El Salvador: Administrative Division
Contents: Departments and Municipalities
The population of the departments (departamentos) and municipalities (municipios) of El Salvador according to census results and latest official projections.
Name | Status | Population Census 1992-09-27 | Population Projection 2007-06-30 | Population Projection 2020-06-30 | |
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Ahuachapán | Department | 261,188 | 329,248 | 375,796 | → |
Ahuachapán | Municipality | 85,460 | 113,882 | 135,325 | → |
Apaneca | Municipality | 7,750 | 8,639 | 8,399 | → |
Atiquizaya | Municipality | 28,213 | 34,611 | 35,646 | → |
Concepción de Ataco | Municipality | 13,903 | 13,176 | 12,831 | → |
El Refugio | Municipality | 5,105 | 8,420 | 13,019 | → |
Guaymango | Municipality | 17,299 | 19,618 | 21,593 | → |
Jujutla | Municipality | 26,975 | 29,471 | 32,339 | → |
San Francisco Menéndez | Municipality | 36,423 | 43,907 | 50,192 | → |
San Lorenzo | Municipality | 7,163 | 9,474 | 10,834 | → |
San Pedro Puxtla | Municipality | 6,680 | 8,010 | 8,673 | → |
Tacuba | Municipality | 20,744 | 30,769 | 35,116 | → |
Turín | Municipality | 5,473 | 9,271 | 11,829 | → |
Cabañas | Department | 138,426 | 155,892 | 174,094 | → |
Cinquera | Municipality | 574 | 1,532 | 1,345 | → |
Dolores | Municipality | 5,667 | 6,626 | 6,891 | → |
Guacotecti | Municipality | 3,914 | 5,794 | 7,562 | → |
Ilobasco | Municipality | 53,513 | 64,215 | 77,860 | → |
Jutiapa | Municipality | 7,178 | 6,873 | 6,237 | → |
San Isidro | Municipality | 9,468 | 8,139 | 8,125 | → |
Sensuntepeque | Municipality | 39,123 | 42,105 | 44,546 | → |
Tejutepeque | Municipality | 5,087 | 7,427 | 8,635 | → |
Victoria | Municipality | 13,902 | 13,181 | 12,893 | → |
Chalatenango | Department | 177,320 | 198,049 | 210,845 | → |
Agua Caliente | Municipality | 8,460 | 8,486 | 8,726 | → |
Arcatao | Municipality | 2,242 | 3,026 | 2,399 | → |
Azacualpa | Municipality | 1,540 | 1,167 | 1,022 | → |
Cancasque (San José Cancasque) | Municipality | 1,486 | 1,799 | 1,469 | → |
Chalatenango | Municipality | 29,048 | 30,070 | 32,272 | → |
Citalá | Municipality | 4,822 | 4,278 | 4,026 | → |
Comalapa | Municipality | 4,237 | 3,078 | 2,769 | → |
Concepción Quezaltepeque | Municipality | 6,295 | 6,633 | 7,006 | → |
Dulce Nombre de María | Municipality | 5,503 | 5,189 | 4,957 | → |
El Carrizal | Municipality | 2,757 | 2,531 | 2,480 | → |
El Paraíso | Municipality | 9,979 | 10,769 | 14,612 | → |
La Laguna | Municipality | 4,572 | 4,030 | 4,078 | → |
La Palma | Municipality | 10,632 | 12,569 | 14,543 | → |
La Reina | Municipality | 7,635 | 9,785 | 10,588 | → |
Las Flores (San José Las Flores) | Municipality | 1,490 | 1,626 | 1,208 | → |
Las Vueltas | Municipality | 1,040 | 966 | 608 | → |
Nombre de Jesús | Municipality | 4,341 | 4,606 | 4,446 | → |
