El Salvador · El Salvador
La Unión
A port on the Gulf of Fonseca.
- Population
- 37,460 (2020)
- New port
- 2012
Then
- 1522
Pilot Andrés Niño discovers the Gulf of Fonseca.
- 1865
La Unión becomes a department capital.
- 2012
A new port, begun in 2005, is finished.
Now
This place also covers La Libertad and Amapala, across the gulf in Honduras.
3 tide stations around La Unión
- La Union (Cutuco)1.5 mi
- La Libertad1.8 mi
- Amapala13.3 mi