LA UNIN

city, eastern El Salvador. It is located at the northern foot of Conchagua Volcano (about 4,100 feet ), on La Unin Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Fonseca. The city's economic activity centres on a tortoiseshell industry, beach-resort facilities, and the nearby port of Cutuco, one of the country's largest ports. Situated along a spur of the Inter-American Highway, a section of the Pan-American Highway, La Unin is also the terminus of the International Railways of Central America, which link it with the Guatemalan Caribbean port of Puerto Barrios. Pop. (1987 est.) mun., 58,829.