El Salvador

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Getting started with El Salvador research

Welcome to the El Salvador page.

Jurisdictions

El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (departamentos), which, in turn, are subdivided into 262 municipalities (municipios).

Department names and abbreviations for the 14 Salvadoran Departments:

  1. AH - Ahuachapán
  2. CA - Cabañas
  3. CH - Chalatenango
  4. CU - Cuscatlán
  5. LI   - La Libertad
  6. PA - La Paz
  7. UN - La Unión

 8.   MO - Morazán
 9.   SM - San Miguel
10.  SS  - San Salvador
11.  SV  - San Vicente
12.  SA  - Santa Ana
13.  SO  - Sonsonate
14.  US  - Usulután

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