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Map of El Salvador showing La Libertad department.

La Libertad is a department of El Salvador in the southwest of the country. The capital is Nueva San Salvador. It has 1652.88 km² and a population of more than 400,000 people.

It was made department on January 28, 1865. The new population was founded on Ulliman Plains - place where rubber is harvested - (Nahuat). The city was called "Nueva Ciudad de San Salvador" (New City of San Salvador) and made the department's capital on the same date as the department was declared.

The department's capital was renamed Santa Tecla on December 22, 2003.

Municipalities

Antiguo Cuscatlán
Chiltiupán
Ciudad Arce
Colón
Comasagua
Huizúcar
Jayaque
Jicalapa
La Libertad
Nueva San Salvador
Nuevo Cuscatlán
Opico
Quezaltepeque
Sacacoyo
San José Villanueva
San Matías
San Pablo Tacachico
Talnique
Tamanique
Teotepeque
Tepecoyo
Zaragoza

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 It was made department on January 28, 1865. The new population was founded on Ulliman Plains - place where rubber is harvested - (Nahuat). The city was called "Nueva Ciudad de San Salvador" (New City of San Salvador) and made the department's capital on the same date as the department was declared.
-The department's capital is most commonly known as Santa Tecla.
+The department's capital was renamed Santa Tecla on December 22, 2003.
 == Municipalities ==