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Encyclopedia > San Salvador Department
San Salvador
Image:SanSalvador flag.png
Location
Location of San Salvador Department in El Salvador
Statistics
Capital San Salvador
Area 886 km²
Ranked 13th
Population
(2006 census)		 2,297,282
Ranked 1st
Governor
(2006-2009)		 Violeta Menjívar (FLMN)
ISO 3166-2
Postal abbr.		 SV-SS
S.S

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. Image File history File links COA-SanSalvador. ... Image File history File links El_Salvador-San_Salvador. ... Coordinates: Country El Salvador Department San Salvador Municipality San Salvador Founded 1525 Seat of the Government 1546 Capital of the Nation 1839 Mayor Violeta Menjívar Area    - City 610 km²  - Urban 514 km²  - Metro 1,522,126 km² Population    - City (2005) 2,233,696  - Density 7,064/km² Website: http... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The following table presents a listing of El Salvadors 14 departments ranked in order of their surface area. ... The following table presents a listing of El Salvadors 14 departments ranked in order of their total population (based on 2006 population estimates). ... A list of the departments of El Salvador in alphabetical order. ... This article is about the Salvadoran capital city. ...


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 department on June 12, 1824. During the time of the colony, the department was the San Salvador Party, from where it was taken territory to make the departments of Chalatenago, La Libertad, Cuscatlan and La Paz.


This department produces beans, coffee, sugar cane, etc.


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


Aguilares is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Apopa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Ayutuxtepeque is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Cuscatancingo is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Delgado is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... El Paisnal is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Guazapa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Ilopango is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Mejicanos is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Nejapa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Panchimalco church Panchimalco is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Rosario de Mora is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... San Marcos is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... San Martín is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Coordinates: Country El Salvador Department San Salvador Municipality San Salvador Founded 1525 Seat of the Government 1546 Capital of the Nation 1839 Mayor Violeta Menjívar Area    - City 610 km²  - Urban 514 km²  - Metro 1,522,126 km² Population    - City (2005) 2,233,696  - Density 7,064/km² Website: http... Santiago Texacuangos is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Santo Tomás is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Soyapango is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ... Tonacatepeque is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ...

Departments of El Salvador Flag of El Salvador
Ahuachapán | Cabañas | Chalatenango | Cuscatlán | La Libertad | La Paz | La Unión | Morazán | San Miguel | San Salvador | San Vicente | Santa Ana | Sonsonate | Usulután

  Results from FactBites:
 
San Salvador Department - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (180 words)
SV-SS San Salvador is a department of El Salvador in the west central part of the country.
It was made department on June 12, 1824.
During the time of the colony, the department was the San Salvador Party, from where it was taken territory to make the departments of Chalatenago, La Libertad, Cuscatlan and La Paz.
San Salvador, El Salvador  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (344 words)
San Salvador, city, capital of El Salvador and its San Salvador Department, on the Ace Chaute River, in the central part of the country.
San Salvador is the site of the University of El Salvador (1841); the José Simeón Cañas Central American University (1965); the Dr. José Matías Delgado University (1977); colleges of music, social work, and agriculture; the National Library; and the National General Archive, housed in the National Palace.
San Salvador served as the capital of the United Provinces of Central America during the 1830s and has been the capital of El Salvador since 1841, except for the period from 1854 to 1859, when it was rebuilt after suffering great devastation during an earthquake.
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