El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (Spanish: ''departamentos'') for administrative purposes, subdivided into 262
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
(''municipios''). The country is a
unitary state
A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority. The central government may create (or abolish) administrative divisions (sub-national units). Such units exercise only ...
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Departments
See also
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El Salvador
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List of cities in El Salvador
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Municipalities of El Salvador
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Geography of El Salvador
El Salvador is a country in Central America. Situated at the meeting point of three tectonic plates, it is highly seismologically active and the location of numerous earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The country has a tropical climate.
Plate t ...
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Ranked list of Salvadoran departments
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List of Salvadoran departmental capitals
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Salvadoran Departments by HDI
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Department (country subdivision)
A department (, ) is an administrative or political division in several countries. Departments are the first-level divisions of 11 countries, nine in the Americas and two in Africa. An additional 10 countries use departments as second-level div ...
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Municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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ISO 3166-2:SV
References
{{El Salvador topics
Subdivisions of El Salvador
Lists of subdivisions of El Salvador
Departments, El Salvador