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{{Short description|Stratovolcano between El Salvador and Guatemala}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Volcán Chingo
| photo = Chingo volcano.jpg
| photo_caption = Chingo in 1999
| elevation_m = 1775
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| map = Guatemala |relief=1
| map_caption = Location in Guatemala, on the border with El Salvador
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| label_position = right
| location = [[Jutiapa Department|Jutiapa]], [[Guatemala]]<br />[[Santa Ana Department|Santa Ana]], [[El Salvador]]
| coordinates = {{coord|14|07|12|N|89|43|48|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| type = [[Stratovolcano]]
| age = 
| last_eruption = Unknown
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'''Volcán Chingo''' is a [[stratovolcano]] on the [[El Salvador–Guatemala border|border]] between [[Guatemala]] and [[El Salvador]]. The highest point on the Guatemala/ El Salvador border is Volcán Chingo at 5,823 feet. It is also known to be the second highest of a group of volcanoes in the SE Guatemala region. The population of people living within 30 km of the Volcán Chingo is estimated to be around 867,678 people. There are no historical eruptions documented for this volcano but it is currently active. The exact volcano number when trying to locate it in the Smithsonian website is 342170.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=342170|title=Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Project}}</ref>[[File:Volcán Chingo.jpg|thumb|This aerial view is from the SW, the Guatemala side.]]

== Geology ==
This symmetrical stratovolcano has many different features that make it stand out to be the highest point on the [[El Salvador–Guatemala border|border]] between [[Guatemala]] and [[El Salvador]]. There is a small, oval shaped crater on the summit that is breached towards the west side of the volcano. Different flank fissures have fed many youthful lava flows that can be found West and North of the volcano. There is a light brown hill located below the volcano on the right center side that is known as Cerro Laguneta.  

The different rock types that can be found are Andesite/ Basaltic Andesite and Basalt/ Picro-Basalt.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Global Volcanism Program {{!}} Chingo|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=342170|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Smithsonian Institution {{!}} Global Volcanism Program|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Cerro La Olla.jpg|thumb|Cerro La Olla]]Cerro la Olla, a youthful cone, is located on the South side of the volcano across the Salvadorian border. A cinder cone that caps the basalt shield, Volcan las Viboras, lies to the North and is the most prominent of several controlled cones in the area. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://volcanoyt.com/volcano/1062/chingo|title=Chingo (Guatemala-El Salvador)}}</ref>

== Ecosystem ==
''[[Sobralia amabilis]]'' is an elusive flower located in the [[Guatemala]] [[El Salvador]] region. The ''Sobralia amabilis'' of "[[Orchidaceae]]" was registered near the top of '''Volcán Chingo''' and was the only recorded sighting in local [[Guatemala]]. Based on the findings of the ''Sobralia amabilis'' on the Volcán Chingo, ecologists speculate there could be other populations in the area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?pid=S1409-38712020000100001&script=sci_arttext&tlng=pt|title=The elusive Sobralia amabilis (Orchidaceae)}}</ref>

The valley underneath the Volcano chingo is home to nutrient rich soil perfect to grow [[Coffee bean|coffee beans]]. Peregrine Roasters grows coffee beans in the shade under ''[[Inga edulis]]'' trees at the base of the volcano. "Volcán Chingo", the name of the coffee, was farmed in the Jutiapa Region of Guatemala on the Marcelita Estate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peregrineroasters.com/product/guatemala-volcan-chingo/|title=Guatemala Volcán Chingo Peregrine}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of volcanoes in Guatemala]]
*[[List of volcanoes in El Salvador]]

== References ==
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{{Central American volcanoes}}

[[Category:Mountains of Guatemala]]
[[Category:Protected areas of Guatemala|Volcano]]
[[Category:Mountains of El Salvador]]
[[Category:Stratovolcanoes of El Salvador]]
[[Category:International mountains of North America]]
[[Category:Stratovolcanoes of Guatemala]]
[[Category:El Salvador–Guatemala border]]
[[Category:North American 1000 m summits]]


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