Colon
in Departamento de La Libertad, El Salvador

How to get there and get around
Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
0.000 and 0.000 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 0° 0' 0" and E 0° 0' 0"
Currency and Currency Code:
Dollar - USD
Spoken languages:
Spanish
Local electricity:
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
Local Time: 11:17 AM (Tuesday)
Timezone: America/El_Salvador
UTC/GMT offset: -6 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
6:46 am and 6:53 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-12.116 and 96.895 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Bantam Village
References
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for El Salvador in Central America

Safety Score: 3,3 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to El Salvador.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning El Salvador. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03

Delve into Colon

The district Colon of in Departamento de La Libertad is a subburb in El Salvador a little west of San Salvador, the country's capital town.

If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Santa Tecla, San Salvador, Santa Ana, Sonsonate and Cojutepeque. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 20°C / 68 °F

Morning Temperature 18°C / 64 °F
Evening Temperature 19°C / 66 °F
Night Temperature 16°C / 60 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 68%
Air Pressure 1017 hPa
Wind Speed Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South
Cloud Conditions Scattered clouds, covering 40% of sky
General Conditions Scattered clouds

Wednesday, 4th of December 2024

23°C (73 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.

Thursday, 5th of December 2024

21°C (70 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.

Friday, 6th of December 2024

25°C (76 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, broken clouds.

Hotels and Places to Stay

Hotel Mango Inn

Address
6.170,0 mi
7 calle oriente, 7-8 Res Santa Monica
Santa Tecla
El Salvador

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Videos from this area

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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front

The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is, since 1992, a left-wing political party in El Salvador and formerly a coalition of five guerrilla organizations.

Located at 13.6909, -89.242 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.167 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Political parties in El Salvador, Communist parties in El Salvador, Salvadoran Civil War, Guerrilla organizations, Social democratic parties

La Libertad Department (El Salvador)

La Libertad is one of the departments of El Salvador and is located in the southwest of the country. The capital is Santa Tecla. It has 1,653 km² and a population of more than 780,400 people. It was classified as a department on January 28, 1865. The population was settled on the Ulliman Plains, which is where rubber is harvested. The city was called "Nueva Ciudad de San Salvador" (New City of San Salvador) and made the department's capital on the same date as the department was declared.

Located at 13.775, -89.359 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.175 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
La Libertad Department (El Salvador), Departments of El Salvador, States and territories established in 1865

Legislative Assembly of El Salvador

The Legislative Assembly is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador. The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 84 deputies, all of who are elected by direct popular vote according to open-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election. Of these, 64 are elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies, corresponding to the country's 14 departments, which return between 3 and 16 deputies each.

Located at 13.7061, -89.1994 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.164 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
National legislatures, Politics of El Salvador, Government of El Salvador, Unicameral legislatures

Joya de Cerén

Joya de Cerén (Jewel of Cerén in the Spanish language) is an archaeological site in La Libertad Department, El Salvador, featuring a pre-Columbian Maya farming village preserved remarkably intact under layers of volcanic ash. It is often referred to as the "Pompeii of the Americas", in comparison to the famed Ancient Roman ruins.

Located at 13.8275, -89.3692 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.176 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Archaeological sites in El Salvador, Visitor attractions in El Salvador, Maya sites in El Salvador, World Heritage Sites in El Salvador, Former populated places in El Salvador, La Libertad Department (El Salvador), 1976 archaeological discoveries

Teatro Nacional de El Salvador

Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, or National Theatre of El Salvador, is the oldest theatre in Central America. It began construction on November 3, 1911, by the French architect Daniel Beylard; and inaugurated March 1, 1917. It is of French Renaissance style with modern touches. It was decorated by the Italian architect Lucio Capellaro, and its Great Hall is one of the most beautiful and elegant in Central America.

Located at 13.6986, -89.1903 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.164 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Theatres in El Salvador, National theatres

Mejicanos

Mejicanos is a San Salvador suburb in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Mejicanos is a city located in San Salvador, El Salvador. At the 2009 estimate it had 160,751 inhabitants. It has been characterized by its typical food "Yuca Frita con Merienda". It has a municipal market, where the local citizens can buy groceries, vegetables, dairy products, meat, pupusas, etc. Many of the things available in the local market are produced in the surrounding villages, like vegetables.

