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Santa Ana , city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. There are textile and food-products industries. Nearby rises Santa Ana, or Ilamatepec, volcano (7,828 ft/2,386 m), the highest in El Salvador.

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Santa Ana, El Salvador Cihuatehuacán Now named after St Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary. The former Nahuatl name meant ‘Place of Holy Women’.

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