San Pedro Nonualco is a District in the La Paz department of El Salvador.

The main economic activities of the population are the cultivation of oranges, lemons and musaceae, as well as basic grains such as corn and beans; in addition to various tropical fruits and livestock raising.

A part of the population migrates frequently, forming a diaspora abroad that resides mainly in the United States of America.

The epicenter of the earthquake recorded on February 13, 2001 took place in this District, which left a large part of the architectural vestiges of the urban area destroyed.

1807: The population was 526 people, ethnically divided as follows: 212 Indigenous and 314 Ladinos, which shows the progressive mixing of races of the settlers.

1833: The children of this town supported the Insurrection of the indigenous leader Anastasio Aquino, who was later proclaimed emperor of the Nonualcos.

In a report on material improvements in the department of La Paz made on January 16, 1854, Governor Eustaquio Guirola noted that in San Pedro Nonualco 93 yards of paving 3¼ yards wide were worked, a foundation was made next to it.

City Title and District Headquarters On April 10, 1912, the Legislative Assembly issued a decree by virtue of which the title of City was granted to the Villa de San Pedro Nonualco and it was established, at the same time, as the head of its own district; The decree was sanctioned by the government of President Manuel Enrique Araujo on April 13 of the same year.