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El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south ...
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Cities

Over 100,000 or a High Human Development Index, and a high urbanization. AMSS = San Salvador Metropolitan Area *
Acajutla Acajutla is a seaport city in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador. The city 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 Ba ...
- Pop. 47,678 * Apopa - Pop. 217,733 (AMSSIOO) *
Antiguo Cuscatlán Antiguo Cuscatlán ''(colloquially known as Antiguo)'' is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador, and its eastern tip lays in San Salvador Department part of the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, southwest of San Salvado ...
- Highest HDI in the country (0.896-very high) Pop. 55,608 (AMSS) *
Ciudad Delgado Ciudad Delgado is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is a part of the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador (''Área Metropolitana de San Salvador'' or ''AMSS'') is a metropolitan ...
- Pop. 174,825 (AMSS) *
Cuscatancingo Cuscatancingo is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is located about from the city of San Salvador San Salvador (; ) is the capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the ...
- Pop. 117,013 (AMSS) * Ilopango - Pop. 159,232 (AMSS) *
Jiquilisco Jiquilisco is a city and municipality in the Usulután department of El Salvador. Sports The local football clubs are named C.D. Topiltzín and A.D. El Tercio and they currently play in the Salvadoran Second and Third Division respectivel ...
- Pop. 47,784 (AMSS) * La Unión - Pop. 26,739 *
Mejicanos Mejicanos is a San Salvador suburb 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 Fri ...
- Pop. 211,878 (AMSS) *
Metapán Metapán is a city and municipality in the Santa Ana department of El Salvador. Metapán is situated in the northern part of the department, bordering Honduras and Guatemala. It is the second largest city in the department after Santa Ana and is ...
- Pop. 59,004 * San Miguel - Pop. 218,410 *
San Salvador San Salvador (; ) is the capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, which comprises the capital it ...
- (capital) Pop. City 540,989; Metro 2,290,000 (AMSS) * Santa Tecla - Pop. 164,171 (AMSS) * Santa Ana - Pop. 280,000 * San Martin - Pop. 144,722 (AMSS) * Sonsonate - Pop. 110,501 *
Soyapango Soyapango is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Soyapango is a commercial center. The municipality is the third most populated area in the country, with 290,412 inhabitants. Soyapango is a satellite city of San Salvador ...
- Pop. 262,975 (AMSS)


Towns

Over 50,000, medium to low urbanization, or departmental capital. *
Ahuachapán Ahuachapán () 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. Situate ...
- Pop. 110,511 * Chalatenango - Pop. 29,271 *
Cojutepeque Cojutepeque () is the capital city of El Salvador's Cuscatlán department. It also served as the capital of San Salvador during several years. It also serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of Cojutepeque. Its popul ...
- Pop. 70,000 *
Nejapa Nejapa is a Municipalities of El Salvador, municipality in the San Salvador Department, San Salvador department of El Salvador. Traditions Las Bolas De Fuego One of the major traditions of Nejapa is ''Las Bolas De Fuego'' ("Balls of Fire"), ce ...
- Pop. 50,966 * San Vicente - Pop. 53,213 *
Tacuba Tacuba 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 Ahu ...
- Pop. 50,000 *
Usulután Usulután () is the fifth largest city in El Salvador, and capital of the Usulután Department in the south-east of El Salvador. As of 2006, it is estimated to have population of 71,636 people. Usulután rests in a rich agricultural valley and ...
- Pop. 71,636 *
Zacatecoluca Zacatecoluca () is the capital municipality of the La Paz Department of El Salvador. Located in Southern El Salvador, in the Rio Lempa valley, at the foot of San Vicente (Chinchotepec) Volcano. A commercial center for the surrounding agricultura ...
- Pop. 62,576


Villages

Within the range of 1,001 to 49,999 or have a really low urbanization. * Alegria - Pop. 15,000 *
Arambala Arambala is a municipality (''municipio'') in the Morazán Department of El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is b ...
- Pop. 1,821 *
Apaneca Apaneca is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador. It has an area of 45.13 square kilometers. Its population is of 8,597 inhabitants (Estimated 2006). The municipality is divided in 7 cantons: *El Saltillal *Palo Verde *Q ...
- Pop. 8,597 * Berlín - Pop. 15,000 *
Chirilagua Chirilagua is a municipality in southeastern El Salvador, in the department of San Miguel. It contains approximately 24,000 inhabitants as a result of census of 2007. The town is located on a mountain plateau adjacent to the Pacific Ocean. Ther ...
- Pop. 24,000 * Comasagua - Pop. 11,870 * Conchagua - Pop. 37,362 *
Concepción de Ataco Concepción de Ataco is a municipality and city within the Ahuachapán Department, El Salvador. It has an area of 61.03 km ² and a population of 18,101 inhabitants (est. 2006). The municipality administration is divided into 11 cantons, wh ...
- Pop. 18,101 * Juayúa - Pop. 24,465 *
Jujutla Jujutla is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the ...
- Pop. 39,596 * La Palma, Chalatenango - Pop. 24,000 * Nahuizalco - Pop. 49,081 * Santa Rosa de Lima - Pop. 27,693 *
Suchitoto Suchitoto is a municipality in the Department of Cuscatlán, El Salvador that has seen continuous human habitation long before Spanish colonization. Within its municipal territory, Suchitoto holds the site of the original founding of the Villa ...
- Pop. 24,786


See also

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Municipalities of El Salvador The municipalities or municipios of El Salvador correspond to the second level administrative division in the Republic of El Salvador which divide its departments. El Salvador contains 262 municipalities. The Municipal Code emitted in the Janu ...
* List of Salvadoran departmental capitals *
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 ...
* Salvadoran Departments by HDI


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El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south ...