Businesses in Olocuilta

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Olocuilta

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Restaurants	53
Churches	25
Grocery stores and supermarkets	19
Education	17
Cafes	12
Shopping	8
Hardware store	8
Car repair	8
Bars, pubs and taverns	6

Olocuilta Facts

Area	57.0 km²
Population	39,659
Male Population	18,949 (47.8%)
Female Population	20,710 (52.2%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+494.0%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+70.4%
Median Age	22.7 years (Male: 21.2, Female: 24.1)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$10,457 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Central Standard Time
Lat & Lng	13.56972, -89.11722

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Olocuilta Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	6,677	14,952	23,273	38,888	39,659	41,573	43,393
Population Density	117.1 / km²	262.3 / km²	408.3 / km²	682.2 / km²	695.8 / km²	729.4 / km²	761.3 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Olocuilta Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 70.4% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Olocuilta	+494%	+165.2%	+70.4%
La Paz Department (El Salvador)	—	—	—
El Salvador	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Olocuilta Median Age

Median Age: 22.7 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Olocuilta	22.7 yrs	24.1 yrs	21.2 yrs
La Paz Department (El Salvador)	21.9 yrs	23.4 yrs	20.2 yrs
El Salvador	23.3 yrs	24.9 yrs	21.5 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Olocuilta Population Density

Population Density: 696 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Olocuilta	39,659	57 km²	696 / km²
La Paz Department (El Salvador)	341,026	1,216.6 km²	280 / km²
El Salvador	6.1 million	20,749.8 km²	295 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Olocuilta Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1870 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Olocuilta

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Olocuilta

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Olocuilta Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$5,632	$8,210	$9,654	$9,032	$10,692	$8,642	$8,634	$10,457
Total GDP	$101.8M	$185.4M	$264.8M	$284.7M	$381.6M	$329.6M	$339.8M	$419.1M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Olocuilta CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Olocuilta	72,061 tn	1.82 tn	1,264.2 tons/km²
La Paz Department (El Salvador)	547,520 tn	1.61 tn	450.1 tons/km²
El Salvador	10,116,208 tn	1.65 tn	487.5 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Olocuilta CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	72,061 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	1.82 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	1,264.2 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	High (9)
Earthquake	High (8)
Landslide	High (8)
Volcano	Medium (5)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Volcano Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BR8Q45.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
5/22/18	11:54 AM	4.2	31 km	76,690 m	8km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador	usgs.gov
2/3/18	1:02 AM	4.3	18.4 km	4,000 m	7km ENE of Ilopango, El Salvador	usgs.gov
1/11/18	6:19 PM	4.2	24.8 km	10,000 m	1km NNE of Tonacatepeque, El Salvador	usgs.gov
12/7/17	4:03 PM	4.4	23.4 km	178,740 m	3km S of Apopa, El Salvador	usgs.gov
4/23/17	3:51 PM	3.3	16 km	10,000 m	2km E of Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador	usgs.gov
4/10/17	11:53 PM	4.8	22.1 km	10,000 m	3km N of Soyapango, El Salvador	usgs.gov
4/10/17	11:52 PM	4.2	23.5 km	10,000 m	1km N of Ayutuxtepeque, El Salvador	usgs.gov
4/10/17	10:21 PM	3.4	25 km	5,500 m	4km W of Santa Tecla, El Salvador	usgs.gov
4/10/17	8:02 PM	3.5	19.9 km	6,390 m	1km SE of Santa Tecla, El Salvador	usgs.gov
4/10/17	2:13 AM	3.6	23.2 km	6,910 m	6km SW of Santa Tecla, El Salvador	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Olocuilta

Olocuilta is a municipality in the La Paz department of El Salvador, just a few kilometers down the highway from Santo Tomás. This town is well known for rice flour pupusas Since it is on the main highway which connects San Salvador with the airport ..

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