Nejapa, San Salvador Department, El Salvador
🇸🇻 Nejapa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.
Las Bolas De Fuego One of the major traditions of Nejapa is Las Bolas De Fuego ("Balls of Fire"), celebrated August 31st. The celebration has two origins, one historical and the other religious. The historical version explains that the local volcano El Playon erupted in November 1658 and forced the villagers of the old Nejapa village (known as Nixapa) to flee and settle at its current location. The religious version explains how Saint Jerome fought the Devil with Fire Balls.
Participants engage in a planned fire-fight to commemorate the volcanic eruption in 1922. Although this is quite dangerous, few bad injuries have been reported.
America/El_Salvador/Departamento_de_San_Salvador
Nejapa has a population of over 35,970 people. Nejapa also forms part of the wider San Salvador Metropolitan Area which has a population of over 2,404,097 people. Nejapa is situated 16 km north of San Salvador.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Nejapa has links with:
🇪🇸 Alcorcón, Spain 🇸🇻 Santa Ana, El Salvador🇹🇭 Nakhon Pathom 13.817
🇰🇭 Preah Vihear 13.817
🇹🇭 Nonthaburi 13.85
🇹🇭 Sao Thong Hin 13.865
🇹🇭 Lam Luk Ka 13.917
🇸🇻 Ahuachapán 13.917
🇵🇭 Batangas City 13.75
🇸🇻 Cojutepeque 13.717
🇸🇻 Antiguo Cuscatlán -89.233
🇨🇦 Thunder Bay -89.246
🇺🇸 Hattiesburg -89.3
🇸🇻 La Libertad -89.322
🇺🇸 Bay St. Louis -89.333
🇺🇸 Cape Girardeau -89.545
🇺🇸 Stevens Point -89.55
Locations Near: Nejapa -89.2285,13.8109
🇸🇻 San Salvador -89.178,13.697 d: 13.8
🇸🇻 Antiguo Cuscatlán -89.233,13.667 d: 16
🇸🇻 Cojutepeque -88.933,13.717 d: 33.6
🇸🇻 La Libertad -89.322,13.488 d: 37.3
🇸🇻 Chalatenango -88.933,14.033 d: 40.3
🇸🇻 Santa Ana -89.557,13.991 d: 40.7
🇸🇻 Zacatecoluca -88.867,13.5 d: 52.2
🇸🇻 Sonsonate -89.717,13.717 d: 53.8
🇸🇻 Ahuachapán -89.85,13.917 d: 68.1
🇸🇻 Ciudad Romero -88.45,13.35 d: 98.5
Antipodal to: Nejapa 90.772,-13.811
🇮🇩 Bengkulu 102.25,-3.783 d: 18332.9
🇮🇩 Bengkulu City 102.264,-3.792 d: 18332.4
🇮🇩 Liwa 104.083,-5.033 d: 18260.1
🇮🇩 Teluk Dalam 97.8,0.55 d: 18240.5
🇮🇩 Padang 100.355,-0.951 d: 18238.4
🇮🇩 Padang Panjang 100.429,-0.458 d: 18189
🇮🇩 Sawahlunto 100.777,-0.681 d: 18186.4
🇮🇩 Pringsewu 104.961,-5.356 d: 18198.7
🇮🇩 Bukittinggi 100.367,-0.3 d: 18178.6
🇮🇩 Bandar Lampung 105.267,-5.45 d: 18175.4