7-633: San Salvador ( Spanish pronunciation: [san salβaˈðoɾ] ) is a department of El Salvador in the west central part of the country. The capital is San Salvador , which is also the national capital. The department has North of the Rio Lempa Valley, the "Valle de las Hamacas" (Hammock Valley) and a section of Lake Ilopango. Some of the department's cities that are densely populated are: San Salvador , Ciudad Delgado, Mejicanos , Soyapango, Panchimalco and Apopa. The department covers an area of 886.2 square kilometres (342.2 sq mi) and
14-464: Is abolished and reincorporated into San Vicente. February 21, 1852: La Paz department is restored. February 8, 1855: Santa Ana department is separated from Sonsonate. February 14, 1855: Chaltenango department is separated from Cuscatlan. January 26, 1865: La Libertad department is separated from San Salvador. June 22, 1865: Usulutan and La Union departments are separated from San Miguel. February 12, 1869: Ahuachapan department
21-478: Is divided into 14 departments (Spanish: departamentos ) for administrative purposes, subdivided into 44 municipalities ( municipios ) and 262 districts. The country is a unitary state . 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
28-406: Is transferred to Sonsonate department. May 17, 1839: Cuscatlan'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. March 15, 1847: La Paz department
35-481: The headquarters of the electric companies are located in the San Salvador Department, last years these companies took a step and started exporting electricity to all Central America . The current mayor of the department is Ernesto Muyshondt (2015–2019) This El Salvador location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Departments of El Salvador El Salvador
42-662: The last census count in 2017 reported 2,404,097 people. It was classified as a department on June 12, 1824. During the time of the colony, the department was the San Salvador Party, from where territory was taken to make the departments of Chalatenago, La Libertad, Cuscatlán and La Paz. This department produces beans, coffee, sugar cane, etc. for agriculture, on the other hand San Salvador Department holds many headquarters for banking companies in El Salvador and Central America , and for many communication services, also
49-517: Was formerly part of Guatemala before this point. 1833-1834: A short lived Department of Tejutla was established from the districts of Metapan 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
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