page_title: Chalatenango Department
section_title: Municipalities
hierarchical_section_title: Chalatenango Department / Municipalities
caption_attribution_description: Nieve en el Cerro El Pital (El Salvador)
context_page_description: Chalatenango is a department of El Salvador, in the northwest of the country. The capital city is also named Chalatenango. Chalatenango was made a department on February 14, 1855.
  The highest point in the country, El Pital with an elevation of 2730.06 m, is in Chalatenango Department.
context_section_description: Agua Caliente
  Arcatao
  Azacualpa
  Chalatenango
  Citalá
  Comalapa
  Concepción Quezaltepeque
  Dulce Nombre de María
  El Carrizal
  El Paraíso
  La Laguna
  La Palma
  La Reina
  Las Vueltas
  Nombre de Jesús
  Nueva Concepción
  Nueva Trinidad
  Ojos de Agua
  Potonico
  San Antonio de la Cruz
  San Antonio Los Ranchos
  San Fernando
  San Francisco Lempa
  San Francisco Morazán
  San Ignacio
  San Isidro Labrador
  San José Cancasque
  San José Las Flores
  San Luis del Carmen
  San Miguel de Mercedes
  San Rafael
  Santa Rita
  Tejutla
caption: El Pital mountain
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