San Vicente Department

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San Vicente
Flag of San Vicente Departmant Coat of Arms of San Vicente Department
Flag Coat of Arms
Location
Location of San Vicente Department
Statistics
Created
(given current status)
1824
Capital San Vicente
Area
   •%
1,184 km²
  Ranked 11th
Population
   •(2006)
230,205
  Ranked 13th
ISO 3166-2 SV-SV

San Vicente is a department of El Salvador in the center of the country. The capital is San 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 department has 1,184 km² and a population in excess of 230,000.

[edit] Municipalities

  1. Apastepeque
  2. Guadalupe
  3. San Cayetano Istepeque
  4. San Esteban Catarina
  5. San Ildefonso
  6. San Lorenzo
  7. San Sebastián
  8. Santa Clara
  9. Santo Domingo
  10. San Vicente
  11. Tecoluca
  12. Tepetitán
  13. Verapaz


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Ahuachapán | Cabañas | Chalatenango | Cuscatlán | La Libertad | La Paz | La Unión | Morazán | San Miguel | San Salvador | San Vicente | Santa Ana | Sonsonate | Usulután
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