Morazan Department

Morazan
Location of Morazán* in El Salvador*
Data
Capital	San Francisco Gotera
population	203,800 (Ber. 2017)
surface	1,447 km²
Population density	141 inhabitants / km²
structure	26th
ISO 3166-2	SV-MO
Website	Amss.gob.sv

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

The capital of the department is San Francisco Gotera . The department takes its name from the former President of the Central American Confederation, José Francisco Morazán Quezada . Morazán was founded on July 14, 1875.

The Museo de la Revolución , which commemorates the civil war in El Salvador, is located in Perquín in the Morazán department .

The Cueva del Espíritu Santo cave is a national monument.

Municipios

The Morazán department is in turn divided into 26 municipalities :