Shalatenan

Shalatenan, later Chalatenango, lies in the hills north of the Lempa River. It was an indigenous town in the colonial province of San Salvador. In 1770 its parish included Arcatao, Concepción Quezaltepeque and other communities, as well as numerous estates and villages. A fair established in 1801 encouraged trade in indigo, then an important product of the district.