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Santa Rita, El Salvador

Field	Value
name	Santa Rita
settlement_type	District
image_skyline	File:Mural in Santa Rita, Chalatenango.jpg
imagesize	300px
image_flag	Flag of Santa Rita.gif
image_seal	Coat of Arms of Santa Rita.gif
pushpin_map	El Salvador
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_mapsize	310
pushpin_map_caption	Location in El Salvador
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	El Salvador
subdivision_type1	Department
subdivision_name1	Flag of Chalatenango.svg Chalatenango
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Chalatenango Centro
leader_title	Mayor
established_title	Established
established_date	1807 or 1822
established_title2	Disestablished
established_date2	12 May 1902
established_title3	Reestablished
established_date3	28 April 1903
named_for	Rita of Cascia
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	53.14
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2024
population_total	4298
population_density_km2	auto
utc_offset	–6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	383

Santa Rita is a district in the Chalatenango Department of El Salvador and is one of the largest municipalities of Chalatenango. It has a shoreline on Lake Suchitlán and is bordered by the municipalities of Comalapa, Dulce Nombre de María, Concepción Quezaltepeque, El Paraíso, and San Rafael.

History

Official reports record the town of Santa Rita being established in 1822, while according to Colonial Intendant Antonio Gutiérrez y Ulloa, it was established in 1807. Santa Rita was a part of San Salvador from its establishment until 13 May 1833, after which it was transferred to Chalatenango under the administration of Tejutla until being returned to San Salvador on 21 October 1833. In 1835, it was transferred to Cuscatlán and was incorporated into El Salvador in 1841.

On 1 November 1846, General Francisco Malespín defeated Salvadoran soldiers under Joaquín Peralta, who were loyal to President Eugenio Aguilar, in battle in Santa Rita during his war to retake the presidency. Santa Ana transferred a final time to Chalatenango in 1855. It was dissolved on 12 May 1902 and transferred to Dulce Nombre de María on the executive decree of President Tomás Regalado. President Pedro José Escalón reestablished the municipality through an executive decree on 28 April 1903. Another law was passed on 15 July 1919 that reinforced the existence of Santa Rita as separate from both Tejutla and Dulce Nombre de María.

On 17 March 1982, four Dutch journalists and four guerrillas of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) were massacred on the road from El Paraíso to Santa Rita by the Atonal Battalion during the Salvadoran Civil War.

Geography

Santa Rita has an elevation of 1,257 feet or 383 meters and is 20.52 square miles or 53.14 square kilometers large.

Population

|1890|1,090 |1956|2,241 |2007|5,985 |2024|4,298

Santa Rita had a population of 1,090 in 1890 and a population of 2,241 in 1956. In the 2007 census, Santa Rita had a population of 5,985 people, with only 400 or 6.7% living in urban areas and the remainder living in rural areas. There were 1,498 occupied homes with an average of 6 people per household. The 2024 census found that Santa Rita's population had decreased to 4,298.

Administrative divisions

Santa Rita is divided into four cantons and three caseríos:

Barillas
El Chilamate
San Nicolás Piedras Gordas
- El Tronconal
- La Rastra
- Tasajeras
Tobías

Mayors of Santa Rita

The following table lists all the elected mayors of Santa Rita from 1994 to 2024.

Mayor	Elected	Term of office	Political party	Ref.	Assumed office	Left office	Duration
Nationalist Republican Alliance}}"		María Luisa Mena de Guardado	[1994](1994-salvadoran-general-election)	1 May 1994	1 May 1997		Nationalist Republican Alliance
Nationalist Republican Alliance}}"		Adolfo Guardado Vásquez	[1997](1997-salvadoran-legislative-election)	1 May 1997	1 May 2000		Nationalist Republican Alliance
	Atilio López López	[2000](2000-salvadoran-legislative-election)	1 May 2000	1 May 2003		Social Christian Union
National Coalition Party (El Salvador)}}"		Adolfo Guardado Vásquez	[2003](2003-salvadoran-legislative-election)	1 May 2003	1 May 2006		National Conciliation Party
Nationalist Republican Alliance}}"		Ismael Romero Gutiérrez	[2006](2006-salvadoran-legislative-election)	1 May 2006	1 May 2024		Nationalist Republican Alliance
[2009](2009-salvadoran-legislative-election)
[2012](2012-salvadoran-legislative-and-local-elections)
[2015](2015-salvadoran-legislative-election)
[2018](2018-salvadoran-legislative-election)
[2021](2021-salvadoran-legislative-election)

References

Citations

Bibliography

References

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(26 January 2001). "From Madness to Hope: the 12–Year War in El Salvador: Report of the Commission on the Truth for El Salvador". [[Truth Commission for El Salvador.
"Tree Cover Loss in Santa Rita, Chalatenango, El Salvador". [[Global Forest Watch]].
Ministry of the Economy 1959, p. 216
Census 2008, p. 34
Census 2008, p. 79
(2024). "VII Censo de Población y VI de Vivienda 2024 Características de la Población". [[Government of El Salvador]].
(July 1994). "Memoria Anual de Labores – Correspondiente a 1994 y Memoria de Labores de las Elecciones de 1994". [[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador).
(1997). "Memorial Especial – Elecciones 1997". [[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador).
(2000). "Memorial Especial – Elecciones 2000". [[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador).
(2003). "Memorial Especial – Elecciones 2003". [[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador).
(2006). "Memorial Especial – Elecciones 2006". [[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador).
(June 2009). "Memorial Especial – Elecciones 2009". [[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador).
(2012). "Memorial Especial – Elecciones 2012". [[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador).
(2018). "Memorial Especial – Elecciones 2018". [[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador).
(2021). "Memorial Especial – Elecciones 2021". [[Supreme Electoral Court (El Salvador).

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