List of cities in El Salvador

A map of El Salvador.

The San Salvador Metropolitan Area.

This article shows a list of cities in El Salvador.

Cities

City population figures below are from the World Population Review from 2024. Over 100,000 or a High Human Development Index, and a high urbanization. AMSS = San Salvador Metropolitan Area

• Acajutla – Pop. 22,763
• Apopa – Pop. 112,158 (AMSS)
• Antiguo Cuscatlán – Pop. 33,767 (AMSS); highest HDI in the country
• Ciudad Delgado – Pop. 71,594 (AMSS)
• Cojutepeque – Pop. 48,411
• Cuscatancingo – Pop. 44,369 (AMSS)
• Ilopango – Pop. 38,890 (AMSS)
• Jiquilisco – Pop. 9,129 (AMSS)
• La Unión – Pop. 26,807
• Mejicanos – Pop. 160,317 (AMSS)
• Metapán – Pop. 19,143
• San Marcos – Pop. 54,615
• San Martin – Pop. 39,361 (AMSS)
• San Miguel – Pop. 161,880
• San Salvador – (capital) Pop. City 525,990; Metro 2,290,000 (AMSS)
• San Vicente – Pop. 41,504
• Santa Tecla – Pop. 124,694 (AMSS)
• Santa Ana – Pop. 176,661
• Sonsonate – Pop. 59,468
• Soyapango – Pop. 329,708 (AMSS)
• Usulutan – Pop. 51,910

Towns

Over 50,000, medium to low urbanization, or departmental capital.

• Ahuachapán - Pop. 110,511
• Chalatenango - Pop. 28,271
• Cojutepeque - Pop. 70,000
• Nejapa - Pop. 50,966
• San Vicente - Pop. 53,213
• Tacuba - Pop. 50,000
• Usulután - Pop. 71,636
• Zacatecoluca - Pop. 62,576

Villages

Within the range of 1,001 to 49,999 or have a really low urbanization.

• Alegria - Pop. 15,000
• Arambala - Pop. 1,821
• Apaneca - Pop. 8,597
• Berlín - Pop. 15,000
• Chirilagua - Pop. 24,000
• Comasagua - Pop. 11,870
• Conchagua - Pop. 37,362
• Concepción de Ataco - Pop. 18,101
• Juayúa - Pop. 24,465
• Jujutla - Pop. 39,596
• La Palma, Chalatenango - Pop. 24,000
• Nahuizalco - Pop. 49,081
• Santa Rosa de Lima - Pop. 27,693
• Suchitoto - Pop. 24,786

See also

• Municipalities of El Salvador
• Geography of El Salvador
• Salvadoran Departments by HDI

External links

Media related to Cities in El Salvador at Wikimedia Commons