Jiquilisco Bay

The coast around Jiquilisco Bay supported fisheries and salt production in the early colonial period. A tribute assessment of 1548 listed Usulután and Xilanguera, or Chilanguera, among the communities owing salt. The product thus entered colonial revenue demands as well as the exchange between coastal producers and inland consumers.

In his report of 1576, Diego García de Palacio described the southern coastal plains called Tivoga, extending toward the Lempa River, as rich fishing grounds with favourable conditions for making salt. His observation places fishing and salt resources together in the bay's surrounding coastal country.