Tecoluca
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Tecoluca | |
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Municipality | |
 Tecoluca in 2011 | |
  Tecoluca Location in El Salvador | |
| Coordinates: 13°32′N 88°47′W / 13.533°N 88.783°W | |
| 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 maximum security prison is located in Tecoluca.[2] The Terrorism Confinement Center, also known as CECOT is a prison in Tecoluca that houses up to 40,000 inmates. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "'No way out': Grim conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison for gangs". France 24. 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
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