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La Unión (department) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 13 33 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 13.5500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 087 54 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -87.9000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Bounded by Honduras on the north, Río Goascorán on the east and the Gulf of Fonseca on the southeast; ranks high in national production of cattle, hogs, poultry, and cheese; gold and silver mining near San Sebastián; beach-resorts and ports also important to area's economy. |
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| La Unión (preferred,C,V,French)
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| La Unión, Departamento de (C,V)
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| Departamento de La Unión (C,V,O)
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| La Unión department (C,O)
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| ES07 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Union (C,U)
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| department (preferred, C) |
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formed in 1865 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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