Aguilares, El Salvador

Aguilares
Municipality
Flag of Aguilares
Official seal of Aguilares
Aguilares is located in El Salvador
Aguilares
Aguilares
Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°57′N 89°11′W / 13.950°N 89.183°W / 13.950; -89.183
Country El Salvador
DepartmentSan Salvador Department
Area
 • Total
12.63 sq mi (32.72 km2)
Elevation
981 ft (299 m)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
73,300
Time zoneUTC-6

Aguilares is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador, located 33 km away from the city of San Salvador. The municipality measures 33.72 km² and as of 2006, had an estimated population of 73,300. Sugar cane cultivation is the major economic activity for the area.[citation needed]

The municipality is divided into five administrative divisions, called cantones: Florida, Las Tunas, Pinalitos, Pishishapa, and Los Mangos.[citation needed] It is bounded on the north by El Paisnal, on the east by Suchitoto (Cuscatlán Department) and Guazapa, to the south by Nejapa and Guazapa, and to the west by Quezaltepeque (La Libertad Department) and El Paisnal.