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Fiestas Patronales de Mizata in Mizata
Mizata is a small coastal settlement on the La Libertad department shoreline, recorded in an 18th-century colonial survey as the pueblo of San Miguel Mizata. Today it is known primarily for the Mizata Point surf break, and independent confirmation of an actively organized modern fiestas patronales program for this specific hamlet is limited.
Mizata is a small settlement on the La Libertad department coast of El Salvador, documented in an eighteenth-century colonial survey as the pueblo of San Miguel Mizata, with an estimated 15 tributary indigenous residents at the time, sharing the same balsam, cotton, and cacao economy as neighboring San Pedro Teotepeque.