Francisco Velásquez (born February 12, 1990 in La Barra de Santiago, Ahuachapán), better known as Frank, is a Salvadoran beach soccer player.
Since 1975, the Ahuachapán geothermal field has been in continuous and successful commercial operation.
Giovanni Trigueros Martínez (born 8 December 1966 in Ahuachapán, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer who played as a central defender for Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier League.
Originally from the department or province of Ahuachapán, in the west side of El Salvador, Omnionn (Agustin Anaya) has and continues to be one of the most progressive and innovative producers of hip hop and electronica in Latin America.
Turín was a football club based in Ahuachapán when it started a co-operation with FESA (Fundación Educando a un Salvadoreño).
San Francisco Menéndez, municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador
In El Salvador, Nawat is endangered: it is spoken mostly by a few elderly speakers in the Salvadoran departments of Sonsonate and Ahuachapán.