El Salvador

Administrative units

departamento	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1992-10-06 census	population 2006 estimate
source: Dirección General de Estadística y Censos, El Salvador.
Ahuachapán	Ahuachapán	1,239.60	261,188	361,953
Cabañas	Sensuntepeque	1,103.51	138,426	157,709
Chalatenango	Chalatenango	2,016.58	179,132	203,964
Cuscatlán	Cojutepeque	756.19	178,502	214,459
La Libertad	Nueva San Salvador	1,652.88	513,866	804,134
La Paz	Zacatecoluca	1,223.61	245,915	323,348
La Unión	La Unión	2,074.34	255,565	305,301
Morazán	San Francisco Gotera	1,447.43	160,146	180,065
San Miguel	San Miguel	2,077.10	403,411	546,022
San Salvador	San Salvador	886.15	1,512,125	2,233,696
San Vicente	San Vicente	1,184.02	143,003	172,923
Santa Ana	Santa Ana	2,023.17	458,587	618,653
Sonsonate	Sonsonate	1,225.77	360,183	518,522
Usulután	Usulután	2,130.44	310,362	349,908
total		21,040.79	5,120,411	6,990,657

name	population 1992-10-06 census	population 2006 estimate
San Salvador	415,346	510,367
Soyapango	261,122	297,183
Apopa	109,179	211,715
Mejicanos	144,855	209,708
Nueva San Salvador	113,698	192,132
Delgado	109,863	172,570
Ilopango	90,634	155,957
San Martín	56,530	139,463
Cuscatancingo	57,485	114,077
San Marcos	59,913	75,326
Antiguo Cuscatlán	28,187	61,090
Ayutuxtepeque	23,810	49,034
Nejapa	23,891	35,601
source: Dirección General de Estadística y Censos, El Salvador.