Arcatao
| Arcatao | |
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| Municipality | |
 Arcatao
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| Coordinates: 14°5′38″N 88°44′58″W / 14.09389°N 88.74944°WCoordinates: 14°5′38″N 88°44′58″W / 14.09389°N 88.74944°W | |
| Country |
 El Salvador
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| Department | Chalatenango Department |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.8 sq mi (66.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,126 ft (648 m) |
Arcatao is a very small town in the Department of Chalatenango, El Salvador.
Arcatao is located 32 km east from Chalatenango at the border with the Republic of Honduras in a small valley between the mountains: La Cañada and Caracol. Rivers include the Sumpul River, Lempa River, Zazalapa River and the Guayampoque River. Its little villages are: Cerro Grande, Eramon, Las Vegas, Los Sitios, Teosinte and Los Filos.
Population: 800 inhabitants in 1992, 2,895 in 2004 and about 2,990 in 2007.
The principal source of income comes from the agricultural sector. With its templated climate most of the year and the heavy rainfall during the winter season, the soil is rich in nutrients allowing the growth of many crops like: white corn, a variety of colored beans, rice, sugar cane, tomatoes, watermelons, squash, chayotes, cucumbers. Fruits include mangoes, cashews, jocotes, bananas, coconuts and paternas. Other industries are the manufacturing of iron implements, like: knives, machetes, shovels, etc. and manual artistic souvenirs. Also monetary aid received from relatives working outside of El Salvador.
One of the roads is semi-paved and goes north-west bound, linking with other villages like Nueva Trinidad, San Jose Las Flores and Los Ranchos. This road in the near future will be part of the Route (CA-3) which will benefit many other cities along the border with Honduras. This project will start in Metapan ending in La Union. The other road goes south-east, connecting with the City of Nombre de Jesus (The Name of Jesus). There is another road linking with Guarita in Honduras and other goes east, which connects to La Virtud in Honduras as well. Autobuses travel to Chalatenango and San Salvador daily.
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