Nueva Concepción | Municipality | 27,321 | 29,406 | 32,091 | → |
Nueva Trinidad | Municipality | 1,168 | 1,719 | 1,221 | → |
Ojos de Agua | Municipality | 3,175 | 3,767 | 3,797 | → |
Potonico | Municipality | 1,582 | 1,629 | 1,240 | → |
San Antonio de la Cruz | Municipality | 1,779 | 1,905 | 1,614 | → |
San Antonio los Ranchos | Municipality | 1,031 | 1,663 | 1,613 | → |
San Fernando | Municipality | ... | 2,664 | 3,070 | → |
San Francisco Lempa | Municipality | 919 | 886 | 805 | → |
San Francisco Morazán | Municipality | 2,279 | 4,026 | 4,161 | → |
San Ignacio | Municipality | 6,560 | 8,846 | 10,591 | → |
San Isidro Labrador | Municipality | 121 | 2,663 | 2,685 | → |
San Luis del Carmen | Municipality | 1,363 | 1,205 | 927 | → |
San Miguel de Mercedes | Municipality | 2,204 | 2,555 | 2,565 | → |
San Rafael | Municipality | 4,318 | 4,380 | 4,539 | → |
Santa Rita | Municipality | 4,508 | 6,148 | 7,367 | → |
Tejutla | Municipality | 12,913 | 13,979 | 15,350 | → |
Cuscatlán | Department | 178,502 | 237,270 | 276,004 | → |
Candelaria | Municipality | 9,634 | 10,342 | 11,583 | → |
Cojutepeque | Municipality | 45,601 | 51,573 | 59,909 | → |
El Carmen | Municipality | 12,456 | 13,679 | 16,960 | → |
El Rosario | Municipality | 3,679 | 4,326 | 5,210 | → |
Monte San Juan | Municipality | 8,251 | 10,480 | 12,145 | → |
Oratorio de Concepción | Municipality | 2,368 | 3,667 | 4,278 | → |
San Bartolomé Perulapía | Municipality | 5,658 | 8,260 | 10,501 | → |
San Cristóbal | Municipality | 7,130 | 8,524 | 10,375 | → |
San José Guayabal | Municipality | 9,915 | 9,533 | 9,132 | → |
San Pedro Perulapán | Municipality | 26,047 | 45,848 | 55,797 | → |
San Rafael Cedros | Municipality | 11,735 | 17,496 | 23,211 | → |
San Ramón | Municipality | 4,632 | 6,449 | 7,922 | → |
Santa Cruz Analquito | Municipality | 2,271 | 2,650 | 3,033 | → |
Santa Cruz Michapa | Municipality | 9,942 | 12,085 | 16,367 | → |
Suchitoto | Municipality | 13,850 | 25,406 | 23,331 | → |
Tenancingo | Municipality | 5,333 | 6,952 | 6,250 | → |
La Libertad | Department | 513,866 | 711,196 | 830,976 | → |
Antiguo Cuscatlán | Municipality | 28,187 | 36,276 | 47,956 | → |
Chiltiupán | Municipality | 10,988 | 11,731 | 11,656 | → |
Ciudad Arce | Municipality | 39,796 | 64,928 | 76,347 | → |
Colón | Municipality | 49,570 | 104,409 | 151,449 | → |
Comasagua | Municipality | 10,871 | 12,778 | 12,030 | → |
Huizúcar | Municipality | 9,205 | 15,572 | 17,289 | → |
Jayaque | Municipality | 11,401 | 11,904 | 11,596 | → |
Jicalapa | Municipality | 5,523 | 5,507 | 5,921 | → |
La Libertad | Municipality | 33,590 | 38,751 | 41,321 | → |
Nuevo Cuscatlán | Municipality | 5,119 | 7,425 | 9,442 | → |
Quezaltepeque | Municipality | 46,693 | 56,670 | 58,009 | → |
Sacacoyo | Municipality | 9,183 | 13,240 | 16,265 | → |
San José Villanueva | Municipality | 7,247 | 14,615 | 20,353 | → |
