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El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (Spanish: departamentos) for administrative purposes, subdivided into 262 municipalities (Spanish: municipios). The country is a unitary state.

#	Department	Capital	Area (km²)	Population ^[1] (2013)
Map of the departments of El Salvador with names.
1	Ahuachapán	Ahuachapán	1,239.6	333,406
2	Cabañas	Sensuntepeque	1,103.5	164,945
3	Chalatenango	Chalatenango	2,016.6	204,808
4	Cuscatlán	Cojutepeque	756.2	252,528
5	La Libertad	Santa Tecla	1,652.9	747,662
6	La Paz	Zacatecoluca	1,223.6	328,221
7	La Unión	La Unión	2,074.3	263,271
8	Morazán	San Francisco Gotera	1,447.4	199,519
9	San Miguel	San Miguel	2,077.1	478,792
10	San Salvador	San Salvador	886.2	1,740,847
11	San Vicente	San Vicente	1,184.0	174,561
12	Santa Ana	Santa Ana	2,023.2	572,081
13	Sonsonate	Sonsonate	1,225.2	463,732
14	Usulután	Usulután	2,130.4	366,040

The departments are grouped into three regions for statistical and geographic purposes.
Western Region

Central Region

Eastern Region

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 | 1 || [[File:Bandera del Departamento de Ahuachapán.PNG|60px]] || [[Ahuachapán Department|Ahuachapán]] || [[Ahuachapán]] || 1,239.6 || 333,406