La Palma

La Palma is a picturesque village cool climate and beautiful scenery, characterized by its painted walls and the crafts that are manufactured on site. The most outstanding and common craft in the area are carved in wood with motifs representing the village of La Palma, painted with bright colors also work done on fabrics made ​​with very fine embroidery.

History

It emerged in the colonial era, its name comes from having been founded in a place formerly called The Palmita village located near the river Nonuapa. After a flood of that river in 1882, its inhabitants moved to the present place and founded the town of La Palma. In 1959, by legislative decree, reached the title of city of the same name, winning the administration of the cantons Los Horcones , Los Planes, Las Granadillas, El Gramal, San José Sacare, El Tunnel, El Aguacatal, and San Josecalera.

In the year of 1984 was the setting for the first attempts at dialogue and peace talks between the guerrillas and the government Salvadoreño. A of the most emblematic of his influence on the design of the craft of La Palma is the painter Salvador Fernando Llort, who taught the settlers, in 1973, the art “naive”, that is to represent moments of everyday rural life and the flora and fauna typical of the place, made in copinol seeds. In most of the houses there making workshops chests, picture frames, trays, key chains, crosses, holders and other items.

In the 1970s, Fernando Llort settled in the town, developing a cottage industry which constitutes the main source of local employment. The style is characterized mainly by palmeño Feedstock copinol seed, decorated with bright paint and abstract paintings with motifs of everyday life.

In addition, some artisans have changed the art and other crafts included. Fernando Llort has made significant exhibitions and his most important work to date has been to paint the front of the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador.

Location

La Palma is located 84 kilometers from San Salvador, 60 of Chalatenango and 8 kilometers from the border El Poy, that divides El Salvador to Honduras. To get to the back, you can do so through the CA-4, known as the Troncal del Norte.

It is a district municipality Tejutla, limited by and Citalá San Ignacio, located in the Department of Chalatenango. Their festivities are held in honor of the Virgin Mary from 13 to 21 February.

Tourism

Together with the municipality of San Ignacio, La Palma is part of Route Artisan. For over 30 years, its population has been devoted to producing decorative crafts using pine wood, fabric blanket and Copinol seeds as main raw materials. Artisans paint native motifs and full of color. There are about 100 craft shops in the town, half of which are devoted mainly for export. The traditional export growth in the municipality does not correspond to the national trend, still well above the rest of the country.

The mountain tours are part of the package tour, meandering trails allow you to walk in the forest and go in search of nature that refuses to die and where man can appreciate it in all its magnitude.

There are a number of hotels where you can enjoy a peaceful weekend. La Palma’s economy is based on making crafts. Some 75 percent of its population is engaged in this sector. Dozens of workshops are located along streets where materials such as leather work, pottery and cotton.

Nunuapa River, river town of La Palma, Chalatenango department. It is formed from the union of the river with the creek Talquezalar Las Cuevas, 4 kilometers to the southeast of the city of La Palma, runs from southeast to northwest and flows into the River Lempa. Get the influx of the rivers San Jose, Grande of La Palma, San Ignacio and streams of Brea, La palmita of Honeycomb.

Recreation Center “Mario Zamora Rivas”, popularly called “El Refugio”. This center is part of a government institution, is a benefit to workers and workers in the country is available to all who wish provided they have cabins (with advance reservation as much in demand). It is located at Kilometer 81, before reaching the city of La Palma.

Recently, the city of La Palma, placed third nationally in the contest of Pueblos Vivos 2010. From ChalatenangoSV.com recommend you visit this tourist town.

“Cradle of peace”

The First Dialogue for Peace in La Palma, Chalatenango, El Salvador, was a rapprochement between representatives of the Salvadoran government and the FMLN insurgency ± FDR on October 15, 1984 in the midst of the Civil War in the country.

On October 8, 1984 the then President of the Republic of El Salvador, Jose Napoleon Duarte, made ​​a surprise call to the then dialogical FMLN guerrillas against the General Assembly of the United Nations. Just the next day, the insurgents accepted the proposal. The meeting will give a history of strong opposition to hold a meeting with the rebels.

In the case, the former interim president, Alvaro Magana, had repeatedly expressed its refusal to engage in talks. Also, organizations such as the Productive Alliance El Salvador,

had stated that: “The dialogue or negotiation … is a maneuver to gain time, while reorganizing replenish their ranks and logistical resources expended in the long struggle with the army.” However, organizations such as the Salvadoran Episcopal Conference and the State Department of the United States supported the dialogue.

Among the representatives were lawyers guerrilla Guillermo Manuel Ungo and Ruben Zamora who arrived in the country aboard an Air Force plane Panama. The charge of transferring them to the place of negotiation was the then Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia in El Salvador, Luis Guillermo Velez.

After the meeting was scheduled a second round of talks held in Ayagualo, department of La Libertad. By Decree local Legislative Assembly, proclaimed as’ Cradle of Peace “to the town of La Palma.