San Salvador Department (El Salvador)
San Salvador | |
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Location of San Salvador in El Salvador | |
Data | |
Capital | San Salvador |
population | 1,786,400 (2017) |
surface | 892 km² |
Population density | 2003 Ew./km² |
structure | 19th |
ISO 3166-2 | SV-SS |
Website | Amss.gob.sv |
Santa Cruz de Roma in Panchimalco in the department of San Salvador |
San Salvador is one of 14 departments in El Salvador . The state capital of the same name, San Salvador, is also the capital of the department.
The department was founded on June 12th 1824. The main crops in the department of San Salvador are beans , coffee and sugar cane .
In San Salvador there is also a 1893 meter high volcano of the same name.
Municipios
The Department of San Salvador is in turn divided into three districts (Santo Tomás, San Salvador and Tonacatepeque) and 19 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 |
Web links
- http://www.amss.gob.sv/pages/municipios/san_salvador.htm
- http://www.4elsalvador.com/departamento_de_san_salvador.htm
Coordinates: 13 ° 42 ′ N , 89 ° 12 ′ W