San Miguel Department (El Salvador)

San Miguel is one of 14 departments in El Salvador and bordered to the north by Honduras and on the south by the Pacific Ocean.

The capital of the department is the city of San Miguel. It has its name from the Department of Archangel Michael. San Miguel was founded on June 12, 1824 and got its current constitutional status on June 22, 1865.

In San Miguel, the 2130 meter high volcano Chaparrastique is - also known as San Miguel volcano known.

Municipalities

The department of San Miguel is in turn divided into 19 municipios:

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