It is one of the nine municipalities that make up the San Salvador Metropolitan Area (AMSS).

The name of the municipality means "Armadillos Hill(or Mountain)" The current mayor for the period of 2009 to 2014 is Rafael Alejandro Nochez Solano a member of the Nationalist Republican Alliance party.

Creeks: Santa Maria, Arenal Ravines: De Morán, El Zapote, Barranca Honda, Chancala and Chicaguaste The main industry of the town, is the manufacturing of bricks and roof tiles, there is a garment factory, a chemical-pharmaceutical factory, a processor of sausages and small industries in abundance.

In the local trade, there are grocery stores, shops, pharmacies and other small businesses, mostly SMEs.

The trade is primarily done with the municipalities of Mejicanos, Apopa, Nejapa, San Salvador and others.