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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.
The following are lists of massacres that have occurred in El Salvador (numbers may be approximate). There were some 27 separate documented civilian massacres [1] [2] [3] in the Salvadoran Civil War era alone (1979–1989), in total the war directly claimed 70,000 to 80,000 lives.
The municipal districts of San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador, are naturally delimited by the Acelhuate River on the east, the San Jacinto Hill on the south east, the lower highlands of the Balsam Range on the South, El Picacho Mountain and the Bicentennial Park on the West, and North by the San Antonio River. The municipality is ...
The code establishes each municipio as the primary unit of political administration in El Salvador, with a defined territory and political autonomy. According to this code, municipalities are responsible for various local government functions, including infrastructure maintenance, public health services, local education, and promoting community ...
The remainder of San Salvador department is renamed to Cuscatlan, and Metapan district is transferred to Sonsonate department. [2] [3] May 17, 1839: Cuscatlan's Olocuitla district and San Vicente's Zacatecoluca district are combined into the new department of La Paz. [4] July 30, 1839: The Federal District of San Salvador is dissolved, and San ...
Over 100,000 or a High Human Development Index, and a high urbanization. AMSS = San Salvador Metropolitan Area Acajutla – Pop. 22,763; Apopa – Pop. 112,158 (AMSS) Antiguo Cuscatlán – Pop. 33,767 (AMSS); [1] highest HDI in the country [citation needed] Ciudad Delgado – Pop. 71,594 (AMSS) Cojutepeque – Pop. 48,411; Cuscatancingo ...
Chalatenango Sur (Southern Chalatenango) is one of the 44 municipalities of El Salvador. [1] This municipality is made up of 20 districts Arcatao, Azacualpa, San José Cancasque, Chalatenango, Compalapa, Concepción Quezaltepeque El Carrizal, La Laguna, Las Vueltas, Las Flores, Nombre de Jesús, Nueva Trinidad, Ojos de Agua, Potonico, San Antonio de la Cruz, San Antonio Los Ranchos, San ...
The Sumpul River (Spanish: río Sumpul) is a river in north-western El Salvador on the border with Honduras.It flows through the Chalatenango Department. [1]On 14 May 1980, the river and the nearby village of Las Aradas were the site of a massacre by the Salvadoran Armed Forces that left between 300 and 600 people dead.