Usulután (; from the

Nawat Nawat (academically Pipil, also known as Nicarao) is a Nahuan language native to Central America. It is the southernmost extant member of the Uto-Aztecan family. It was spoken in several parts of present-day Central America before the Spanish c ...

language, meaning "city of the

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") is a department of El Salvador in the southeast of the country (Lenca region). The capital is

Usulután Usulután () is the fifth largest city in El Salvador, and capital of the Usulután Department in the south-east of El Salvador. As of 2006, it is estimated to have population of 71,636 people. Usulután rests in a rich agricultural valley and ...

. Created on June 22, 1865, it is El Salvador's largest department. It has an area of 2,130 km² and a population of over 366,000. On October 26, 1948, the Alegria district was abolished and a new one called Santiago de Maria was created; it contains the cities of Santiago de Maria, which is the main city, as well as Alegria, Tecapan and California. The city of Usulutan, the department's capital, was founded by the Lenca tribes but it was conquered by the Pipil tribes. Some of the best beaches in El Salvador are located in Usulutan, and others such as El Espino are now under development. For its high migration of its residents to the United States, it is known as Shulton city. The department is home to

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and Port El Triunfo. Bosque Nancuchiname is a forest of the Usulután Department, framing the eastern bank of the

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and the town of El Zamoran on its southeastern border.

Municipalities

# Alegría # Berlín #

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# Concepción Batres # El Triunfo # Ereguayquín #

Estanzuelas Estanzuelas is a municipality in the Usulután department of El Salvador. Geography The municipality is located to the southeast of San Ildefonso of the department of San Vicente, to the north of Mercedes Umaña and to the west of Nueva Gr ...

# Jiquilisco # Jucuapa # Jucuarán # Mercedes Umaña # Nueva Granada #

Ozatlán Ozatlán is a Municipalities of El Salvador, municipality in the Usulután Department, Usulután department of El Salvador. The city of Ozatlán was named in the 1970s by the governor of El Salvador. This city was recently rebuilt, with a new c ...

# Puerto El Triunfo # San Agustín # San Buenaventura # San Dionisio # San Francisco Javier # Santa Elena # Santa María #

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# Tecapán #

References

El Salvador at GeoHive
Departments of El Salvador States and territories established in 1865 {{ElSalvador-geo-stub