Located at 13.7333, -89.2167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.166 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Populated places in El Salvador, Municipalities of the San Salvador Department

Armenia, Sonsonate

Armenia is a municipality in the Sonsonate department of El Salvador. The municipality is estimated to have over 24,000 residents. https://www. istartedachurch. com/content/armenia-sonsonate-el-salvador

Located at 13.75, -89.5 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.185 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Populated places in El Salvador, Municipalities of the Sonsonate Department

Academia Británica Cuscatleca

The Academia Británica Cuscatleca (ABC) is a selective, mixed bi-lingual and bi-cultural school from Pre-Kinder to Grade 12 situated in Santa Tecla, El Salvador. The school has some 1,450 students in the Primary and Secondary Schools. The student body is mainly Salvadorian with an increasing number of international students attending the school. One third of the teaching staff is British with the remainder largely Salvadorian.

Located at 13.6728, -89.2754 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.169 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
British international schools, Educational institutions established in 1970, Schools in El Salvador

San Salvador (volcano)

The San Salvador Volcano (also known as Quetzaltepec) is a stratovolcano situated northwest to the city of San Salvador. The crater has been nearly filled with a relatively newer edifice, the Boquerón volcano. The city of San Salvador is adjacent to the volcano and the western section of the city actually lies among its slopes.

Located at 13.734, -89.294 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.171 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Mountains of El Salvador, Volcanoes of El Salvador, Stratovolcanoes, Complex volcanoes

San José Villanueva

San Jose Villanueva is a small municipality in the Department of La Libertad, El Salvador. San Jose Villanueva has a population of 14,000 inhabitants (according to the PNC) and 9,896 inhabitants (according to SIBASI 2001). It is located in the south of the Department, bordered by the cities of Nuevo Cuscatlán to the north, Huizucar to the east, the port of La Libertad to the south and Zaragoza to the west.

Located at 13.5833, -89.2667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.169 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Populated places in El Salvador, Municipalities of the La Libertad Department (El Salvador)

Estadio Cuscatlán

Monumental Estadio Cuscatlán is a football stadium located in San Salvador, El Salvador. It is the largest stadium in Central America with a capacity of 39,023. The stadium is the home ground of the El Salvador national football team as well as club team Alianza FC.

Located at 13.6811, -89.2224 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.166 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Football venues in El Salvador, National stadiums, Buildings and structures in San Salvador

Central American University

"UCA" redirects here. For other uses of the name UCA, see UCA (disambiguation). “José Simeón Cañas” Central American University {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image=|size=|sizedefault=frameless|alt=}}Motto University for Social ChangeEstablished September 15, 1965Type Private Non-ProfitRector Andreu OlivaUndergraduates 8,000Postgraduates 664Location San Salvador, El SalvadorCampus Urban, 15 haNickname UCAMascot OwlAffiliations Society of JesusWebsite www. uca. edu.

Located at 13.6822, -89.2367 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.167 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Jesuit universities and colleges, Educational institutions established in 1965, Universities in El Salvador, San Salvador

San Andrés, El Salvador

San Andrés (formerly known as Campana San Andrés) is a pre-Columbian site in El Salvador, whose occupation began around the year 900 BC as an agricultural town in the valley of Zapotitán in the department of La Libertad. This early establishment was vacated by the year 250 because of the enormous eruption of the caldera of Lago Ilopango, and was occupied again in the 5th Century, along with many other sites in the valley of Zapotitán.

Located at 13.8006, -89.3894 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.177 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Mesoamerican pyramids, Maya sites in El Salvador, Former populated places in El Salvador, Visitor attractions in El Salvador

Señorío of Cuzcatlán

The Señorío of Cuzcatlán, or The Lordship of Cuzcatlán, was a pre-Columbian Nahuat nation of the Post-Classical period that extended from the Paz river to the Lempa river (covering most of the western and central zones of the present Republic of El Salvador), this was the nation of Pipils/Cuzcatlecs. No codices or written accounts survive that shed light on this señorío.

Located at 13.6667, -89.2333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.167 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
History of El Salvador, Pipil, Altepetl, Capitals of former nations

San Salvador Cathedral

The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Savior (Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador) is the principal church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador and the seat of the Archbishop of San Salvador. The church was twice visited by Pope John Paul II who said that the cathedral was "intimately allied with the joys and hopes of the Salvadoran people.

