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Cuscatlán Department, El Salvadori
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Cuscatlán DepartmentDepartment
El SalvadorCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Cojutepeque48,411 (2012)
San Martín39,361 (2018)
Suchitoto5,735 (2012)
Tecoluca2,781 (2018)
Tenancingo1,011 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
131853
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:131853:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Cuscatlán, Salvador
German:
Departamento Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Italian:
dipartimento di Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Russian:
Кускатлан, Сальвадор
Simplified Chinese:
库斯卡特兰省, 萨尔瓦多
Spanish:
Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Arabic:
إدارة كوسكاتلان, السلفادور
Basque:
Cuscatlán departamendua, El Salvador
Bengali:
কুসকাতলান বিভাগ, এল সালভাদোর
Bulgarian:
Кускатлан, Салвадор
Catalan:
departament de Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Cebuano:
Departamento de Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Danish:
Cuscatlán Department, El Salvador
Dutch:
Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Esperanto:
Departemento Cuscatlán, Salvadoro
Finnish:
Cuscatlánin departmentti, El Salvador
Georgian:
კუსკატლანის დეპარტამენტი, სალვადორი
Greek:
Διαμέρισμα Κουσκατλάν, Ελ Σαλβαδόρ
Gujarati:
કુસ્કાટલાન વિભાગ, અલ સાલ્વાડોર
Hindi:
कूसकातलान, अल साल्वाडोर
Hungarian:
Cuscatlán megye, Salvador
Indonesian:
Departemen Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Japanese:
クスカトラン県, エルサルバドル
Judaeo-Spanish:
Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Kannada:
ಕುಸ್ಕಟಾನ್ ಇಲಾಖೆ, ಎಲ್ ಸಾಲ್ವಡಾರ್
Korean:
쿠스카틀란주, 엘살바도르
Latvian:
Kuskatlanas departaments, Salvadora
Lithuanian:
Kuskatlano departamentas, Salvadoras
Malay:
Cuscatlan Department, El Salvador
Marathi:
कुस्कॅटान विभाग, एल साल्वादोर
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Cuscatlán Koān, El Salvador
Nahuatl:
Tlālxeliuhcāyōtl Cōzcatlān, Cōzcatlān
Northern Frisian:
Cuscatlán , El Salvador
Norwegian:
Cuscatlan, El Salvador
Occitan:
Departament de Cuscatlán, Lo Salvador
Polish:
Cuscatlán, Salwador
Portuguese:
Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Quechua:
Cuscatlán suyu, Salwadur
Romanian:
Departamentul Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Scots:
Cuscatlán Depairtment, El Salvador
Sinhalese:
කුස්කෙට්ලාන් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, එල් සැල්ව‍ඩෝ
Swedish:
Cuscatlan, El Salvador
Tamil:
குசுக்காட்லான் துறை, எல் சால்வடோர்
Telugu:
కుస్కట్లాన్ డిపార్ట్మెంట్, ఎల్ సాల్వడార్
Thai:
จังหวัดกุสกาตลัน, เอลซัลวาดอร์
Traditional Chinese:
庫斯卡特蘭省, 薩爾瓦多
Turkish:
Cuscatian Departmanı, El Salvador
Ukrainian:
Кускатлан , Сальвадор
Urdu:
کوسکاتلان محکمہ, ایل سیلواڈور
Vietnamese:
Khu vực hành chính Cuscatlán, El Salvador


Cuscatlán is a department of El Salvador, located in the center of the country. With a surface area of 756.19 square kilometres (291.97 sq mi), it is El Salvador's smallest department. Cuscatlán or Cuzcatlán was the name the original inhabitants of the Western part of the country gave to most of the territory that is now El Salvador. In their language, it means "land of precious jewels". The department was created on 22 May 1835. Suchitoto was the first capital of the department but on 12 November 1861, Cojutepeque was made the capital.

Municipalities: Candelaria, Cojutepeque, El Carmen, El Rosario, Monte San Juan, Oratorio de Concepción, San Bartolomé Perulapía, San Cristóbal, San José Guayabal, San Pedro Perulapán, San Rafael Cedros, San Ramón, Santa Cruz Analquito, Santa Cruz Michapa, Suchitoto, and Tenancingo.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuscatl%C3%A1n_Department
Wikidata ID:Q1130677
GeoNames ID:3586831


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