Colón is a municipality

Municipality

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 in the La Libertad department

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 of El Salvador

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Colón is surrounded by the municipalities of Santa Tecla, Quezaltepeque, San Juan Opico, Ciudad Arce, Sacacoyo y talnique. Before the municipality was known as El Guarumal, and was made a town on 20 August 1886, and a village (Villa) on 24 July 2986.

Cantons

The municipality has the central neighborhood and various cantons:
1. Botoncillal
2. Cobanal
3. Cuyagualo
4. El Capulín
5. El Limón
6. El Manguito
7. Entre Ríos
8. Hacienda Nueva
9. Las Angosturas
10. Las Brisas
11. Las Moras
12. Lourdes

Tourism

Colón has Los Chorros (a bathing resort) which was destroyed in the 2001 earthquake, reopened in March 2008.

Security

The municipality is considered to be one of the most dangerous in the country, reporting various homicides and notorious activity of gangs, locally called maras.