Usulután Depairtment

Usulután
Usulután
	Depairtment
	Usulután Volcano
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	Location athin El Salvador
	Coordinates: 13°22′34″N 88°31′12″W / 13.376°N 88.52°WCoordinates: 13°22′34″N 88°31′12″W / 13.376°N 88.52°W
Kintra	El Salvador
Creatit; (gien current status)	1865
Seat	Usulután
Area
• Total	2130.4 km2 (822.6 sq mi)
Area rank	Rankit 1st
Population
• Total	366,040
• Rank	Rankit 5t
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
ISO 3166 code	SV-US

Usulután frae the Nawat leid (meanin "ceety o the ocelots") is a depairtment o El Salvador in the sootheast o the kintra (Lenca region). The caipital is Usulután.

It is El Salvador's lairgest depairtment. It haes a aurie o 2,130 km² an a population o ower 366,000.

The depairtment wis creatit on 22 Juin 1865.

On 26 October 1948, the Alegria destrict wis abolished an a new ane cried Santiago de Maria wis creatit; it conteens the ceeties o Santiago de Maria, which is the main ceety, as well as Alegria, Tecapan an California.

The ceety o Usulutan, the depairtment's caipital, wis foondit bi the Lenca tribes but it wis conquered bi the Pipil tribes. Some o the best beaches in El Salvador are locatit in Usulutan, an ithers such as El Espino are nou unner development.

The depairtment is hame tae Jiquilisco Bay an Port El Triunfo.

Municipalities

References

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