List of cities in El Salvador
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Cities
Over 100,000 or a High Human Development Index, and a high urbanization.AMSS = San Salvador Metropolitan Area
- AcajutlaAcajutlaAcajutla is a seaport and municipality in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador. The town is located at on the Pacific Coast of Central America and is El Salvador's principal seaport from which a large portion of the nation's exports of coffee, sugar, and balsam are shipped. As a municipality,...
Pop. 47,678 - ApopaApopaApopa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.Probably the seventh biggest city in El Salvador with a little more than 150,000 people, the city has now collided with Soyapango and San Salvador, making it part of The Great San Salvador Metro- Geography :Hydography: The rivers...
Pop. 217,733 (AMSS) - Antiguo CuscatlánAntiguo CuscatlanAntiguo Cuscatlán is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador, southwest of San Salvador and to the east of Santa Tecla. Antiguo Cuscatlán is considered the richest and most urban municipality inside the "Metropolitan Area of San Salvador" as well as in the whole country.It...
- Highest HDI in the country(0.896-very high) Pop. 55,608 (AMSS) - Ciudad Delgado Pop. 174,825 (AMSS)
- CuscatancingoCuscatancingoCuscatancingo is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is located about 4 kilometers from the city of San Salvador and has a population of about 50,000.The geographical coordinates are -References:##...
Pop. 117,013 (AMSS) - IlopangoIlopangoIlopango is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is a few miles east of the nation's capital, San Salvador. It is located near Lake Ilopango, the country's largest lake at 72 square kilometers....
Pop. 159,232 (AMSS) - La Unión Pop. 26,739
- MejicanosMejicanosMejicanos is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.Mejicanos is a city located in San Salvador, El Salvador. At the 2009 estimate it had 160,751 inhabitants. It has been characterized by its typical food "Yuca Frita con Merienda"....
Pop. 211,878(AMSS) - MetapánMetapánMetapán is a municipality in the Santa Ana department of El Salvador.-Geography:The city of Metapan, next to the San Jose River, at 470 meters of height, is located at 46 kilometers to the north of Santa Ana city, joined together by a paved highway. The municipality extends beyond the city and into...
Pop.59,004 - San MiguelSan Miguel, El SalvadorSan Miguel is the fourth most populous city in El Salvador after Santa Ana and Soyapango and the second most important after San Salvador. It is located 138 km east of the capital, San Salvador. It is also the capital of the department of San Miguel and a municipality...
Pop. 218,410 - San Salvador (capital) Pop. City 540,989 Metro 2,290,000 (AMSS)
- Santa TeclaSanta Tecla, El SalvadorSanta Tecla is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador. It is the capital of the department of La Libertad.The city was named after Saint Thecla who was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul of Tarsus in the 1st century AD...
Pop. 164,171 (AMSS) - Santa AnaSanta Ana, El SalvadorSanta Ana is the second largest city in El Salvador, located 64 kilometers west of San Salvador, the capital city. Santa Ana has approximately 274,830 inhabitants and serves both as the capital of the department of Santa Ana and...
Pop 280,000 - San MartinSan Martín-People:*José de San Martín, national hero of Argentina, an 18th-century general and the main leader of the southern part of South America's struggle for independence from Spain...
Pop. 144,722 (AMSS) - Sonsonate Pop. 110,501.
- SoyapangoSoyapangoSoyapango is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Soyapango is a commercial center; it is home to a new modern mall called Plaza Mundo.The municipality is the third most populated area in the country, with 290,412 inhabitants...
Pop. 262,975 (AMSS)
Towns
Over 50,000, medium to low urbanization, or departmental capital.- AhuachapanAhuachapánAhuachapán is a city and municipality and the capital of the Ahuachapán Department in western El Salvador. The municipality including the city covers an area of 244.84 km² and as of 2007 has a population of 110,511 people...
Pop. 110,511 - ChalatenangoChalatenango, ChalatenangoChalatenango is a town and municipality in the Chalatenango department of El Salvador. It is the capital of the department.The coat of arms is actually the same as the department's, as is the flag....
Pop. 29,271 - CojutepequeCojutepequeCojutepeque is the capital city of El Salvador's Cuscatlán department. It also serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of Cojutepeque...
Pop. 70,000 - NejapaNejapaNejapa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is the city after Apopa and before Quezaltepeque. People from Nejapa Are known as Nejapenses. One of the major traditions of Nejapa is "Las Bolas De Fuego" . It is celebrated Every 31st of August. Las Bolas de Fuego has two...
