Departments of El Salvador

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The Latin, North, and Central American state of El Salvador is divided into fourteen departments (departamentos) for administrative purposes which are in turn divided into 262 municipalities (municipios). The country is a unitary state.

Departments

#	Flag	Department	Capital	Area (km2)	Population (2013)
1		Ahuachapán	Ahuachapán	1,239.6	333,406
2		Cabañas	Sensuntepeque	1,103.5	164,945
3		Chalatenango	Chalatenango	2,016.6	204,808
4		Cuscatlán	Cojutepeque	756.2	252,528
5		La Libertad	Santa Tecla	1,652.9	747,662
6		La Paz	Zacatecoluca	1,223.6	328,221
7		La Unión	La Unión	2,074.3	263,271
8		Morazán	San Francisco Gotera	1,447.4	199,519
9		San Miguel	San Miguel	2,077.1	478,792
10		San Salvador	San Salvador	886.2	1,740,847
11		San Vicente	San Vicente	1,184.0	174,561
12		Santa Ana	Santa Ana	2,023.2	572,081
13		Sonsonate	Sonsonate	1,225.2	463,732
14		Usulután	Usulután	2,130.4	366,040

Regions

The departments are grouped into three regions for statistical and geographic purposes.
Western Region

• Ahuachapán
• Santa Ana
• Sonsonate

Central Region

• Cabañas
• Chalatenango
• Cuscatlán
• La Libertad
• La Paz
• San Salvador
• San Vicente

Eastern Region

• La Unión
• Morazán
• San Miguel
• Usulután

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
• Departments of El Salvador
• Department (country subdivision)
• Municipality
• ISO 3166-2:SV