San Salvador is a department of El Salvador in the west central part of the country. The capital is San Salvador, which is also the national capital. The department has North of the Rio Lempa Valley, the "Valle de las Hamacas" (Hammock Valley) and a section of Lake Ilopango.

Some of the cities that are densly populated are: San Salvador, Delgado City, Mejicanos, Soyapango, Panchimalco and Apopa.

The department is 886.15km2 and more than 1 million people lives there.

It was made department on June 12, 1824. During the time of the colony, the department was the San Salvador Party, from where it was taken territory to make the departments of Chalatenago, La Libertad, Cuscatlan and La Paz.

This department produces beans, coffee, sugar cane, etc.

Municipalities

1. Aguilares
2. Apopa
3. Ayutuxtepeque
4. Cuscatancingo
5. Delgado
6. El Paisnal
7. Guazapa
8. Ilopango
9. Mejicanos
10. Nejapa
11. Panchimalco
12. Rosario de Mora
13. San Marcos
14. San Martín
15. San Salvador
16. Santiago Texacuangos
17. Santo Tomás
18. Soyapango
19. Tonacatepeque