Departments of El Salvador
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El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (Spanish: departamentos) for administrative purposes, subdivided into 44 municipalities (municipios) and 262 districts. The country is a unitary state.
HistoryEdit
June 12, 1824: The first Salvadoran constitution within the Federal Republic of Central America establishes a territorial division of four departments, Sonsonate, San Salvador, San Vicente, and San Miguel. Sonsonate was formerly part of Guatemala before this point.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1833-1834: A short lived Department of Tejutla was established from the districts of Metapán and Tejutla in San Salvador.<ref name="x1">Template:Cite book</ref>
January 22, 1835: The Federal District of San Salvador is separated both from San Salvador department and from the State of Salvador. The remainder of San Salvador department is renamed to Cuscatlan, and Metapan district is transferred to Sonsonate department.<ref name="x1" /><ref name="x2">Template:Cite book</ref>
May 17, 1839: Cuscatlán's Olocuitla district and San Vicente's Zacatecoluca district are combined into the new department of La Paz.<ref name="x3">Template:Cite book</ref>
July 30, 1839: The Federal District of San Salvador is dissolved, and San Salvador department is reconstituted, combining the former federal district with Opico district of Cuscatlan.<ref name="x2" />
March 15, 1847: La Paz department is abolished and reincorporated into San Vicente.<ref name="x2" />
February 21, 1852: La Paz department is restored.<ref name="x2" />
February 8, 1855: Santa Ana department is separated from Sonsonate.<ref name="x3" />
February 14, 1855: Chaltenango department is separated from Cuscatlán.<ref name="x3" />
January 26, 1865: La Libertad department is separated from San Salvador.<ref name="x1" /><ref name="x2" />
June 22, 1865: Usulután and La Union departments are separated from San Miguel.<ref name="x1" /><ref name="x2" />
February 12, 1869: Ahuachapán department is separated from Santa Ana.<ref name="x1" /><ref name="x2" />
February 10, 1873: Cabañas department is created from parts of Cuscatlán and San Vicente.<ref name="x1" /><ref name="x2" />
July 14, 1875: Gotera department is separated from San Miguel. It would be renamed to Morazán department on March 14, 1887.<ref name="x1" /><ref name="x2" />
DepartmentsEdit
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See alsoEdit
- List of cities in El Salvador
- Municipalities of El Salvador
- Geography of El Salvador
- List of Salvadoran departments by Human Development Index
- Department (country subdivision)
- ISO 3166-2:SV
ReferencesEdit
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