Santa Tecla, Departamento de La Libertad, El Salvador

Alternative Names:	Ciudad de Nueva San Salvador, La Ciudad de Nueva San Salvador, Nuehva-San-Sal'vador, Nueva San Salvador, Santa Tecla, Santa Tekla, Santa-Tekla, santatekeulla, sheng te ke la, Σάντα Τέκλα, Нуэва-Сан-Сальвадор, Санта Текла, Санта-Текла, سانتا تکلا، ایل سیلواڈور, 聖特克拉, 산타테클라
Type:	Seat of a first-order administrative division - seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLC takes precedence over PPLA)
Mindat.org Region:	La Libertad Department, El Salvador
Region:	Departamento de La Libertad, El Salvador
Latitude:	13° 40' 36" N
Longitude:	89° 16' 46" W
Lat/Long (dec):	13.67694,-89.27972
Köppen climate type:	Aw : Tropical savanna, wet
Population:	124,694 (2012)
Mindat Feature ID:	3584257
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:3584257:8
GUID:	62bead2d-2e0e-4d7c-af36-5481fe798e25

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Izalco Volcano, Sonsonate Department, El Salvador	13° 48' 49" N	89° 37' 57" W	41.0km (25.5 miles)
Berlín, Usulután Department, El Salvador	13° 30' 0" N	88° 31' 59" W	83.0km (51.6 miles)
Coloal Mine, Ocotepeque Department, Honduras	14° 23' 27" N	89° 0' 36" W	84.5km (52.5 miles)
Berlín geothermal field, Berlín, Usulután Department, El Salvador	13° 31' 30" N	88° 30' 32" W	85.0km (52.8 miles)
Cerro Blanco Gold Project, Jutiapa Department, Guatemala	14° 21' 8" N	89° 39' 59" W	85.9km (53.4 miles)
Platanares geothermal area, Copán Department, Honduras	14° 40' 17" N	88° 58' 17" W	115.5km (71.8 miles)
San Andrés Mine, Copán Department, Honduras	14° 45' 51" N	88° 56' 30" W	126.3km (78.5 miles)
El Quetzal Mine (Quetzel Mine; Mina el Quetzal), San Agustín, Copán Department, Honduras	14° 46' 59" N	88° 58' 0" W	127.6km (79.3 miles)
Escobal Mine, San Rafael las Flores, Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala	14° 28' 4" N	90° 9' 51" W	129.8km (80.6 miles)
Monte Cristo Mine, El Divisadero, Morazán Department, El Salvador	13° 35' 59" N	88° 4' 11" W	131.0km (81.4 miles)
Divisadero Mine, El Divisadero, Morazán Department, El Salvador	13° 36' 2" N	88° 3' 30" W	132.2km (82.2 miles)
El Divisadero, Morazán Department, El Salvador	13° 35' 59" N	88° 2' 59" W	133.2km (82.7 miles)
Quebrada Seca, Jalapa Department, Guatemala	14° 46' 11" N	89° 52' 22" W	137.3km (85.3 miles)
San Sebastian mine, Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión Department, El Salvador	13° 38' 36" N	87° 55' 12" W	146.9km (91.3 miles)
Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión Department, El Salvador	13° 37' 0" N	87° 54' 0" W	149.2km (92.7 miles)
Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemala	14° 38' 5" N	90° 30' 24" W	169.9km (105.5 miles)
Sierra de las Minas, Motagua Valley, Guatemala	15° 9' 46" N	89° 51' 2" W	176.3km (109.5 miles)
Motagua Valley, Guatemala	14° 53' 39" N	90° 24' 3" W	181.4km (112.7 miles)
El Transito mine, Valle Department, Honduras	13° 30' 47" N	87° 35' 47" W	182.8km (113.6 miles)
El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras	14° 51' 28" N	88° 3' 1" W	186.6km (115.9 miles)
Las Piedras Cave, La Paz Department, Honduras	14° 19' 18" N	87° 40' 40" W	187.1km (116.3 miles)
Lake Yojoa, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras	14° 52' 18" N	87° 59' 25" W	192.2km (119.4 miles)
Fuego volcano, Escuintla Department, Guatemala	14° 28' 27" N	90° 52' 50" W	194.1km (120.6 miles)
El Retiro Mine (La Cebadia Mine), Salamá, Baja Verapaz Department, Guatemala	15° 6' 18" N	90° 18' 57" W	194.1km (120.6 miles)
El Jocote Mine, Pachalum, Quiché Department, Guatemala	14° 55' 35" N	90° 39' 16" W	203.1km (126.2 miles)
Toloxcoco Mine, Baja Verapaz Department, Guatemala	15° 3' 26" N	90° 31' 45" W	204.2km (126.9 miles)
Fenix Nickel Project (Eximbal Mine; El Estor Mine), El Estor, Izabal Department, Guatemala	15° 31' 34" N	89° 23' 23" W	206.0km (128.0 miles)
Palibatz, Joyabaj, Quiché Department, Guatemala	15° 0' 0" N	90° 40' 59" W	211.0km (131.1 miles)
Caquipec mine, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala	15° 23' 2" N	90° 9' 0" W	211.7km (131.5 miles)
Oxec Mine, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala	15° 33' 0" N	89° 43' 0" W	213.5km (132.7 miles)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Caribbean Plate	Tectonic Plate
Central America	Region
Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Central America
El Salvador	Country
La Libertad Department, El Salvador	Department

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
El Salvador, La Libertad, Nueva San Salvador	70.5.81.0.0.0

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