Verapaz,_El_Salvador

Verapaz, El Salvador

Verapaz, El Salvador

Municipality in San Vicente Department, El Salvador

For the departments of Guatemala, see Alta Verapaz and Baja Verapaz.

Verapaz is a municipality in the San Vincente department of El Salvador. Verapaz means 'true peace' (from Spanish 'verdadera' [true] and 'paz' [peace]). It has been the site of two recent natural disasters; an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Moment magnitude scale on 13 February 2001 and the 2009 Salvador floods and mudslides in November 2009.[1]

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References

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    Carmen Molina Tamacas (November 9, 2009). "Verapaz, el ave fénix que vuelve a sucumbir".

13°39′N 88°52′W


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