Apaneca is a district in the Ahuachapán Department of El Salvador. The name means river of the wind in Nahuatl.

It has an area of 45.13 square kilometers. Its population is of 8,597 inhabitants (Estimated 2006). The municipality is divided in 7 cantons:

• El Saltillal

• Palo Verde

• Quezalapa

• San Ramoncito

• Taltapanca

• Tizapa

• Tulapa

Towns

• Santa Leticia

References

See also

• Concepcion de Ataco

• La Palma

• Antiguo Cuscatlan

• Ahuachapan, El Salvador