The Sumpul River (Spanish: río Sumpul) is a river in north-western El Salvador on the border with Honduras. It flows through the Chalatenango Department.[1]
| Sumpul River | |
|---|---|
 Río Sumpul near Las Pilas, Chalatenango | |
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | El Salvador, Honduras |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 13°59′28″N 88°46′10″W / 13.99111°N 88.76944°W |
On 14 May 1980, the river and the nearby village of Las Aradas were the site of a massacre by the Salvadoran Armed Forces that left between 300 and 600 people dead.
References
edit- ↑ "Rio Sumpul". GeoNames. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2021.