Departments of El Salvador

El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (Spanish: departamentos) for administrative purposes, subdivided into 44 municipalities (municipios) and 262 districts. The country is a unitary state.

Department
Location El Salvador
Number14
Populations
Areas
Subdivisions

Departments
Map Flag Coat of arms Department ISO Code Capital Area (km2) Population (2013)[1] Municipalities Districts
Ahuachapán SV-AH Ahuachapán 1,239.6 333,406 3 12
Cabañas SV-CA Sensuntepeque 1,103.5 164,945 2 9
Chalatenango SV-CH Chalatenango 2,016.6 204,808 3 33
Cuscatlán SV-CU Cojutepeque 756.2 252,528 2 16
La Libertad SV-LI Santa Tecla 1,652.9 747,662 6 22
La Paz SV-PA Zacatecoluca 1,223.6 328,221 3 22
La Unión SV-UN La Unión 2,074.3 263,271 2 18
Morazán SV-MO San Francisco Gotera 1,447.4 199,519 2 26
San Miguel SV-SM San Miguel 2,077.1 478,792 3 20
San Salvador SV-SS San Salvador 886.2 1,740,847 5 19
San Vicente SV-SV San Vicente 1,184.0 174,561 2 13
Santa Ana SV-SA Santa Ana 2,023.2 572,081 4 13
Sonsonate SV-SO Sonsonate 1,225.2 463,732 4 16
Usulután SV-US Usulután 2,130.4 366,040 3 23

See also

References
  1. "El Salvador, General Information". GeoHive. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016.
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