Nuevo Cuscatlán is a municipality of El Salvador, belonging to the department of La Libertad, it is located 13 kilometers from San Salvador. It borders to the north and east with Antiguo Cuscatlán, to the south with Huizúcar and San José Villanueva and to the west with Santa Tecla. For the year 2012 the municipality had an estimated population of 7,895 inhabitants, the territorial extension of the city is 15.61 square kilometers and maintains an average height of 920 meters at sea level. The territory formed by native plants has a dry tropical climate, its temperatures range between 18° and 32°C during the different times of the year. History On April 11, 1853, President Francisco Dueñas Díaz issued an executive agreement ordering the foundation of a town that bore the name of Joya Grande, land belonging to Don Francisco Escalón. Its first inhabitants came from Valle de la Joya, Antiguo Cuscatlán and other nearby places. On September 6, 1854, the agreement was finally formalized, assigning the place the name of Nuevo Cuscatlán. In the session of March 13, 1854, the Legislative Chamber approved the establishment of this municipality and broadly empowered the Executive Power, at that time chaired by Colonel José María San Martín, "so that, after the necessary reports, designate the limits of the jurisdiction of said town" and as of January 1865, the town becomes part of the department of La Libertad. According to the statistics of the department of La Libertad made by Governor José López on May 23, 1865, the population was 416 people. On September 7, 2005, it obtained the title of town. In 2016 the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, with the vote of all the political forces present, granted the title of city to the municipality of Nuevo Cuscatlán. Government The municipal government is exercised by a municipal council, integrated and presided over by a mayor, complemented by a trustee and several aldermen. Results of municipal elections in Nuevo Cuscatlán Economy Nuevo Cuscatlán has coffee as one of its main economic pillars, numerous coffee farms are located on the outskirts of the city. During the administration of Nayib Bukele, Boulevard Cuscatlán was inaugurated, which facilitated the connection and commercial connections between the municipalities of Huizúcar and Antiguo Cuscatlán. The investment allocated to this infrastructure work was $1.6 million, it has an extension of 743 linear meters and four lanes. Over the years, the