Bosque Conchagua
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Bosque Conchagua is a coastal forest of the La Unión Department
, southeastern El Salvador
. It forms the landscape around the Conchagua
volcano. It lies south of La Unión
, opposite Isla Conchaguita and the Gulf of Fonseca
.
The forest is home to about 65 species of bird.
La Unión Department
La Unión is a department of El Salvador. It is located in the eastern part of the country and its capital is La Unión. It covers a total of 2,074 km² and has a population of 300,000. The department was created on June 22, 1865 and the city of La Unión was made its capital...
, southeastern El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
. It forms the landscape around the Conchagua
Conchagua (volcano)
Conchagua is a stratovolcano in southeastern El Salvador, overlooking the Gulf of Fonseca. Cerro del Ocote and Cerro de la Bandera are the two main summits, with Bandera appearing younger and more conical . There are active fumarolic areas on both peaks, but no confirmed historical eruptions. It...
volcano. It lies south of La Unión
La Unión, El Salvador
La Unión is a municipality in the La Unión department of El Salvador.It is the capital city of the Department of its same name. It is the largest city in the department also with a population of almost 26,739 inhabitants. On January 16, 2005 the government of El Salvador started building a new...
, opposite Isla Conchaguita and the Gulf of Fonseca
Gulf of Fonseca
The Gulf of Fonseca , part of the Pacific Ocean, is a gulf in Central America, bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.-History:Fonseca Bay was discovered in 1522 by Gil Gonzalez de Avila, and named by him after his patron, Archbishop Juan Fonseca, the implacable enemy of Columbus.In 1849, E. G...
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The forest is home to about 65 species of bird.