La Libertad Department
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Map of El Salvador showing La Libertad department.
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Map of El Salvador showing La Libertad department.
La Libertad is a department of El Salvador in the southwest of the country. The capital is Nueva San Salvador. It has 1652.88 km² and a population of more than 400,000 people.
It was made department on January 28, 1865. The new population was founded on Ulliman Plains - place where rubber is harvested - (Nahuat). The city was called "Nueva Ciudad de San Salvador" (New City of San Salvador) and made the department's capital on the same date as the department was declared.
The department's capital is most commonly known as Santa Tecla.
Municipalities
- Antiguo Cuscatlán
- Chiltiupán
- Ciudad Arce
- Colón
- Comasagua
- Huizúcar
- Jayaque
- Jicalapa
- La Libertad
- Nueva San Salvador
- Nuevo Cuscatlán
- Opico
- Quezaltepeque
- Sacacoyo
- San José Villanueva
- San Matías
- San Pablo Tacachico
- Talnique
- Tamanique
- Teotepeque
- Tepecoyo
- Zaragoza