Businesses in Tacuba

Categories in Tacuba

Clothing stores Churches Hardware store Home Goods Store Housing Development Education Educational Institution Tourist Attraction Coffee Shop Grocery stores and supermarkets Ice Cream Shop Restaurants Free Clinic Condominium Complex Housing Complex Shopping Playground Housing Society

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Tacuba

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Churches	19
Education	16
Restaurants	11
Grocery stores and supermarkets	11
Cafes	7
Other accommodation	6
Shopping	6

Tacuba Facts

Area	138.9 km²
Population	35,721
Male Population	17,665 (49.5%)
Female Population	18,056 (50.5%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+202.7%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+31.8%
Median Age	18.5 years (Male: 17.8, Female: 19.2)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$8,343 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Central Standard Time
Lat & Lng	13.90111, -89.92972

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Tacuba Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	11,801	20,481	27,106	35,311	35,721	37,369	38,888
Population Density	85 / km²	147.5 / km²	195.2 / km²	254.3 / km²	257.2 / km²	269.1 / km²	280 / km²

* Projected

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

Tacuba Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 31.8% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Tacuba	+202.7%	+74.4%	+31.8%
Ahuachapán Department	—	—	—
El Salvador	—	—	—

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

Tacuba Median Age

Median Age: 18.5 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Tacuba	18.5 yrs	19.2 yrs	17.8 yrs
Ahuachapán Department	21.4 yrs	22.6 yrs	20 yrs
El Salvador	23.3 yrs	24.9 yrs	21.5 yrs

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

Tacuba Population Density

Population Density: 257 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Tacuba	35,721	138.9 km²	257 / km²
Ahuachapán Department	350,010	1,195.6 km²	293 / 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

Tacuba Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1790 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.

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

Tacuba Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$3,193	$3,563	$3,036	$3,386	$5,360	$6,128	$7,020	$8,343
Total GDP	$66.8M	$85.7M	$81.8M	$99M	$169.3M	$202.5M	$230.7M	$277.2M

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

Tacuba CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Tacuba	53,563 tn	1.5 tn	385.7 tons/km²
Ahuachapán Department	522,589 tn	1.49 tn	437.1 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

Tacuba CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	53,563 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	1.5 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	385.7 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	High (10)
Flood	High (9)
Earthquake	High (7.3)
Landslide	High (9)
Volcano	High (10)

* 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, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
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
4/14/19	3:32 AM	4.3	23.9 km	102,290 m	15km S of San Francisco Menendez, El Salvador	usgs.gov
11/9/18	2:22 PM	3.6	22.7 km	10,000 m	7km SSE of Atiquizaya, El Salvador	usgs.gov
4/29/18	5:19 PM	4.2	36.5 km	10,000 m	5km SE of Atescatempa, Guatemala	usgs.gov
3/21/17	8:44 AM	4.6	37.6 km	106,160 m	12km SW of Pasaco, Guatemala	usgs.gov
11/26/16	8:30 PM	4.9	37.7 km	109,590 m	8km WSW of Pasaco, Guatemala	usgs.gov
11/24/16	4:41 AM	4.4	33.5 km	110,980 m	9km SSW of Pasaco, Guatemala	usgs.gov
8/31/16	4:46 AM	4.2	29.2 km	2,090 m	5km SE of Jerez, Guatemala	usgs.gov
8/14/16	5:13 AM	4.8	10.2 km	139,100 m	10km N of Tacuba, El Salvador	usgs.gov
4/22/16	10:47 AM	4.3	36.7 km	86,530 m	26km SSW of San Francisco Menendez, El Salvador	usgs.gov
2/1/16	4:45 PM	4.5	10.3 km	130,720 m	10km N of Tacuba, El Salvador	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Tacuba

Tacuba is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador.

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