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Nueva San Salvador
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Nueva San Salvador (nwā`vä sän sälväthōr`) or Santa Tecla (sän`tä tā`klä), city (1993 est. pop. 96,113), central El Salvador. It was founded in 1854 after the capital, San Salvador, was destroyed in an earthquake. San Salvador, 9 mi (14.5 km) away, was rebuilt, and Nueva San Salvador became a wealthy suburb. It is situated among coffee farms.
Nueva San Salvador 

(Santa Tecla), a city in El Salvador, on the Pan American Highway. Population, 56,000 (1972). The city is the center of a coffee-producing and trading region. Nueva San Salvador also has a textile industry.



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THE MATRIARCH OF A COFFEE FARM SETS OUT TO REBUILD HER HOME AND TOWN AFTER THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE IN EL SALVADOR On the morning of January 13, 2001, in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, the earth parted its jagged jaws and roared.
 
 
 
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