San Salvador Department
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- For the administrative subdivision in Argentina, see San Salvador Department, Entre Ríos.
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| Created (given current status) |
1824 | ||||
| Capital | San Salvador | ||||
| Area •% |
886 km² Ranked 13th |
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| Population •(2006) |
2,266,387 Ranked 1st |
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| ISO 3166-2 | SV-SS |
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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 cities that are densely populated are: San Salvador, Delgado City, Mejicanos, Soyapango, Panchimalco and Apopa.
The department covers an area of 886 km² and has a population of more than 2 million.
It was made 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.
[edit] Municipalities
- Aguilares
- Apopa
- Ayutuxtepeque
- Cuscatancingo
- Delgado
- El Paisnal
- Guazapa
- Ilopango
- Mejicanos
- Nejapa
- Panchimalco
- Rosario de Mora
- San Marcos
- San Martín
- San Salvador
- Santiago Texacuangos
- Santo Tomás
- Soyapango
- Tonacatepeque
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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 | |
