I did this for a tourism lesson about El Salvador.

1. Departments of
El Salvador

2. Ahuachapán
Department
• Ahuachapán is a department of El Salvador in the
west of the country. The capital is Ahuachapán. In
the South it has the
Apenca-Ilamatepec Range and the Cerro Grande
de Apaneca (Apaneca Grand Hill). Its extension is
1,240 km² and has more than 360,000 people living
in the department.

3. Cabañas
Department
• Cabañas is a department of El Salvador in the north
central part of the country. The capital
is Sensuntepeque. Sensuntepeque means 400 hills
because around the department there are small
hills. One of the coldest regions in El Salvador and
Certified place of Tourism, strongly recommended.
Cabañas was classified as a department in February
1873. It is reported to have 1,104 km² and over
200,000 people.

4. Chalatenango
Department
• Chalatenango is a department of El Salvador, located in
the northwest of the country. The capital is the city
of Chalatenango. The Chalatenango Department
encompasses 2,017 km² and contains more than
220,000 inhabitants. Las Matras Archaeological
Ruins contains the relics of prehistoric populations and
caves in which rock writing is found. Chalatenango was
made a department on February 14, 1855. The "5 de
Noviembre" Hydroelectric Dam is found in
Chalatenango Department, near the border with
Cabañas. The highest point in the country, El Pital with
an elevation of 2730.06 m, also is located in
Chalatenango Department.

5. Cuscatlán
Department
• Cuscatlán is a department of El Salvador, located in the
center of the country. With a surface area of 756.19
square kilometers (291.97 sq mi), it is El Salvador's
smallest department. It is inhabited by over 200,000
people. Cuscatlán or Cuzcatlán was the name the
original inhabitants of the Western part of the country
gave to most of the territory that is now El Salvador. In
their language it means "land of precious jewels". It
was created on 22 May 1835. Suchitoto was the first
capital of the department but on 12 November
1861, Cojutepeque was made the capital.

6. La Libertad
Department
• La Libertad is one of the departments of El
Salvador and is located in the southwest of the country.
The capital is Santa Tecla. It has 1,653 km² and a
population of more than 780,400 people. It was
classified as a department on January 28, 1865.
The population was settled on the Ulliman Plains,
which is where rubber is harvested. The city was called
"Nueva Ciudad de San Salvador" (New City of San
Salvador) and made the department's capital on the
same date as the department was declared. The
department's capital was renamed Santa Tecla on
December 22, 2003.

7. La Paz
Department
• La Paz is a department of El Salvador in the south
central area of the country. The capital is Zacatecoluca.
La Paz has an area of 1,224 km² and a population of
more than 300,000. The department was created in
1852. There are various caves containing rock writing.
The department has a church in Zacatecoluca where
the Independence Hero Dr Jose Simeon Cañas y
Villacorta was born. He was known as "The Liberator of
the Slaves in Central America". In 1833, Anastasio
Aquino, an indigenous person, proclaimed himself as
"The Emperor of the Nonualcos".

8. La Unión
Department
• La Unión is a department of El Salvador. It is located
in the eastern part of the country and its capital
is La Unión. It covers a total of 2,074 km² and has a
population of 300,000. The department was created
on June 22, 1865 and the city of La Unión was made
its capital. The Conchagua Temple was built in 1693
and it is one of tourist attractions of the
department, as well as containing archeological
ruins in Intipuca andMeanguera.

9. Morazán
Department
• Morazán is a department of El Salvador. Located in
the northeast part of the country, its capital is San
Francisco Gotera. It covers a total surface area of
1,447 km² and has a population of more than
200,000.

10. San Miguel
Department
• San Miguel is a department of El Salvador in the
eastern part of the country. The capital is San
Miguel. It has 2,077 km² and a population of over
450,000
San Miguel was first known as San Miguel de la
Frontera. The city was founded by Luis de Moscoso
on May 8, 1530, where it is now Santa Elena. This
territory was part of the Lenca Principality at the
time of the conquest. On July 11, 1812 it was given
the title of "Noble y Leal Ciudad" (noble and loyal
city). It was made a department on June 12, 1824.

11. San Salvador
Department
• San Salvador is a department of El Salvador in the west
central part of the country. The capital is San Salvador, which
is also the national capital. The department is North of the
Rio Lempa Valley, the "Valle de las Hamacas" (Hammock
Valley) and a section of Lake Ilopango. Some of the
department's cities that are densely populated are: San
Salvador, Ciudad Delgado, Mejicanos, Soyapango,
Panchimalco and Apopa. The department covers an area of
886 km² and has a population of nearly 3 million. It was
classified as a department on June 12, 1824. During the time
of the colony, the department was the San Salvador Party,
from where territory was taken to make the departments
of Chalatenago, La Libertad, Cuscatlán and La Paz.

12. San Vicente
Department
• San Vicente is a department of El Salvador in the
center of the country. The capital isSan Vicente. On
October 4, 1834, San Vicente City of Austria and
Lorenzana (Ciudad de San Vicente de Austria y
Lorenzana) was made the capital of State of El
Salvador during the Federal Republic of Central
America. In 1840, it stopped to be the capital of the
State of El Salvador but it continues to be of the
department. The department was created on June
12, 1824. The San Vicente department has
1,184 km² and a population in excess of 230,000.

13. Santa Ana
Department
• Santa Ana is a department of El Salvador in the
northwest of the country. The capital is Santa Ana. It
has 2,023 km² and a population of over 600,000.[citation
needed] This department was created on February 8,
1855.[citation needed] The Santa Ana Volcano is in this
department. During Pre-Columbian times, the area now
composing Santa Ana was inhabited byMayan peoples;
among the department's major Mayan archaeological
sites areTazumal and Casa Blanca. Many of the region's
inhabitants were members of the
Poqomam or Ch'orti' Mayan subgroups.

14. Sonsonate
Department
Sonsonate is a department of El Salvador in the
western part of the country. The capital is Sonsonate.
The department has a population of over 500,000 and
an area of 1,226 km².
Created on June 12, 1824. The El Salvador National
Parliament deciced on January 29, 1859 to separate
from the department the cities of Apaneca, San Pedro
Puxtla, Guaymango and Jujutla and give these cities to
Santa Ana Department.
Sonsonate City was the second capital of the Federal
Republic of Central America in 1834.

15. Usulután
Department
• Usulután from the Nawat language (meaning "city
of the ocelots") is a department ofEl Salvador in the
southeast of the country (Lenca region). The capital
is Usulután. It is El Salvador's largest department. It
has an area of 2,130 km² and a population of over
350,000.The department was created on June 22,
1865.