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Fiestas Patronales de Usulutan in Usulutan
Usulutan's fiestas patronales run from November 17 to 24 each year in honor of the Virgen Santa Catalina de Alejandria, with public institutions closing across the eastern departmental capital during the eight-day celebration, giving the city's civic and religious calendar a rare full-week pause built around its patron saint.
Usulutan is the departmental capital of Usulutan, in eastern El Salvador, and its fiestas patronales each November are built around devotion to the Virgen Santa Catalina de Alejandria, a third-century martyr venerated widely across the Catholic world for her steadfastness under persecution.