San Vicente Department

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San Vicente
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Location of San Vicente in El Salvador
Data
Capital San Vicente
population 184.100 (Ber. 2017)
surface 1,184 km²
Population density 121 people / km²
structure 13
ISO 3166-2 SV-SV
Website Amss.gob.sv

San Vicente is one of 14 departments in El Salvador and is located in the central area of ​​the country with a narrow access to the Pacific .

The capital of the department is the city of the same name, San Vicente (official name San Vicente de Austria y Lorenzana ).

The department was founded on June 12, 1824.

San Vicente is also home to the 2,182 meter high San Vicente volcano (other name: Chichontepec ).

Municipios

The department of San Vicente is in turn divided into 13 municipalities :

Apastepeque Guadalupe
San Cayetano Istepeque San Esteban Catarina
San Ildefonso San Lorenzo
San Sebastian Santa Clara
Santo Domingo San Vicente
Tecoluca Tepetitán
Verapaz

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Coordinates: 13 ° 36 ′  N , 88 ° 42 ′  W