San Salvador Department

For the department in Entre Ríos, Argentina, see San Salvador Department, Entre Ríos.

San Salvador
Flag Coat of Arms
Location
Statistics
Created (given current status)	1824
Capital	San Salvador
Area    •%	886 km²   Ranked 13th
Population    •(2009)	2,985,387   Ranked 1st
ISO 3166-2	SV-SS

San Salvador is a department of El Salvador in the west central part of the country. The capital is San Salvador, which is also the national capital. The department has North of the Rio Lempa Valley, the "Valle de las Hamacas" (Hammock Valley) and a section of Lake Ilopango. Some of the department's cities that are densely populated are: San Salvador, Ciudad Delgado, Mejicanos, Soyapango, Panchimalco and Apopa. The department covers an area of 886 km² and has a population of nearly 3 million. It was classified as a department on June 12, 1824. During the time of the colony, the department was the San Salvador Party, from where territory was taken to make the departments of Chalatenago, La Libertad, Cuscatlán and La Paz. This department produces beans, coffee, sugar cane, etc. for agriculture, on the other hand San Salvador Department holds many headquarters for banking companies in El Salvador and Central America, and for many communication services, also the headquarters of the electric companies are located in the San Salvador Department, last years these companies took a step and started exporting electricity to all Central America.

• Largest City: San Salvador
• Smallest City: Rosario de Mora

Municipalities

1. Aguilares
2. Apopa

1. Ayutuxtepeque
2. Cuscatancingo
3. Delgado
4. El Paisnal
5. Guazapa
6. Ilopango
7. Mejicanos
8. Nejapa
9. Panchimalco
10. Rosario de Mora
11. San Marcos
12. San Martín
13. San Salvador
14. Santiago Texacuangos
15. Santo Tomás
16. Soyapango
17. Tonacatepeque