Departments of El Salvador
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| Location |  El Salvador |
| Number | 14 |
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El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (Spanish: departamentos) for administrative purposes, subdivided into 262 municipalities (municipios). The country is a unitary state.
Departments
| Map | Flag | Coat of arms | Department | Capital | Area (km2) | Population (2013)[1] | Municipalities |
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Ahuachapán | Ahuachapán | 1,239.6 | 333,406 | 12 |
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Cabañas | Sensuntepeque | 1,103.5 | 164,945 | 9 | |
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Chalatenango | Chalatenango | 2,016.6 | 204,808 | 33 | |
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Cuscatlán | Cojutepeque | 756.2 | 252,528 | 16 | |
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La Libertad | Santa Tecla | 1,652.9 | 747,662 | 22 |
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La Paz | Zacatecoluca | 1,223.6 | 328,221 | 22 | |
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La Unión | La Unión | 2,074.3 | 263,271 | 18 | |
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Morazán | San Francisco Gotera | 1,447.4 | 199,519 | 26 | |
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San Miguel | San Miguel | 2,077.1 | 478,792 | 20 |
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San Salvador | San Salvador | 886.2 | 1,740,847 | 19 |
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San Vicente | San Vicente | 1,184.0 | 174,561 | 13 |
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Santa Ana | Santa Ana | 2,023.2 | 572,081 | 13 |
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File:Escudo de Sonsonate.svg | Sonsonate | Sonsonate | 1,225.2 | 463,732 | 16 |
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Usulután | Usulután | 2,130.4 | 366,040 | 23 |
See also
- El Salvador
- List of cities in El Salvador
- Municipalities of El Salvador
- Geography of El Salvador
- Ranked list of Salvadoran departments
- List of Salvadoran departmental capitals
- Salvadoran Departments by HDI
- Department (country subdivision)
- Municipality
- ISO 3166-2:SV
References
- ^ "El Salvador, General Information". GeoHive. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016.
