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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.
La Unión (Spanish pronunciation:) is the easternmost department of El Salvador. Its capital is La Unión. It covers a total of 2,074 square kilometres (801 sq mi) and has a population of 263,200. The department was created on June 22, 1865, and the city of La Unión was made its capital.
The department governor resides in La Unión as the city and in all the departments inside the city, including el Departamento de La Unión. Mayors are elected to each department in the city and the mayor has the chance to choose his aldermen and councilors. The current mayor of La Unión, El Salvador is Óscar Parada.
Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. 2021 "Listado de Diputados Propietarios y Suplentes – Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional" [List of Primary and Substitute Deputies – Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]. asamblea.gob.sv (in Spanish). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. 2021
February 21, 1852: La Paz department is restored. [3] February 8, 1855: Santa Ana department is separated from Sonsonate. [4] February 14, 1855: Chaltenango department is separated from Cuscatlan. [4] January 26, 1865: La Libertad department is separated from San Salvador. [2] [3] June 22, 1865: Usulutan and La Union departments are separated ...
The Blue Wave Harmony sailed out of La Union, El Salvador, headed for Caldera, Costa Rica, a trip that its backers say will save shipping time, avoid border closures and eliminate delays at two ...
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
Between January 1980 and July 1991, El Salvador was in a civil war, fought between the U.S.-backed Salvadoran government and the FMLN front guerrillas. [11] During this time many guerrilleros from the FMLN movement and soldiers from the government would be guilty of violence and human rights violations (the militant government, so far, is known to be guilty of far more than half of it).