El Salvador · El Salvador
Acajutla
El Salvador's main seaport.
- Population
- 29,701 (2012)
- Breakwater
- 1961
Then
- 1524
Pedro de Alvarado wins the Battle of Acajutla and goes on to conquer El Salvador.
- 1961
A 338-metre breakwater opens in August.
Now
Much of the country's coffee and sugar ships from here, and its refinery is the nation's largest.