San Juan Opico (Opico) | Municipality | 51,701 | 79,963 | 90,088 | → |
San Matías | Municipality | 7,358 | 7,874 | 7,727 | → |
San Pablo Tacachico | Municipality | 18,707 | 21,924 | 21,856 | → |
Santa Tecla | Municipality | 113,698 | 131,235 | 139,908 | → |
Talnique | Municipality | 6,193 | 8,885 | 9,709 | → |
Tamanique | Municipality | 11,387 | 14,580 | 16,179 | → |
Teotepeque | Municipality | 12,177 | 13,263 | 12,810 | → |
Tepecoyo | Municipality | 10,838 | 15,418 | 15,979 | → |
Zaragoza | Municipality | 14,434 | 24,248 | 37,086 | → |
La Paz | Department | 245,915 | 324,628 | 375,457 | → |
Cuyultitán | Municipality | 4,156 | 5,890 | 7,541 | → |
El Rosario | Municipality | 9,797 | 17,685 | 25,165 | → |
Jerusalén | Municipality | 2,043 | 2,708 | 2,999 | → |
Mercedes La Ceiba | Municipality | 620 | 671 | 661 | → |
Olocuilta | Municipality | 15,992 | 31,114 | 41,758 | → |
Paraíso de Osorio | Municipality | 2,933 | 2,873 | 3,053 | → |
San Antonio Masahuat | Municipality | 4,047 | 4,487 | 4,481 | → |
San Emigdio | Municipality | 2,689 | 2,969 | 3,288 | → |
San Francisco Chinameca | Municipality | 6,186 | 7,784 | 8,354 | → |
San Juan Nonualco | Municipality | 10,927 | 18,182 | 19,908 | → |
San Juan Talpa | Municipality | 6,825 | 8,121 | 8,458 | → |
San Juan Tepezontes | Municipality | 3,037 | 3,825 | 3,930 | → |
San Luis La Herradura | Municipality | 16,869 | 21,500 | 24,420 | → |
San Luis Talpa | Municipality | 15,410 | 22,839 | 35,047 | → |
San Miguel Tepezontes | Municipality | 4,629 | 5,357 | 5,943 | → |
San Pedro Masahuat | Municipality | 21,593 | 26,812 | 31,551 | → |
San Pedro Nonualco | Municipality | 9,430 | 9,749 | 9,432 | → |
San Rafael Obrajuelo | Municipality | 9,110 | 10,347 | 11,753 | → |
Santa María Ostuma | Municipality | 5,660 | 6,312 | 6,263 | → |
Santiago Nonualco | Municipality | 32,546 | 42,029 | 45,831 | → |
Tapalhuaca | Municipality | 3,612 | 4,014 | 4,034 | → |
Zacatecoluca | Municipality | 57,804 | 69,360 | 71,587 | → |
La Unión | Department | 255,565 | 255,945 | 277,731 | → |
Anamorós | Municipality | 15,332 | 15,634 | 16,379 | → |
Bolívar | Municipality | 5,029 | 4,529 | 4,423 | → |
Concepción de Oriente | Municipality | 6,458 | 8,788 | 9,697 | → |
Conchagua | Municipality | 33,332 | 40,142 | 50,490 | → |
El Carmen | Municipality | 15,512 | 13,241 | 13,570 | → |
El Sauce | Municipality | 8,779 | 7,033 | 6,342 | → |
Intipucá | Municipality | 7,201 | 8,130 | 9,019 | → |
La Unión | Municipality | 36,903 | 36,579 | 37,460 | → |
Lislique | Municipality | 13,790 | 14,381 | 17,003 | → |
Meanguera del Golfo | Municipality | 3,368 | 2,576 | 2,805 | → |
Nueva Esparta | Municipality | 13,300 | 10,354 | 10,376 | → |
Pasaquina | Municipality | 21,509 | 17,594 | 17,152 | → |
Polorós | Municipality | 9,459 | 10,423 | 11,196 | → |
San Alejo | Municipality | 22,793 | 18,908 | 17,990 | → |
