Usulután

The city of Ocelots

Usulután located in the eastern zone is one of the fourteen departments that make up the Republic of El Salvador.

Its head (main city) is Usulután that counts on a population of 73 064 inhabitants according to census of 2007, occupying the position number 15 in population. Its most important tourist attractions are the Usulutan volcano, the Alegría lagoon on the Tecapa volcano and the Jiquilisco bay, but the most picturesque city is the city of Jucuapa which has Cerro el Tigre, the freshness and the taste of the east The incomparable landscape of its coffee plantations and the warmth of its hospitable people that make of Jucuapa a unique city to the north of the department of Usulután with access in the North part by the Panamericana highway to only 118 kilometers of Capital City San Salvador and by the sector South By the Autopista Litoral crossing the Municipality of Santa Elena.

The department was created on June 22, 1865.

The Weather

Like all the coastal plain, the climate of the area is included within the climatic classification of Sabana Tropical Caliente of climatologist Koppen, or hot earth, according to Sapper Laver. The average annual precipitation is 1949 millimeters and is distributed mainly between the months of May to October with a typical decrease in the months of July and August. The average temperature varies from 25.9 ° to 28.1 ° C, with a maximum of 36.3 ° C (monthly average) recorded in March, and a minimum of 19.1 ° C recorded in December.

Municipalities

• Alegría
• Berlín
• California
• Concepción Batres
• El Triunfo
• Ereguayquín
• Estanzuelas
• Jiquilisco
• Jucuapa
• Jucuarán
• Mercedes Umaña
• Nueva Granada
• Ozatlán
• Puerto El Triunfo
• San Agustín
• San Buenaventura
• San Dionisio
• San Francisco Javier
• Santa Elena
• Santa María
• Santiago de María
• Tecapán
• Usulután

Demography

The department of Usulután according to the census of population of 2007, in terms of race the department had:

79.8% Mestizos

18.30% White

1.53% Others

0.05% Indigenous people

0.32% Black

Emblem

The formalization of the shield was granted on June 17, 1965, which was issued by the Ministry of Interior. However, until June 22 of the same year, along with the other symbols were declared as emblems of the department of Usulután.

This forms the sketch of the department, surrounded by an ear of corn, the first agricultural production of our Lenca ancestors; Then in the center the powerful hand of a worker and man of enterprise, raising with faith the new agricultural strength: coffee and cotton, and in the lower part, the paradisiac Bay of the Holy Spirit with the salt industry and the splendid fishing wealth.

Flag

It is composed of three horizontal stripes, in green the top, white the center and blue the bottom. The white strip carries twenty-three stars, which represent an equal number of municipalities. The white stripe symbolizes the peace and harmony of the Usulutean people; The green, the fertility of its soil; The blue, in addition to alluding to the limpid sky as benefactor, also reflects the immensity of the sea that bathes the shores of the usuluteco department.