Acajutla

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Acajutla Acaxutla
City
Acajutla Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°35′24″N 89°50′01″W / 13.59000°N 89.83361°W / 13.59000; -89.83361
Country	El Salvador
Department	Sonsonate Department
Area
• Total	166.59 km2 (64.32 sq mi)
Elevation	24 m (79 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	29,701
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)

Acajutla is a seaport city in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador. The city is located at 13°35′24″N 89°50′01″W / 13.59000°N 89.83361°W / 13.59000; -89.83361 on the Pacific coast of Central America and is El Salvador's principal seaport from which a large portion of the nation's exports of coffee, sugar, and Balsam of Peru are shipped. As a city, Acajutla is one of seventeen such districts in Sonsonate. As of 1992, the population of the city was 18,008.