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Cat Island
(Encyclopedia)Cat Island: see San Salvador, island. ...Watling Island
(Encyclopedia)Watling Island or Watlings Island: see San Salvador. ...Funes, Mauricio
(Encyclopedia)Funes, Mauricio (Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena), 1959–, Salvadoran journalist and politician, president of El Salvador (2009–14). A television reporter, he became known for his news reporting an...Recôncavo
(Encyclopedia)Recôncavo: see Bahia, state; Salvador, Brazil. ...Zacatecoluca
(Encyclopedia)Zacatecoluca säkätākōlo͞oˈkä [key], city (1993 pop. 28,192), S central El Salvador. The city was heavily damaged by an earthquake in 1932. ...Acajutla
(Encyclopedia)Acajutla äkäho͞otˈlä [key], town (1993 17,233), SW El Salvador, on the Pacific Ocean. It is a coffee and fishing port, a railroad terminus, and a resort. Sugar is an important export. ...Aylwin Azócar, Patricio
(Encyclopedia)Aylwin Azócar, Patricio īlˈwĭn äzōˈkär [key], 1918–2016, president of Chile (1990–94). A lawyer and the son of a Chilean supreme court president, Aylwin was a founder of the Christian Demo...Usulután
(Encyclopedia)Usulután o͞oso͞olo͞otänˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 38,138), S El Salvador. Near the volcano of the same name, the city is the commercial center of an agricultural region. ...Cojutepeque
(Encyclopedia)Cojutepeque kōho͞otāpāˈkā [key], city, capital of Cuscatlán dept., central El Salvador. It is ...Bahia, state, Brazil
(Encyclopedia)Bahia bäēˈyə [key], state, 216,612 sq mi (559,921 sq km), E Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean...Browse by Subject
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