This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this articlebyadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Sacacoyo" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Sacacoyo is a municipality in the La Libertad departmentofEl Salvador.
Sacacoyo
| |
|---|---|
Municipality
| |
 | |
  Sacacoyo Location in El Salvador | |
| Coordinates: 13°44′N 89°28′W / 13.733°N 89.467°W / 13.733; -89.467 | |
| Country |  El Salvador |
| Department | La Libertad |
| Elevation | 2,172 ft (662 m) |
The name Sacacoyo comes from the Nahua phrase "En el camino de coyotes y zacate" (in the path of coyotes and grass)[1] In 1890, Sacacoyo had a population of 1,870 people. In 1905, Sacacoyo was combined as part of Tepecoyo, but on 11 May 1907 was recreated as Sacacoyo by legislative decree.
Administrative divisions:[2]
Sacacoyo is made up of three cantons:
 | This El Salvador location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |