Concepción Batres

At the beginning of the last century it was known by the name of Río Batres, which divided the parties of Usulután and San Miguel.

On the banks of this valiant river, in the hacienda of the same name, in the jurisdiction of the town of Ereguayquín, a village or hamlet also called Batres was constituted.

During the administration of Mr. Jorge Meléndez and by Legislative Decree of March 5, 1920, the Batres canton was erected as a town, under the name of Concepción Batres, and the cantons of La Danta, San Ildefonso and Vado Marín, all segregated from the municipality of Ereguayquín, were annexed to its jurisdiction.

[citation needed] Concepción Batres has a territorial area of 119.05 square kilometers, has a population of more than 13,000 inhabitants and is 70 meters above sea level.

It has the title of City, granted in 1996 and is located at a distance of 118 kilometers from San Salvador.