Departments of El Salvador
administrative division
El Salvador is divided into 14 departments for administrative purposes. The departments are divided into a total of 262 municipalities. The country is a unitary state.
Departments
change# | Flag | Department | Capital | Area (km2) | Population [1] (2013) |
Municipalities |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ahuachapán | Ahuachapán | 1,239.6 | 333,406 | 12 | |
2 | Cabañas | Sensuntepeque | 1,103.5 | 164,945 | 9 | |
3 | Chalatenango | Chalatenango | 2,016.6 | 204,808 | 33 | |
4 | Cuscatlán | Cojutepeque | 756.2 | 252,528 | 16 | |
5 | La Libertad | Santa Tecla | 1,652.9 | 747,662 | 22 | |
6 | La Paz | Zacatecoluca | 1,223.6 | 328,221 | 22 | |
7 | La Unión | La Unión | 2,074.3 | 263,271 | 18 | |
8 | Morazán | San Francisco Gotera | 1,447.4 | 199,519 | 26 | |
9 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 2,077.1 | 478,792 | 20 | |
10 | San Salvador | San Salvador | 886.2 | 1,740,847 | 19 | |
11 | San Vicente | San Vicente | 1,184.0 | 174,561 | 13 | |
12 | Santa Ana | Santa Ana | 2,023.2 | 572,081 | 13 | |
13 | Sonsonate | Sonsonate | 1,225.2 | 463,732 | 16 | |
14 | Usulután | Usulután | 2,130.4 | 366,040 | 23 |
References
change- ↑ El Salvador at GeoHive Archived 2016-09-28 at the Wayback Machine