Verapaz | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 13°39′N88°52′W / 13.650°N 88.867°W | |
Country | El Salvador |
Department | San Vicente Department |
Elevation | 2,162 ft (659 m) |
Verapaz is a municipality in the San Vincente department of El Salvador. Verapaz means 'true peace' (from Spanish 'verdadera' [true] and 'paz' [peace]). It has been the site of two recent natural disasters; an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Moment magnitude scale on 13 February 2001 and the 2009 Salvador floods and mudslides in November 2009. [1]
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Coordinates: 13°39′N88°52′W / 13.650°N 88.867°W