A map of El Salvador. The San Salvador Metropolitan Area. This article shows a list of cities in El Salvador.

This is a list of populated places in El Salvador. Map of El Salvador San Salvador Metropolitan Area

El Salvador has 0 cities with more than a million people, 7 cities with between 100,000 and 1 million people, and 36 cities with between 10,000 and 100,000 people. The largest city in El Salvador is San Salvador, with a population of 525,990 people.

The municipalities of El Salvador, called municipios are composed by 262 in total. Each one having its own capital and a variable number of cantons; these are conformed of caseríos. In June 2023, President Nayib Bukele proposed the reduction of municipal councils to 44, with former municipalities becoming districts.

City population figures below are from the World Population Review from 2024. [1] Over 100,000 or a High Human Development Index, and a high urbanization. AMSS = San Salvador Metropolitan Area

Republic of El Salvador with population statistics, maps, charts, weather and web information.

The total population of El Salvador is 6,704,864 as of 1-Jul-19 , which represents 0.09% of global population and ranks El Salvador # 106 worldwide. Numbers generally reflect the city population, rather than the urban areas, municipality, or urban agglomeration.

The municipalities of El Salvador (Spanish: municipios) are the second-level administrative divisions within the Republic of El Salvador. These municipalities divide the country's departments and serve as the fundamental administrative units of local government.

Below is a list of 84 prominent cities in El Salvador. Each row includes a city's latitude, longitude, department and other variables of interest. This is a subset of all 3,359 places in El Salvador (and only some of the fields) that you'll find in our World Cities Database .

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