San José | Municipality | 3,975 | 3,192 | 3,164 | → |
Santa Rosa de Lima | Municipality | 24,719 | 29,754 | 34,279 | → |
Yayantique | Municipality | 5,412 | 7,382 | 9,000 | → |
Yucuaiquín | Municipality | 8,694 | 7,305 | 7,386 | → |
Morazán | Department | 160,146 | 187,306 | 211,201 | → |
Arambala | Municipality | 1,840 | 1,956 | 1,703 | → |
Cacaopera | Municipality | 9,351 | 11,753 | 11,550 | → |
Chilanga | Municipality | 8,358 | 10,418 | 12,210 | → |
Corinto | Municipality | 16,402 | 16,550 | 17,706 | → |
Delicias de Concepción | Municipality | 4,749 | 5,451 | 6,244 | → |
El Divisadero | Municipality | 7,480 | 8,180 | 8,824 | → |
El Rosario | Municipality | 1,076 | 1,438 | 1,242 | → |
Gualococti | Municipality | 3,020 | 3,920 | 4,663 | → |
Guatajiagua | Municipality | 10,278 | 12,588 | 14,169 | → |
Joateca | Municipality | 3,411 | 4,521 | 4,827 | → |
Jocoaitique | Municipality | 1,915 | 3,090 | 2,812 | → |
Jocoro | Municipality | 9,706 | 10,804 | 11,407 | → |
Lolotiquillo | Municipality | 4,609 | 5,279 | 6,067 | → |
Meanguera | Municipality | 7,781 | 8,396 | 8,886 | → |
Osicala | Municipality | 9,648 | 9,568 | 11,331 | → |
Perquín | Municipality | 3,472 | 3,392 | 3,812 | → |
San Carlos | Municipality | 3,220 | 4,481 | 6,076 | → |
San Fernando | Municipality | 895 | 1,834 | 2,155 | → |
San Francisco Gotera | Municipality | 19,887 | 22,606 | 29,215 | → |
San Isidro | Municipality | 2,874 | 3,011 | 3,604 | → |
San Simón | Municipality | 8,062 | 10,849 | 14,278 | → |
Sensembra | Municipality | 3,127 | 3,157 | 3,308 | → |
Sociedad | Municipality | 10,504 | 12,250 | 12,253 | → |
Torola | Municipality | 1,087 | 3,267 | 3,295 | → |
Yamabal | Municipality | 3,623 | 4,667 | 5,330 | → |
Yoloaiquín | Municipality | 3,771 | 3,880 | 4,234 | → |
San Miguel | Department | 403,411 | 463,083 | 516,241 | → |
Carolina | Municipality | 8,298 | 8,792 | 9,031 | → |
Chapeltique | Municipality | 10,445 | 11,447 | 11,623 | → |
Chinameca | Municipality | 20,775 | 23,806 | 23,139 | → |
Chirilagua | Municipality | 21,721 | 21,323 | 20,393 | → |
Ciudad Barrios | Municipality | 24,803 | 26,480 | 30,292 | → |
Comacarán | Municipality | 3,523 | 3,413 | 3,141 | → |
El Tránsito | Municipality | 16,455 | 19,593 | 20,834 | → |
Lolotique | Municipality | 13,883 | 15,915 | 16,822 | → |
Moncagua | Municipality | 20,931 | 24,177 | 27,573 | → |
Nueva Guadalupe | Municipality | 6,567 | 9,502 | 11,745 | → |
Nuevo Edén de San Juan | Municipality | 2,452 | 4,304 | 3,803 | → |
Quelepa | Municipality | 4,859 | 4,320 | 4,350 | → |
San Antonio | Municipality | 6,373 | 5,659 | 5,809 | → |
San Gerardo | Municipality | 5,557 | 6,387 | 5,630 | → |
San Jorge | Municipality | 8,903 | 9,726 | 9,792 | → |
San Luis de la Reina | Municipality | 6,845 | 6,015 | 5,473 | → |
San Miguel | Municipality | 191,116 | 233,046 | 278,885 | → |
San Rafael Oriente | Municipality | 15,110 | 14,180 | 14,493 | → |
