San Miguel () is a
department in the eastern part 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 northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south ...
. The capital is
San Miguel. The department is 2,077 km
2 in area and has a population of over 678,000.
Before the
Spanish conquest of El Salvador
The Spanish conquest of El Salvador was the campaign undertaken by the Spanish ''conquistadores'' against the Late Postclassic Mesoamerican polities in the territory that is now incorporated into the modern Central American country of El Salvado ...
, the territory that now consists of the departments of San Miguel,
La Unión and
Morazán was the
Lenca
The Lenca or Lepawiran "people of the jaguar" are from present day southwest Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America. They once spoke many Dialects such as Chilanga, Putun, Kotik etc. Although there were different dialects, they un ...
kingdom of Chaparrastique (Place of Beautiful Orchids).
San Miguel was first known as San Miguel de la Frontera. The city was founded by Luis de Moscoso on May 8, 1530, where it is now Santa Elena. On July 11, 1812, the city was given the title of "Noble y Leal Ciudad" (noble and loyal city). It was made a department on June 12, 1824.
It is the location of
Ciudad Barrios, the birthplace of
Archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdio ...
Óscar Romero
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago ...
.
Municipalities
#
Carolina
#
Chapeltique
#
Chinameca
#
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 ...
#
Ciudad Barrios
#
Comacarán
#
El Tránsito
El Tránsito is a municipality in the department of San Miguel, 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 bordere ...
#
Lolotique
Lolotique is a municipality in the San Miguel 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 t ...
#
Moncagua
Moncagua is a municipality in the San Miguel 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 ...
#
Nueva Guadalupe
Nueva Guadalupe is a municipality in the San Miguel 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 bordere ...
#
Nuevo Edén de San Juan
Nuevo Edén de San Juan is a municipality in the San Miguel department of El Salvador.
This is a small town of 1500 people in the northern part of El Salvador. This is the former home to Santana Vasquez.
Geography
It is bordered by the follow ...
#
Quelepa
Quelepa is an important archaeological site located in eastern El Salvador. Generally considered to have been settled by the Lenca people, the site was founded around 400 BC in the Late Preclassic period (500 BC - AD 250). The inhabitants cons ...
#
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
, image_map =
, mapsize = 220px
, map_caption = Interactive map of San Antonio
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = United States
, subdivision_type1= State
, subdivision_name1 = Texas
, subdivision_ ...
#
San Gerardo
San Gerardo is a municipality in the department of San Miguel, 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 ...
#
San Jorge
#
San Luis de la Reina
San Luis de la Reina (Saint Louis of the Queen) is a municipality in the San Miguel department of El Salvador. San Luis is an ecotourist destination.
In the late 18th century, the Ostucal Hacienda (Ostucal is Nawat for "houses in the ravine") ...
#
San Miguel
#
San Rafael
#
Sesori
#
Uluazapa
Agriculture
The products that are more cultivated are the basic grains, henequen and sugar cane, fruits, oleaginous seeds, mangrove, and grass. The upbringing of bovine, swinish, goat, and mule livestock exists and the upbringing of corral birds and of bees. Among the most important manufacturing, there is the elaboration of nutritious products, threads, yarns, drinks, cotton fabrics, clothes, leather articles, detergents, soaps, milk, and construction material.
Tourism
There are a few beaches in the San Miguel department, such as El Cuco.
References
El Salvador at GeoHive
Departments of El Salvador
States and territories established in 1824
{{ElSalvador-geo-stub