General info

Entity:
El Salvador
Capital:
San Salvador
Population (2008-07-01):
7,066,403 (CIA)
Area:
21,040 sq.km.
Country code:
sv
Region:
Central America

El Salvador

Administrative units

departamento capital area (sq.km.) population
1992-10-06
census
population
2007-05-12
census
source: Dirección General de Estadística y Censos, El Salvador.
Ahuachapán Ahuachapán 1,239.6 261,188 319,503
Santa Ana Santa Ana 2,023.2 458,587 523,655
Sonsonate Sonsonate 1,225.2 360,183 438,960
Chalatenango Chalatenango 2,016.6 179,132 192,788
La Libertad Santa Tecla 1,652.9 513,866 660,652
San Salvador San Salvador 886.2 1,512,125 1,567,156
Cuscatlán Cojutepeque 756.2 178,502 231,480
La Paz Zacatecoluca 1,223.6 245,915 308,087
Cabañas Sensuntepeque 1,103.5 138,426 149,326
San Vicente San Vicente 1,184.0 143,003 161,645
Usulután Usulután 2,130.4 310,362 344,235
San Miguel San Miguel 2,077.1 403,411 434,003
Morazán San Francisco Gotera 1,447.4 160,146 174,406
La Unión La Unión 2,074.3 255,565 238,217
total   21,040.2 5,120,411 5,744,113

Main cities

name population
1992-10-06
census
population
2007-05-12
census
San Salvador 415,346 316,090
Santa Ana 210,970 245,421
Soyapango 261,122 241,403
San Miguel 191,116 218,410
Mejicanos 144,855 140,751
Apopa 109,179 131,286
Santa Tecla 113,698 121,908
Delgado 109,863 120,200
Ahuachapán 85,460 110,511
Ilopango 90,634 103,862
Colón 49,570 96,989
Tonacatepeque 27,342 90,896
source: Dirección General de Estadística y Censos, El Salvador.