Perquín | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | El Salvador |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in El Salvador |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | El Salvador |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Morazán Department |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Imelda Maribel Sorto |
Leader Party: | ARENA |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Coordinates: | 13.95°N -98°W |
Elevation M: | 1117 |
Perquín is a municipality in the Morazán department of El Salvador.
It is home to the Museum of the Revolution, which contains artifacts and exhibits related to the Salvadoran Civil War. Exhibits include a recreation of Radio Venceremos, a civil war-era opposition radio station that was broadcast throughout the country and re-broadcast via short wave radio throughout the world during the 1980s. Today Radio Venceremos is a commercial radio station called la RV.
Perquin is surrounded by coffee plantations and green pinegroves and hosts an annual festival that takes place during the first week of August.