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948:"Cronología del proceso de diálogo 1980-1986"
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1185:"Piedra Cayahuanca"
1094:on October 26, 2007
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1412:Las Vueltas
1382:El Carrizal
1141:El Salvador
831:Lempa River
823:San Ignacio
792:Agriculture
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325:Lempa River
297:San Ignacio
235:El Salvador
152:El Salvador
127: /
1497:Santa Rita
1492:San Rafael
1407:Las Flores
1387:El Paraíso
995:2008-07-31
929:References
869:Los Planes
742:vegetables
242:guerrillas
196:Population
170:Government
159:Department
1556:Landmarks
1520:Geography
1392:La Laguna
1352:Azacualpa
837:Las Pilas
816:Miramundo
291:Geography
273:civil war
188:Elevation
1598:Category
1437:Potonico
1402:La Reina
1397:La Palma
1367:Comalapa
1325:Capital:
1244:July 31,
1221:July 31,
1195:July 31,
1169:July 31,
1143:(1994).
1124:July 31,
1098:July 31,
1072:July 31,
1040:Archived
1020:July 31,
958:July 31,
918:El Pital
902:See also
894:El Pital
882:Honduras
857:cabbages
829:and the
676:Average
671:(93.66)
656:(11.38)
651:(18.73)
646:(15.66)
641:(12.49)
636:(17.58)
631:(10.97)
602:Average
317:La Reina
305:Honduras
223:La Palma
90:La Palma
34:La Palma
1502:Tejutla
1347:Arcatao
1046:May 13,
913:Apaneca
853:lettuce
849:peaches
732:Economy
666:(0.22)
661:(1.99)
626:(3.20)
621:(0.76)
616:(0.59)
611:(0.07)
597:(62.2)
592:(59.7)
587:(61.5)
582:(63.5)
577:(63.9)
572:(63.9)
567:(63.7)
562:(64.2)
557:(64.4)
552:(63.0)
547:(60.4)
542:(59.0)
537:(58.6)
527:(70.5)
522:(67.6)
517:(68.5)
512:(70.2)
507:(70.7)
502:(71.2)
497:(71.4)
492:(71.6)
487:(72.9)
482:(73.6)
477:(71.6)
472:(69.4)
467:(67.5)
457:(82.0)
452:(79.2)
447:(78.8)
442:(79.7)
437:(80.8)
432:(82.2)
427:(82.4)
422:(81.5)
417:(84.0)
412:(86.9)
407:(86.2)
402:(83.5)
397:(80.1)
335:Climate
256:History
229:in the
209:Website
140:Country
115:89°10′W
112:14°19′N
1362:Citalá
886:Easter
827:Citalá
786:export
754:coffee
348:Month
321:Citalá
204:24,000
149:
750:beans
719:82.3
669:2,379
654:289.0
649:475.8
644:397.8
639:317.3
634:446.6
629:278.7
387:Year
225:is a
1246:2008
1223:2008
1197:2008
1171:2008
1126:2008
1100:2008
1074:2008
1048:2024
1022:2008
960:2008
876:The
855:and
760:Arts
752:and
746:corn
680:(%)
659:50.6
624:81.4
619:19.4
614:15.1
595:16.8
590:15.4
585:16.4
580:17.5
575:17.7
570:17.7
565:17.6
560:17.9
555:18.0
550:17.2
545:15.8
540:15.0
535:14.8
525:21.4
520:19.8
515:20.3
510:21.2
505:21.5
500:21.8
495:21.9
490:22.0
485:22.7
480:23.1
475:22.0
470:20.8
465:19.7
455:27.8
450:26.2
445:26.0
440:26.5
435:27.1
430:27.9
425:28.0
420:27.5
415:28.9
410:30.5
405:30.1
400:28.6
395:26.7
384:Dec
381:Nov
378:Oct
375:Sep
372:Aug
369:Jul
366:Jun
363:May
360:Apr
357:Mar
354:Feb
351:Jan
315:and
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689:74
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683:78
664:5.7
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