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

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.