Acajutla

| publisher = Meteo Climat

|language = French

| accessdate = 2 May 2017}}

|date= March 2015

}}

Commerce

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Acajutla's deepwater harbor is the principal port, and for some types of shipping, there are two operational ports in El Salvador. Its port cargo loading facilities allow the marine shipment of a large portion of its major exports of coffee (40%), sugar, and Balsam of Peru. Its oil refinery is the nation's largest and it mainly refines petroleum imported from Venezuela.

Events

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They celebrate their traditional parties between the last days of May and 2 June as the main day.

One of the most important celebration is made between March and April when they celebrate the passion of Christ. In that day, people clean the roads and create decoratives images in the sand they bring from the beach, and at noon they begin the simulation of the passion from San Francisco de Asis church near Barrio La playa ending in the same location the next day in the early hours of the day.

On 24 October they make celebrations of the fishermen, in honor of San Rafael Arcangel, a day that is not highly concurred by citizens that take a little trip by fishing boat.

Footnotes

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Sources

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  • Meislin, Richard J. "5 Key Leaders of the Opposition Reported Kidnapped in Salvador." The New York Times. 23 October 1982. (via Proquest, 17 September 2006).
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