San Pedro Perulapán

San Pedro Perulapán
Municipality
San Pedro Perulapán Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°46′N 89°2′W / 13.767°N 89.033°W / 13.767; -89.033Coordinates: 13°46′N 89°2′W / 13.767°N 89.033°W / 13.767; -89.033
Country	El Salvador
Department	Cuscatlán Department
Elevation	1,965 ft (599 m)

San Pedro Perulapán is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department of El Salvador. San Pedro Perulapán is a town whose origins are pre-Columbian; it received the title of city on April 28, 1921.^[1] The Battle of San Pedro Perulapán occurred here on September 25, 1839, in which Francisco Morazán with 800 Salvadorans defeated 2,000 Honduran and Nicaraguan forces during the break-up of the Federal Republic of Central America.^[2] A bell tower in the town still has the bell whose toll announced the victory of the Salvadorans.^[1] The parish church contains an image of Saint Peter that still has the bullet hole it received during this battle.^[1] From the peak of the bell tower one can see the volcano of Guazapa.^[1]

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