La Libertad Department
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1865 | ||||
| Capital | Santa Tecla | ||||
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1,653 km² Ranked 6th |
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| Population •(2006) |
842,624 Ranked 2th |
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| ISO 3166-2 | SV-LI |
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La Libertad is one of the departments of El Salvador and is located in the southwest of the country. The capital is Santa Tecla. It has 1,653 km² and a population of more than 780,400 people.
It was made a department on January 28, 1865. The new population was founded on Ulliman Plains - place where rubber is harvested - (Nahuat). The city was called "Nueva Ciudad de San Salvador" (New City of San Salvador) and made the department's capital on the same date as the department was declared.
The department's capital was renamed Santa Tecla on December 22, 2003.
[edit] Municipalities
- Antiguo Cuscatlán
- Chiltiupán
- Ciudad Arce
- Colón
- Comasagua
- Huizúcar
- Jayaque
- Jicalapa
- La Libertad
- Nuevo Cuscatlán
- Opico
- Quezaltepeque
- Sacacoyo
- San José Villanueva
- San Matías
- San Pablo Tacachico
- Santa Tecla
- Talnique
- Tamanique
- Teotepeque
- Tepecoyo
- Zaragoza
[edit] Gallery
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| Departments of El Salvador |  |
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| Ahuachapán | Cabañas | Chalatenango | Cuscatlán | La Libertad | La Paz | La Unión | Morazán | San Miguel | San Salvador | San Vicente | Santa Ana | Sonsonate | Usulután | |
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