The Bejucal is a small canton in the municipality of Sociedad, department of Morazán, El Salvador. It borders the cantons of El Penon and Las Animas. Its center is "El Valle", so called by its inhabitants because it is in the middle of many hills, this in turn is surrounded by small hamlets: Las Vegas, Trompina, Valle Nuevo and Los Flores.
Brief history The Bejucal, it is said, is old but no one remembers exactly when it was established, but it is known that the possible settlers were Escobares, Flores, and Blancos; these were the main families of the canton, even today the majority of the inhabitants have Escobar, Flores or Blanco roots. That is why today some villages have the name of the family that originally lived there. For example Los Flores or Las Vegas (Escobar's family originally but later most of his descendants decided to change the surname of his patriarch, Escobar, to his matriarch, Vega, since they considered his patriarch an adulterer because, while still married with his wife, had several lovers. Religion
In the Bejucal Catholicism predominates, concentrated in "The Valley" and different sextores of the different hamlets, but there are other protestant religions such as Apostles and Prophets, Pentecostés and Adventists of the Seventh Day, in all its hamlets. > Organization
The bejucal is composed of six hamlets that are trompina up, trompina down, new balle, cacala, escobar and vegas. there are three appointments one in trumpet up one in cacala and one in the escobar of are the ones that handle all the affairs of the place, is composed by a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a pro-secretary, a treasurer, and a pro-treasurer. Education
The Bejucal has one of the most prestigious schools in the area, the Canton El Bejucal School Center, which has taken first places in cleaning, order, organization and teaching given by the inspector of the Ministry of Education. As this school is very good, many students decide to leave their local schools and attending is causing severe damage to the attendance of their local schools. The achievements of this school have been made possible by the director Luis Antonio Mendez, who has been director since 1998, and the dedicated teachers of the school. The school has also become known at the Departmental and national level in the National Competitions, almost always winning at the municipal level and four times at the departmental level that was to participate at the national level with the student. spelling twice, and academic excellence once. being his master don luis antonio mendez.
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