Sesori | Municipality | 11,142 | 11,422 | 9,996 | → |
Uluazapa | Municipality | 3,653 | 3,576 | 3,417 | → |
San Salvador | Department | 1,512,125 | 1,688,562 | 1,817,579 | → |
Aguilares | Municipality | 20,439 | 22,915 | 24,406 | → |
Apopa | Municipality | 109,179 | 141,457 | 198,528 | → |
Ayutuxtepeque | Municipality | 23,810 | 37,399 | 51,558 | → |
Cuscatancingo | Municipality | 57,485 | 71,544 | 86,964 | → |
Delgado | Municipality | 109,863 | 129,512 | 126,839 | → |
El Paisnal | Municipality | 13,485 | 15,678 | 14,280 | → |
Guazapa | Municipality | 18,780 | 24,681 | 27,697 | → |
Ilopango | Municipality | 90,634 | 111,908 | 142,979 | → |
Mejicanos | Municipality | 144,855 | 151,655 | 141,352 | → |
Nejapa | Municipality | 23,891 | 31,740 | 33,766 | → |
Panchimalco | Municipality | 32,457 | 44,456 | 48,695 | → |
Rosario de Mora | Municipality | 9,251 | 12,258 | 15,436 | → |
San Marcos | Municipality | 59,913 | 68,106 | 74,221 | → |
San Martín | Municipality | 56,530 | 78,394 | 112,065 | → |
San Salvador | Municipality | 415,346 | 340,577 | 209,633 | → |
Santiago Texacuangos | Municipality | 16,295 | 20,933 | 23,080 | → |
Santo Tomás | Municipality | 21,448 | 27,307 | 31,139 | → |
Soyapango | Municipality | 261,122 | 260,104 | 284,659 | → |
Tonacatepeque | Municipality | 27,342 | 97,938 | 170,282 | → |
Santa Ana | Department | 458,587 | 559,097 | 602,636 | → |
Candelaria de la Frontera | Municipality | 21,951 | 24,221 | 27,700 | → |
Chalchuapa | Municipality | 64,828 | 79,049 | 86,702 | → |
Coatepeque | Municipality | 38,198 | 39,256 | 38,717 | → |
El Congo | Municipality | 18,024 | 25,858 | 29,186 | → |
El Porvenir | Municipality | 6,253 | 8,789 | 10,035 | → |
Masahuat | Municipality | 4,113 | 3,623 | 3,342 | → |
Metapán | Municipality | 49,950 | 62,997 | 65,471 | → |
San Antonio Pajonal | Municipality | 3,842 | 3,501 | 3,192 | → |
San Sebastián Salitrillo | Municipality | 9,541 | 19,823 | 32,595 | → |
Santa Ana | Municipality | 210,970 | 262,032 | 277,264 | → |
Santa Rosa Guachipilín | Municipality | 6,185 | 5,264 | 4,859 | → |
Santiago de la Frontera | Municipality | 6,589 | 5,548 | 5,355 | → |
Texistepeque | Municipality | 18,143 | 19,136 | 18,218 | → |
San Vicente | Department | 143,003 | 169,797 | 190,093 | → |
Apastepeque | Municipality | 18,247 | 19,267 | 21,826 | → |
Guadalupe | Municipality | 5,585 | 5,763 | 6,612 | → |
San Cayetano Istepeque | Municipality | 5,095 | 5,360 | 6,631 | → |
San Esteban Catarina | Municipality | 3,275 | 5,946 | 6,120 | → |
San Ildefonso | Municipality | 8,704 | 8,192 | 8,279 | → |
San Lorenzo | Municipality | 6,178 | 6,360 | 7,267 | → |
San Sebastián | Municipality | 12,988 | 15,138 | 16,034 | → |
Santa Clara | Municipality | 4,216 | 5,619 | 5,622 | → |
Santo Domingo | Municipality | 6,282 | 6,770 | 8,394 | → |
San Vicente | Municipality | 45,559 | 55,897 | 63,579 | → |
