List of cities in El Salvador

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The list of cities in El Salvador provides an overview of the development of the population of the larger cities and municipalities of the Central American state of El Salvador .

Urban settlements by population

By far the largest agglomeration in El Salvador is San Salvador with a population of 1,566,629 (2007). This means that 27 percent of the country's population is concentrated in the capital region.

The following table contains the urban settlements with more than 10,000 inhabitants as well as the results of the censuses (VZ) of September 27, 1992 and May 12, 2007. The department to which the city belongs is also listed. The population figures relate to the respective urban settlement in the narrower sense - the geographical urban area - not to the city or municipality in the political sense.

(VZ = census)

rank Surname VZ 1992 VZ 2007 Department
1. San Salvador 415,346 316.090 San Salvador
2. Soyapango 261.122 241,403 San Salvador
3. Santa Ana 139,389 204,340 Santa Ana
4th San Miguel 127,696 158.136 San Miguel
5. Mejicanos 131,972 140.751 San Salvador
6th Apopa 88,827 131.286 San Salvador
7th Delgado 56,701 112.161 San Salvador
8th. Santa Tecla 98,392 108,840 La Libertad
9. Ilopango 79,069 103,862 San Salvador
10. Colón 1,469 91,212 La Libertad
11. Tonacatepeque 4,946 78.158 San Salvador
12. Cuscatancingo 35,139 66,400 San Salvador
13. San Martín 31,173 66.004 San Salvador
14th Ahuachapán 26,840 63,981 Ahuachapán
15th San Marcos 43,254 63.209 San Salvador
16. Usulutan 40,971 51,496 Usulutan
17th Sonata 46,830 49.129 Sonata
18th Chalchuapa 25,545 47,695 Santa Ana
19th Opico 5,640 44,986 La Libertad
20th Zacatecoluca 31,268 42.127 La Paz
21st Ciudad Arce 7,989 41,483 La Libertad
22nd Cojutepeque 38,230 41,072 Cuscatlán
23. Izalco 15,187 39,786 Sonata
24. San Vicente 29,455 36,700 San Vicente
25th Quezaltepeque 22,859 36,162 La Libertad
26th Ayutuxtepeque 20,137 34,710 San Salvador
27. Antiguo Cuscatlán 26,722 33,698 La Libertad
28. Nahuizalco 5,821 33,589 Sonata
29 Acajutla 18.008 25,237 Sonata
30th Sonzacate 12,219 25.005 Sonata
31. Armenia 11,864 23,994 Sonata
32. Ilobasco 18.092 23,778 Cabañas
33. La Libertad 13,338 23,103 La Libertad
34. Atiquizaya 7,498 20,864 Ahuachapán
35. Jiquilisco 7.223 20,270 Usulutan
36. San Antonio del Monte 7,227 19,982 Sonata
37. Metapán 15,148 19,356 Santa Ana
38. Aguilares 16,984 19,134 San Salvador
39. Santo Tomás 11,548 18,752 San Salvador
40. La Unión 21.091 18,046 La Unión
41. Zaragoza 9,298 18,035 La Libertad
42. San Sebastian Salitrillo 995 17,481 Santa Ana
43. Conchagua 2,458 17,025 La Unión
44. Chalatenango 15.306 16,976 Chalatenango
45. Nejapa 4,269 16,530 San Salvador
46. Panchimalco 5,357 16.164 San Salvador
47. Olocuilta 5,004 15,917 La Paz
48. Sensuntepeque 16,021 15,395 Cabañas
49. Gotera 12,659 15.307 Morazan
50. San Pedro Perulapán 1,257 14,988 Cuscatlán
51. El Congo 7,047 14,594 Santa Ana
52. Santiago de María 11,894 14,339 Usulutan
53. Guazapa 8,708 14,227 San Salvador
54. Juayúa 7,860 13,798 Sonata
55. Santa Rosa de Lima 10,480 13,640 La Unión
56. Coatepeque 4,568 13,340 Santa Ana
57. San Luis La Herradura 6,249 13,218 La Paz
58. San Pedro Masahuat 2,483 13,116 La Paz
59. San Francisco Menendez 987 12,396 Ahuachapán
60. Santiago Texacuangos 3,366 12,382 San Salvador
61. Santiago Nonualco 7,509 12,013 La Paz
62. San José Villanueva 7,247 10,737 La Libertad
63. Tecoluca 2,580 10,476 San Vicente
64. Jucuapa 8,388 10,468 Usulutan

