Ahuachapán is a department of El Salvador in the west of the country. The capital is Ahuachapán .

On the South it has the Apenca-Ilamatepec Range and the Cerro Grande de Apaneca (Apaneca Grand Hill).

The Rio Paz is the limit between El Salvador and Guatemala.

Its extension is 1239.6km2 and have more than 250,000 people living in the department.

According to the historian Jorge Larde y Larin, the population was founded around the 5th or 6th century by the Pokomames tribes.

It was made department on February 9, 1869. In 1822, it was the scene for the first army action between the Republic and Iturbide's Empire in Llano del Espino (Espino Plains).

The department produces coffee, beans, sugar cane, fruits, etc

Municipalities

1. Ahuachapán
2. Apaneca
3. Atiquizaya
4. Concepción de Ataco
5. El Refugio
6. Guaymango
7. Jujutla
8. San Francisco Menéndez
9. San Lorenzo
10. San Pedro Puxtla
11. Tacuba
12. Turín