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La Libertad Department (El Salvador)

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Map of El Salvador showing La Libertad department.
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

  1. Antiguo Cuscatlán
  2. Chiltiupán
  3. Ciudad Arce
  4. Colón
  5. Comasagua
  6. Huizúcar
  7. Jayaque
  8. Jicalapa
  9. La Libertad
  10. Nueva San Salvador
  11. Nuevo Cuscatlán
  12. Opico
  13. Quezaltepeque
  14. Sacacoyo
  15. San José Villanueva
  16. San Matías
  17. San Pablo Tacachico
  18. Talnique
  19. Tamanique
  20. Teotepeque
  21. Tepecoyo
  22. Zaragoza
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