San Salvador Department

For the department in Entre Ríos, Argentina, see San Salvador Department, Entre Ríos.

San Salvador
[[Image:|100px|Coat of Arms of San Salvador Department]] Flag Coat of Arms
Location
Statistics
Created (given current status)	1824
Capital	San Salvador
Area    •%	886 km²   Ranked 13th
Population    •(2006)	2,266,387   Ranked 1st
ISO 3166-2	SV-SS

San Salvador is a department of El Salvador in the west central part of the country. The capital is San Salvador, which is also the national capital. The department has North of the Rio Lempa Valley, the "Valle de las Hamacas" (Hammock Valley) and a section of Lake Ilopango. Some of the department's cities that are densely populated are: San Salvador, Ciudad Delgado, Mejicanos, Soyapango, Panchimalco and Apopa. The department covers an area of 886 km² and has a population of more than 2 million. It was classifed as a department on June 12, 1824. During the time of the colony, the department was the San Salvador Party, from where territory was taken to make the departments of Chalatenago, La Libertad, Cuscatlán and La Paz. This department produces beans, coffee, sugar cane, etc. for agriculture.

Municipalities

1. Aguilares
2. Apopa
3. Ayutuxtepeque
4. Cuscatancingo
5. Delgado
6. El Paisnal
7. Guazapa
8. Ilopango
9. Mejicanos
10. Nejapa
11. Panchimalco
12. Rosario de Mora
13. San Marcos
14. San Martín
15. San Salvador
16. Santiago Texacuangos
17. Santo Tomás
18. Soyapango
19. Tonacatepeque

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