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La Unión Department, El Salvadori
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La Unión DepartmentDepartment
El SalvadorCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
La Unión26,807 (2013)
Santa Rosa de Lima13,249 (2012)
San Alejo5,149 (2012)
Intipucá3,540 (2012)
Conchagua3,034 (2012)
Anamorós2,655 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
131944
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:131944:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
La Unión, Salvador
German:
Departamento La Unión, El Salvador
Italian:
dipartimento di La Unión, El Salvador
Russian:
Ла-Унион, Сальвадор
Simplified Chinese:
拉乌尼翁省, 萨尔瓦多
Spanish:
La Unión, El Salvador
Basque:
La Unión departamendua, El Salvador
Bulgarian:
Ла Унион, Салвадор
Catalan:
departament de La Unión, El Salvador
Dutch:
La Unión, El Salvador
Esperanto:
Departemento La Unión, Salvadoro
Georgian:
ლა-უნიონის დეპარტამენტი, სალვადორი
Greek:
Διαμέρισμα Λα Ουνιόν, Ελ Σαλβαδόρ
Hindi:
ला-उनिओन प्रदेश, अल साल्वाडोर
Hungarian:
La Unión megye, Salvador
Indonesian:
Departemen La Unión, El Salvador
Japanese:
ラ・ウニオン県, エルサルバドル
Judaeo-Spanish:
La Unión, El Salvador
Korean:
라우니온주, 엘살바도르
Lithuanian:
La Uniono departamentas, Salvadoras
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
La Unión Koān, El Salvador
Nahuatl:
Tlālxeliuhcāyōtl La Unión, Cōzcatlān
Northern Frisian:
La Unión , El Salvador
Polish:
La Unión, Salwador
Portuguese:
La Unión, El Salvador
Quechua:
La Unión , Salwadur
Romanian:
Departamentul La Unión, El Salvador
Scots:
La Unión Depairtment, El Salvador
Thai:
จังหวัดลาอูนิออน, เอลซัลวาดอร์
Traditional Chinese:
拉烏尼翁省, 薩爾瓦多
Ukrainian:
Ла-Уніон, Сальвадор
Urdu:
لا یونیون محکمہ, ایل سیلواڈور


La Unión is a department of El Salvador. It is located in the eastern part of the country and its capital is La Unión. It covers a total of 2,074 km². The department was created on June 22, 1865, and the city of La Unión was made its capital.

Municipalities: Anamorós, Bolívar, Concepción de Oriente, Conchagua, El Carmen, El Sauce, Intipucá, La Unión, Lislique, Meanguera del Golfo, Nueva Esparta, Pasaquina, Polorós, San Alejo, San José, Santa Rosa de Lima, Yayantique, and Yucuaiquín.

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3 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘRickardite2.BA.30Cu7Te5
ⓘCalaverite2.EA.10AuTe2
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
FeIron
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ RickarditeCu7Te5
TeTellurium
Teⓘ CalaveriteAuTe2
Teⓘ RickarditeCu7Te5
AuGold
Auⓘ CalaveriteAuTe2

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Uni%C3%B3n_Department
Wikidata ID:Q1130688
GeoNames ID:3584767

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