San Vicente Department

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Departamento de San Vicente

Image:SanVicente flag.png Image:COA-SanVicente.png Flag Coat of Arms
Image:El Salvador-San Vicente.png Location Map
Capital	San Vicente
Area	Ranked 11th 1,184.02 km²
Population  - 1992 census  - 2006 estimate	Ranked 13th 143,003 183,607
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 1184.02 km² and a population in excess of 175,000.

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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