La Paz Depairtment (El Salvador)

La Paz
Depairtment
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Location athin El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°29′02″N 88°57′32″W
Kintra	El Salvador
Creatit (gien current status)	Februar 1852
Seat	Zacatecoluca
Area
• Total	1227.6 km2 (474.0 sq mi)
Area rank	Rankit 9t
Population
• Total	328,221
• Rank	Rankit 10t
• Density	270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
ISO 3166 code	SV-PA

La Paz is a depairtment o El Salvador in the sooth central aurie o the kintra. The caipital is Zacatecoluca. La Paz haes a aurie o 1,228 km² an a population o mair nor 328,000. The depairtment wis creatit in 1852. Thare are various caves conteenin rock writin. The depairtment haes a kirk in Zacatecoluca whaur the Independence Hero Dr Jose Simeon Cañas y Villacorta wis born. He wis kent as "The Leeberator o the Slaves in Central Americae".

Municipalities

1. Cuyultitán
2. El Rosario
3. Jerusalén
4. Mercedes La Ceiba
5. Olocuilta
6. Paraíso de Osorio
7. San Antonio Masahuat
8. San Emigdio
9. San Francisco Chinameca
10. San Juan Nonualco
11. San Juan Talpa
12. San Juan Tepezontes
13. San Luis La Herradura
14. San Luis Talpa
15. San Miguel Tepezontes
16. San Pedro Masahuat
17. San Pedro Nonualco
18. San Rafael Obrajuelo
19. Santa María Ostuma
20. Santiago Nonualco
21. Tapalhuaca
22. Zacatecoluca

References

• El Salvador on GeoHive Archived 2016-09-28 at the Wayback Machine