Located at 13.6983, -89.1908 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.164 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Roman Catholic cathedrals in El Salvador, San Salvador, Buildings and structures in San Salvador, Basilica churches in North America

Torre Cuscatlán

Torre Cuscatlán (Cuscatlán Tower in English; formerly known as Torre Democracia or Tower of Democracy) is one of the tallest buildings in San Salvador, El Salvador. Finished in 1989, it is 74 meters high and has 18 floors. Ricardo Jiménez Castillo, who is considered one of the most representative architects of El Salvador, was in charge of the building's design. It is influenced by modern style, using a complete glass cladding for the exterior.

Located at 13.7085, -89.241 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.167 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Buildings and structures in San Salvador, Skyscrapers in El Salvador, Buildings and structures completed in 1989

University of El Salvador

The University of El Salvador or Universidad de El Salvador (UES) is the oldest and one of the most prominent university institutions in El Salvador. It serves as the national university of the country. The main campus, Ciudad Universitaria, is located in the capital of San Salvador, but there are also branches of the university in other Salvadoran cities such as Santa Ana, San Miguel and San Vicente.

Located at 13.7183, -89.2031 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.165 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
University of El Salvador, Universities in El Salvador, Educational institutions established in 1841, San Salvador

Torre El Pedregal

Torre El Pedregal is the tallest building in El Salvador by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, located in Antiguo Cuscatlan. It was built by Grupo Roble. It is 28 stories or 112 m

Located at 13.7085, -89.241 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.167 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Buildings and structures in San Salvador, Skyscrapers in El Salvador, Skyscrapers between 100 and 149 meters

Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda

Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda (known as the National Gymnasium in some English sources) is an indoor sporting arena located in San Salvador, El Salvador. The capacity of the arena is 12,500 spectators. It is mainly used to host basketball and other indoor sporting events. It also hosted the Miss Universe 1975 competition.

Located at 13.6981, -89.21 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.165 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Indoor arenas in El Salvador

World Trade Center San Salvador

San Salvador World Trade Center consists of many buildings, the tallest being Torre Futura at 96 meters in height makes this tower one of the tallest buildings in El Salvador.

Located at 13.7085, -89.241 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.167 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Buildings and structures in San Salvador, World Trade Centers

Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo

Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo (English: Monument to the Divine Savior of the World) is a monument located on Plaza El Salvador del Mundo (The Savior of the World Plaza) in San Salvador City, El Salvador. It consists of a statue of Jesus Christ standing a global sphere of planet earth, placed on top of the tall four-sided concrete base pedestal. It is a landmark located in the country's capital San Salvador.

Located at 13.7013, -89.2244 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.166 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Buildings and structures in San Salvador, Statues of Jesus, Buildings and structures completed in 1942, 1942 sculptures

Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González

Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González is formerly known as Estadio Nacional "De la Flor Blanca", referring to the name of the suburb where it is located in San Salvador. It is a football stadium in El Salvador. It is named after Jorge Alberto González. It has a capacity of 32,000. The stadium was restored in 2001 to host notable sporting events in Latin America, the Central American and Caribbean Games in August 2002.

Located at 13.6983, -89.2154 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.165 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Football venues in El Salvador, Athletics (track and field) venues in El Salvador, Buildings and structures in San Salvador

El Boqueron National Park

Parque Nacional El Boquerón, or El Boqueron National Park, is located on top of the San Salvador Volcano at 5,905 feet (1800 meters) the park's main attraction is a crater 5 kilometers in diameter and 558 meters deep. In addition, there is a small crater within the crater named “Boqueroncito” (little Boquerón). El Boquerón has a cool temperate climate year round. The park is home to many plant species identified as ornamentals such as “cartuchos”, hydrangeas, begonias and wild “sultanas”.

Located at 13.7333, -89.2833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.170 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
National parks of El Salvador

Centro Comercial Galerias

The Centro Comercial Galerias is a shopping center in San Salvador, El Salvador. Among the mall's attractions is a mansion known as La Casona dating from the late 1950s and kept in perfect condition, which was home to a family of Palestinian origin. It is the only mall to have such an attraction. The complex is owned by Grupo Siman.

Located at 13.7085, -89.241 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.167 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Buildings and structures in San Salvador, Shopping malls in El Salvador

Embassy of Colombia, San Salvador

The Embassy of Colombia in San Salvador is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Colombia to the Republic of El Salvador; it is headed by the Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela. It is located in the Escalón neighbourhood of San Salvador. The Embassy is also accredited to Belize.

Located at 13.7118, -89.2472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6.168 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Diplomatic missions of Colombia, Diplomatic missions in San Salvador, Colombia–El Salvador relations