Tecoluca

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Tecoluca
Municipality
Tecoluca in 2011
Tecoluca Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°32′N 88°47′W / 13.533°N 88.783°W / 13.533; -88.783
Country	El Salvador
Department	San Vicente Department
Area
• Total	110.5 sq mi (286.2 km²)
Elevation	750 ft (230 m)
Population (2024^[1])
• Total	26,656

Tecoluca is a municipality in the San Vicente department of El Salvador. The Terrorism Confinement Center, also known as CECOT, is a maximum security prison located in Tecoluca.^[2]

References

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↑ "VII CENSO DE POBLACIÓN Y VI DE VIVIENDA 2024" (PDF) (in Spanish). Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador. 2024. p. 565. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
↑ "El Salvador opens 40,000-inmate prison in 'war against gangs'". Sky News. 2 February 2023. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

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v t e San Vicente Department
Capital: San Vicente
Districts	Apastepeque Guadalupe San Cayetano Istepeque San Esteban Catarina San Ildefonso San Lorenzo San Sebastián Santa Clara Santo Domingo San Vicente Tecoluca Tepetitán Verapaz
Geography	Apastepeque Volcanic Field Bosque La Joya El Guayabo River Lempa River San Vicente Volcano
Landmarks	Cathedral of San Vicente Terrorism Confinement Center