Departments of El Salvador

El Salvador
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El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (Spanish: departamentos) for administrative purposes, subdivided into 262 municipalities (Spanish: municipios). The country is a unitary state.

Departments

#FlagDepartmentCapitalArea (km2)Population [1]
(2013)
1AhuachapánAhuachapán1,239.6333,406
2CabañasSensuntepeque1,103.5164,945
3ChalatenangoChalatenango2,016.6204,808
4CuscatlánCojutepeque756.2252,528
5La LibertadSanta Tecla1,652.9747,662
6La PazZacatecoluca1,223.6328,221
7La UniónLa Unión2,074.3263,271
8MorazánSan Francisco Gotera1,447.4199,519
9San MiguelSan Miguel2,077.1478,792
10San SalvadorSan Salvador886.21,740,847
11San VicenteSan Vicente1,184.0174,561
12Santa AnaSanta Ana2,023.2572,081
13SonsonateSonsonate1,225.2463,732
14UsulutánUsulután2,130.4366,040

Regions

The departments are grouped into three regions for statistical and geographic purposes.
Western Region

  • Ahuachapán
  • Santa Ana
  • Sonsonate

Central Region

  • Cabañas
  • Chalatenango
  • Cuscatlán
  • La Libertad
  • La Paz
  • San Salvador
  • San Vicente

Eastern Region

  • La Unión
  • Morazán
  • San Miguel
  • Usulután

See also

References

  1. ↑ El Salvador at GeoHive Archived 2016-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.
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