Pop. 50,966 - San Vicente Pop. 53,213
- TacubaTacubaTacuba is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador.-Church Of Tacuba:It is located in Villa of Tacuba. It is head of the municipality of the same name in the department of Ahuachapán, at about 14 Kilometers of the city of Ahuachapán and at 700 meters over the sea level...
Pop. 50,000 - UsulutánUsulutánUsulután is the 5th largest city in El Salvador, and capital of the Department of Usulutan in the south-east of El Salvador. As of 2006, it is estimated to have population of 71,636 people.Usulutan rests in a rich agricultural valley....
Pop. 71,636 - Zacatecoluca Pop. 62,576
Villages
Within the range of 1,001 to 49,999 or have a really low urbanization, and keeps the colonial look of the country.- AlegriaAlegriaAlegria or Alegría or Allegria may refer to:-Places:*Alegria, Cebu, a municipality in the Philippines*Alegría, Madeira, a parish in Portugal*Alegria, Rio Grande do Sul, a city in Brazil...
Pop. 15,000 - ArambalaArambalaArambala is a municipality in the Morazán Department of El Salvador. As of 2003, it had a population of 2116....
Pop. 1,821 - ApanecaApanecaApaneca is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador.It has an area of 45.13 kilometers. Its population is of 8,597 inhabitants . The municipality is divided in 7 cantons:*El Saltillal*Palo Verde*Quezalapa*San Ramoncito...
Pop. 8,597 - BerlínBerlínBerlín is a municipality in the Usulután department of El Salvador.-Overview:The municipality of Berlín is made up of an urban center and 17 cantons or villages...
Pop. 15,000 - ComasaguaComasaguaComasagua is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador....
Pop. 11,870 - ConchaguaConchaguaConchagua is a municipality in the La Unión department of El Salvador. It contains the Conchagua volcano....
Pop. 37,362 - Concepción de AtacoConcepción de AtacoConcepcion de Ataco is a municipality and city within the department Ahuachapán, El Salvador. It has an area of 61.03 km ² and a population of 18,101 inhabitants ....
Pop. 18,101 - Tourist's favorite village. - JuayuaJuayúaJuayúa is a municipality in the Sonsonate department of El Salvador.Juayua is a quaint little town up in the mountains, founded in 1577. The town's central plaza faces an old white cathedral that features a black Christ statue. This statue is a sister statue to that of the revered Basilica of...
Pop. 24,465 - JujutlaJujutlaJujutla is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador....
Pop. 39,596 - La Palma, ChalatenangoLa Palma, ChalatenangoLa Palma is a municipality in the Chalatenango department of El Salvador. The municipality, located in a mountainous area of the country, covers an area of 131.89 km² and as of 2006 has an approximate population of 24,000....
Pop. 24,000 - village with coolest temperature (Daily Mean. 53F/12C Lowest Record 19.6F/-6C) - NahuizalcoNahuizalcoNahuizalco is a municipality in the Sonsonate department of El Salvador. It lies on the "flowers route" , 9 km from Sonsonate and 74 km from San Salvador, at 540 m above sea level on the southern part of the Apaneca-Ilamatepec mountain range.There are strong indigenous customs...
Pop. 49,081 - Santa Rosa de LimaSanta Rosa de Lima-Description:The city is named after St. Rose of Lima, born on 1586 in Lima . Its "fiestas patronales" are during the month of August, when the city gets full of vendors from around the country selling a wide range of articles and food. The city is also known as the "capital of commerce" in La...
Pop. 27,693 - SuchitotoSuchitotoSuchitoto is a municipality in the Cuscatlán department of El Salvador.Suchitoto is widely known throughout El Salvador for its church and for its cobblestone roads...
Pop. 24,786
See also
- Municipalities of El SalvadorMunicipalities of El SalvadorThe departments of El Salvador are divided into 262 municipalities or municipios. The municipalities are listed below, by department El Salvador is divided into fourteen administrative divisions called departments, the equivalent of states in the United States. Each department is administered by a...
- List of Salvadoran departmental capitals
- Geography of El SalvadorGeography of El SalvadorThe geography of El Salvador is unique among the nations of Central America. The country borders the North Pacific Ocean to the south and southwest, with Guatemala to the north-northwest and Honduras to the north-northeast. In the southeast, the Golfo de Fonseca separates it from Nicaragua...
- List of cities by country
- Size of cities in El Salvador
- Salvadoran Departments by HDISalvadoran Departments by HDIEl Salvador has a HDI of 0.659-medium and a population of est.8,173,402, it has the third highest population in Central America, but it has the smallest country, eight million people living on a country with an area of 21,000sq km The country has less resources but Salvadorans work hard to...