Departments of El Salvador

El Salvador is divided into 14 departments for administrative purposes. The departments are divided into a total of 262 municipalities. The country is a unitary state.

 Departments 
 500px|center|Map of the departments of El Salvador with names. #  Flag  Department  Capital  Area (km2)  Population El Salvador at GeoHive  (2013)  Municipalities 1  60px  Ahuachapán  Ahuachapán  1,239.6  333,406  12 2  60px  Cabañas  Sensuntepeque  1,103.5  164,945  9 3  60px  Chalatenango  Chalatenango  2,016.6  204,808  33 4  60px  Cuscatlán  Cojutepeque  756.2  252,528  16 5  60px  La Libertad  Santa Tecla  1,652.9  747,662  22 6  60px  La Paz  Zacatecoluca  1,223.6  328,221  22 7  60px  La Unión  La Unión  2,074.3  263,271  18 8  60px  Morazán  San Francisco Gotera  1,447.4  199,519  26 9  60px  San Miguel  San Miguel  2,077.1  478,792  20 10  60px  San Salvador  San Salvador  886.2  1,740,847  19 11  60px  San Vicente  San Vicente  1,184.0  174,561  13 12  60px  Santa Ana  Santa Ana  2,023.2  572,081  13 13  60px  Sonsonate  Sonsonate  1,225.2  463,732  16 14  60px  Usulután  Usulután  2,130.4  366,040  23

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