Cabañas Department

Cabañas
Location of cabañas in El Salvador
Data
Capital	Sensuntepeque
population	167,600 (Ber. 2017)
surface	1,104 km²
Population density	152 inhabitants / km²
structure	9
ISO 3166-2	SV-CA
Website	Amss.gob.sv

Cabañas is one of 14 departments in El Salvador and is located in the north of the country on the border with Honduras .

The capital of the department is Sensuntepeque . Cabañas was founded on February 10, 1873. The department received its name from General José de la Trinidad Francisco Cabañas Fiallos .

The main economic drivers in Cabañas are the cultivation of beans and sugar cane . A hydropower plant on the Río Lempa supplies the region with electricity.

Municipios

The Cabañas department is in turn divided into nine municipalities :

Cinquera Dolores Guacotecti Ilobasco Jutiapa

San Isidro Sensuntepeque Tejutepeque Victoria

Web links

• Cabins Guide
• http://www.amss.gob.sv/pages/municipios/cabanas.htm
• http://www.4elsalvador.com/departamento_de_cabanas.htm

Coordinates: 13 ° 54 ′  N , 88 ° 42 ′  W