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3 unusual facts about Lake Ilopango


Ilopango

It is located near Lake Ilopango, the country's largest lake at 72 square kilometers.

Lake Ilopango

Lake Ilopango is a crater lake which fills a scenic 8×11 km (72 km2 or 28 sq mi) volcanic caldera in central El Salvador, on the borders of the San Salvador, La Paz, and Cuscatlán departments.

Quelepa

Although sites in western El Salvador were severely affected by the eruption of the Ilopango Volcano in the Early Classic, the only affect this had upon Quelepa was the cutting of trade routes into Mesoamerica.



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