List of cities in El Salvador

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The San Salvador Metropolitan Area.

This article shows a list of cities in El Salvador .

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Biggest Cities

Over 100,000, or / and a high urbanization. (AMSS) = San Salvador Metropolitan Area

Towns

Over 50,000, medium to low urbanization, or departmental capital.

Villages

Within the range of 1,001 to 49,999 or have a really low urbanization.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demographics of El Salvador</span>

This is a demography of the population of El Salvador including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flag of El Salvador</span> National flag

The flag of El Salvador features a horizontal triband of cobalt blue-white-cobalt blue, with the coat of arms centered and entirely contained within the central white stripe. This design of a triband of blue-white-blue is commonly used among Central American countries. The country's flag is one of the few that currently use the color purple, due to the rainbow in its coat of arms.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Departments of El Salvador</span> Administrative divisions of El Salvador

El Salvador is divided into 14 departments for administrative purposes, subdivided into 44 municipalities (municipios) and 262 districts. The country is a unitary state.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Vicente Department</span> Department of El Salvador

San Vicente is a department of El Salvador in the center of the country. The capital is San Vicente. On October 4, 1834, San Vicente City of Austria and Lorenzana was made the capital of State of El Salvador during the Federal Republic of Central America. In 1840, it was no longer the capital of the State of El Salvador, but it continues to be the capital of the department. The department was created on June 12, 1824. The San Vicente department is 1,184 km2 (457 sq mi) and has a population in excess of 174,500. The forest Bosque La Joya is found in San Vincente.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlín, El Salvador</span> Municipality in Usulután Department, El Salvador

Berlin is a municipality in the Usulután Department, in El Salvador. The municipality is also one of the four capital districts of the department. It is located at the east of El Salvador, 112 kilometers from the capital city San Salvador. The municipality of Berlin is situated in the Tecapa-Chinameca-Alegrìa mountain zone, located in the central-north of Usulután.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zacatecoluca</span> Municipality in La Paz, El Salvador

Zacatecoluca is the capital municipality of the La Paz Department of El Salvador.

Agua Caliente is a municipality in the Chalatenango department of El Salvador.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Catholic Church in El Salvador</span>

The Catholic Church in El Salvador is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome and the Episcopal Conference of El Salvador. There are almost 5 million Catholics in El Salvador. The country is divided into eight dioceses including one archdiocese, San Salvador. The Constitution explicitly recognizes the Catholic Church and it has legal status.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador</span> Roman Catholic archdiocese in El Salvador

The Archdiocese of San Salvador is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. Its archepiscopal see is the Salvadoran capital, San Salvador, and the surrounding region.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Timoteo Menéndez</span> Head of state of El Salvador

Timoteo Menéndez was a Salvadoran politician who served twice as head of state of El Salvador when it was a state within the Federal Republic of Central America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Outline of El Salvador</span> Overview of and topical guide to El Salvador

El Salvador – sovereign country located on the Pacific Coast of Central America. The area was originally called by the Pipil "Cuzcatan", in Spanish "Cuzcatlan", which in Nahuat means "The Land Of Precious Things". After the Spanish conquest, the land was divided into the province of San Salvador and the province of Izalcos ; until in 1824 the two jurisdictions were united in the State, now Republic, of El Salvador. The country borders the Pacific Ocean between Guatemala and Honduras. With a population of approximately 5.8 million people, it is the most densely populated nation in Central America and is undergoing rapid industrialization.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1811 Independence Movement</span> 1811 revolt against Spanish rule in colonial El Salvador

The 1811 Independence Movement, known in El Salvador as the First Shout of Independence, was the first of a series of revolts in Central America in modern-day El Salvador against Spanish rule and dependency on the Captaincy General of Guatemala. The independence movement was led by prominent Salvadoran and Central American figures such as José Matías Delgado, Manuel José Arce, and Santiago José Celis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Postage stamps and postal history of El Salvador</span>

El Salvador became independent from Spain in 1821. It has produced its own stamps since 1867.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Afro-Salvadorans</span> Ethnic group in El Salvador

Afro Salvadorans are Salvadorans of Sub-Saharan African descent. They are the descendants of slaves brought to El Salvador via the Trans-atlantic slave trade during the colonial Spanish era.

The Primera División Femenina de El Salvador is the main women's football competition for in El Salvador. It was established in 2010.

The final offensive of 1981, also known as the general offensive of 1981, was the unsuccessful first military offensive conducted by the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) during the Salvadoran Civil War. The objective of the offensive was to initiate a popular revolution to overthrow the Revolutionary Government Junta (JRG), which had been ruling the country since the 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état. The FMLN hoped that the government would be overthrown by 20 January 1981; the date Ronald Reagan was to be inaugurated as president of the United States.

The 2021–22 Primera División de El Salvador, also known as the Liga Pepsi, is the 23rd season and 45th and 46th Primera División tournament, El Salvador's top football division, since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Alianza F.C. and C.D. FAS are the defending champions of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments respectively. The league will consist of 12 teams. There will be two seasons conducted under identical rules, with each team playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 22 games per tournament. At the end of each half-season tournament, the top six teams in that tournament's regular season standings will take part in the playoffs.

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