El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (Spanish: departamentos) for administrative purposes, subdivided into 44 municipalities (municipios) and 262 districts. The country is a unitary state.
History
June 12, 1824: The first Salvadoran constitution within the Federal Republic of Central America establishes a territorial division of four departments, Sonsonate, San Salvador, San Vicente, and San Miguel. Sonsonate was formerly part of Guatemala before this point.
1833-1834: A short lived Department of Tejutla was established from the districts of Metapán and Tejutla in San Salvador.
January 22, 1835: The Federal District of San Salvador is separated both from San Salvador department and from the State of Salvador. The remainder of San Salvador department is renamed to Cuscatlan, and Metapan district is transferred to Sonsonate department.
May 17, 1839: Cuscatlán's Olocuitla district and San Vicente's Zacatecoluca district are combined into the new department of La Paz.
July 30, 1839: The Federal District of San Salvador is dissolved, and San Salvador department is reconstituted, combining the former federal district with Opico district of Cuscatlan.
! Municipalities
! Districts
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| Ahuachapán
| SV-AH
| Ahuachapán
| 1,239.6
| 348,880
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| 12
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| Cabañas
| SV-CA
| Sensuntepeque
| 1,103.5
| 143,049
| 2
| 9
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| Chalatenango
| SV-CH
| Chalatenango
| 2,016.6
| 185,930
| 3
| 33
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| Cuscatlán
| SV-CU
| Cojutepeque
| 756.2
| 244,901
| 2
| 16
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| La Libertad
| SV-LI
| Santa Tecla
| 1,652.9
| 765,879
| 6
| 22
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| La Paz
| SV-PA
| Zacatecoluca
| 1,223.6
| 318,374
| 3
| 22
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| La Unión
| SV-UN
| La Unión
| 2,074.3
| 224,375
| 2
| 18
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| Morazán
| SV-MO
| San Francisco Gotera
| 1,447.4
| 169,784
| 2
| 26
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| San Miguel
| SV-SM
| San Miguel
| 2,077.1
| 447,634
| 3
| 20
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| San Salvador
| SV-SS
| San Salvador
| 886.2
| 1,563,371
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| 19
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| San Vicente
| SV-SV
| San Vicente
| 1,184.0
| 161,857
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| 13
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| Santa Ana
| SV-SA
| Santa Ana
| 2,023.2
| 552,938
| 4
| 13
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| Sonsonate
| SV-SO
| Sonsonate
| 1,225.2
| 470,455
| 4
| 16
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| Usulután
| SV-US
| Usulután
| 2,130.4
| 325,494
| 3
| 23
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See also
- List of cities in El Salvador
- Municipalities of El Salvador
- Geography of El Salvador
- List of Salvadoran departments by Human Development Index
- Department (administrative division)
- ISO 3166-2:SV