Source: Dirección General de Estadística y Censos (DIGESTYC)

Municipalities by population

In El Salvador there are 267 municipalities ( municipios ). The communities - the largest is Metapán with 668.36 square kilometers - usually consist of several localities. The administrative area often includes both the central, mostly urban settlement that gives it its name, as well as the surrounding greater region, i.e. extensive rural areas.

The following table contains the communes with more than 30,000 inhabitants and the results of the censuses (VZ) of September 27, 1992 and May 12, 2007. The department to which the commune belongs is also listed. The population figures refer to the respective municipality within its political limits, without politically independent suburbs.

(VZ = population census, S = estimate)

rank Surname Area
in km² 		VZ 1992 VZ 2007 Department
1. San Salvador 72.25 415,346 316.090 San Salvador
2. Santa Ana 400.05 210.970 245.421 Santa Ana
3. Soyapango 29.72 261.122 241,403 San Salvador
4th San Miguel 593.98 191.116 218.410 San Miguel
5. Mejicanos 22.12 144,855 140.751 San Salvador
6th Apopa 51.84 109.179 131.286 San Salvador
7th Santa Tecla 112.20 113,698 121.908 La Libertad
8th. Delgado 33.42 109,863 120,200 San Salvador
9. Ahuachapán 244.84 85,460 110,511 Ahuachapán
10. Ilopango 34.63 90,634 103,862 San Salvador
11. Colón 84.05 49,570 96,989 La Libertad
12. Tonacatepeque 67.55 27,342 90,896 San Salvador
13. Opico 218.94 51,701 74,280 La Libertad
14th Chalchuapa 165.76 64,828 74,038 Santa Ana
15th Usulutan 139.75 64,326 73.064 Usulutan
16. San Martín 55.84 56,530 72,758 San Salvador
17th Sonata 232.53 77,773 71,541 Sonata
18th Izalco 175.90 54,595 70,959 Sonata
19th Cuscatancingo 5.40 57,485 66,400 San Salvador
20th Zacatecoluca 321.30 57,804 65,826 La Paz
21st San Marcos 14.71 59,913 63.209 San Salvador
22nd Ilobasco 249.69 53,513 61,510 Cabañas
23. Ciudad Arce 86.76 39,796 60,314 La Libertad
24. Metapán 668.36 49,950 59.004 Santa Ana
25th San Vicente 267.25 45,559 53,213 San Vicente
26th Quezaltepeque 125.38 46,693 52,643 La Libertad
27. Acajutla 166.59 47,678 52,359 Sonata
28. Cojutepeque 31.43 45.601 50,315 Cuscatlán
29 Nahuizalco 34.32 34,350 49,081 Sonata
30th Jiquilisco 429.99 37,646 47,784 Usulutan
31. San Pedro Perulapán 90.48 26,047 44,730 Cuscatlán
32. San Francisco Menendez 226.13 36,423 42,607 Ahuachapán
33. Panchimalco 89.97 32,457 41,260 San Salvador
34. Sensuntepeque 306.33 39.123 40,332 Cabañas
35. Santiago Nonualco 125.51 32,546 39,887 La Paz
36. Conchagua 209.09 33,332 37,362 La Unión
37. Coatepeque 126.85 38.198 36,768 Santa Ana
38. La Libertad 162.00 33,590 35,997 La Libertad
39. Armenia 65.64 23,813 34,912 Sonata
40. Ayutuxtepeque 8.41 23,810 34,710 San Salvador
41. La Unión 144.38 36,903 34,045 La Unión
42. Antiguo Cuscatlán 19.41 28,187 33,698 La Libertad
43. Atiquizaya 66.64 28,213 33,587 Ahuachapán

Source: Dirección General de Estadística y Censos (DIGESTYC)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City Population: Departments and Places in El Salvador
  2. ↑ GeoHive: Area and population of the communities of El Salvador ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geohive.com

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