Tecoluca | Municipality | 16,746 | 25,098 | 27,683 | → |
Tepetitán | Municipality | 3,813 | 3,814 | 4,571 | → |
Verapaz | Municipality | 6,315 | 6,573 | 7,475 | → |
Sonsonate | Department | 360,183 | 465,274 | 520,778 | → |
Acajutla | Municipality | 47,678 | 55,497 | 58,846 | → |
Armenia | Municipality | 23,813 | 37,005 | 39,900 | → |
Caluco | Municipality | 6,689 | 9,687 | 11,056 | → |
Cuisnahuat | Municipality | 10,298 | 13,436 | 15,232 | → |
Izalco | Municipality | 54,595 | 75,213 | 82,332 | → |
Juayúa | Municipality | 23,534 | 25,932 | 26,104 | → |
Nahuizalco | Municipality | 34,350 | 52,023 | 58,526 | → |
Nahulingo | Municipality | 9,476 | 11,041 | 12,781 | → |
Salcoatitán | Municipality | 4,071 | 5,813 | 6,672 | → |
San Antonio del Monte | Municipality | 17,750 | 28,515 | 41,439 | → |
San Julián | Municipality | 13,721 | 19,766 | 21,097 | → |
Santa Catarina Masahuat | Municipality | 7,631 | 10,680 | 12,102 | → |
Santa Isabel Ishuatán | Municipality | 8,999 | 10,855 | 11,295 | → |
Santo Domingo de Guzmán | Municipality | 6,270 | 7,478 | 7,929 | → |
Sonsonate | Municipality | 77,773 | 75,829 | 71,980 | → |
Sonzacate | Municipality | 13,535 | 26,504 | 43,487 | → |
Usulután | Department | 310,362 | 352,042 | 386,322 | → |
Alegría | Municipality | 12,205 | 11,978 | 13,026 | → |
Berlín | Municipality | 17,952 | 18,190 | 16,624 | → |
California | Municipality | 2,300 | 2,688 | 3,002 | → |
Concepción Batres | Municipality | 11,758 | 12,474 | 12,789 | → |
El Triunfo | Municipality | 5,891 | 7,081 | 8,509 | → |
Ereguayquín | Municipality | 7,069 | 6,258 | 6,364 | → |
Estanzuelas | Municipality | 9,194 | 9,219 | 9,373 | → |
Jiquilisco | Municipality | 37,646 | 48,868 | 52,794 | → |
Jucuapa | Municipality | 15,564 | 18,860 | 20,965 | → |
Jucuarán | Municipality | 11,196 | 13,728 | 12,760 | → |
Mercedes Umaña | Municipality | 13,328 | 13,389 | 14,898 | → |
Nueva Granada | Municipality | 7,382 | 7,620 | 8,516 | → |
Ozatlán | Municipality | 11,436 | 12,725 | 13,523 | → |
Puerto El Triunfo | Municipality | 15,092 | 16,960 | 22,317 | → |
San Agustín | Municipality | 3,481 | 6,666 | 5,557 | → |
San Buenaventura | Municipality | 4,113 | 4,833 | 4,888 | → |
San Dionisio | Municipality | 6,898 | 5,057 | 5,759 | → |
San Francisco Javier | Municipality | 5,469 | 5,532 | 5,026 | → |
Santa Elena | Municipality | 14,801 | 17,735 | 19,002 | → |
Santa María | Municipality | 8,043 | 10,974 | 15,312 | → |
Santiago de María | Municipality | 17,291 | 18,614 | 20,032 | → |
Tecapán | Municipality | 7,927 | 7,872 | 8,208 | → |
Usulután | Municipality | 64,326 | 74,721 | 87,078 | → |
El Salvador | Republic | 5,118,599 | 6,097,389 | 6,765,753 |
Source: Dirección General de Estadistica y Censos (web).
Explanation: In contrast to the projection, the census figures are not adjusted for underenumeration.