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San Miguel Department, El Salvadori
Regional Level Types
San Miguel DepartmentDepartment
El SalvadorCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
San Miguel161,880 (2013)
San Rafael Oriente19,095 (2012)
El Tránsito9,485 (2012)
Chinameca8,646 (2012)
Ciudad Barrios8,491 (2012)
Chirilagua6,393 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
131946
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:131946:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
San Miguel, Salvador
German:
Departamento San Miguel, El Salvador
Italian:
dipartimento di San Miguel, El Salvador
Russian:
Сан-Мигель, Сальвадор
Simplified Chinese:
圣米格尔省, 萨尔瓦多
Spanish:
Departamento de San Miguel, El Salvador
Arabic:
إدارة سان ميغيل, السلفادور
Basque:
San Miguel departamendua, El Salvador
Bengali:
সান মিগুয়েল বিভাগ, এল সালভাদোর
Bulgarian:
Сан Мигел, Салвадор
Catalan:
Departament de San Miguel, El Salvador
Cebuano:
Departamento de San Miguel, El Salvador
Danish:
San Miguel Department, El Salvador
Dutch:
San Miguel, El Salvador
Esperanto:
Departemento San Miguel, Salvadoro
Finnish:
San Miguelin departmentti, El Salvador
Galician:
San Miguel, O Salvador
Georgian:
სან-მიგელის დეპარტამენტი, სალვადორი
Greek:
Διαμέρισμα Σαν Μιγκέλ, Ελ Σαλβαδόρ
Gujarati:
સેન મિગ્યુએલ વિભાગ, અલ સાલ્વાડોર
Hindi:
नास-मीगोल, अल साल्वाडोर
Hungarian:
San Miguel megye, Salvador
Indonesian:
Departemen San Miguel, El Salvador
Japanese:
サンミゲル県, エルサルバドル
Judaeo-Spanish:
San Miguel, El Salvador
Kannada:
ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಮಿಗುಯೆಲ್ ಇಲಾಖೆ, ಎಲ್ ಸಾಲ್ವಡಾರ್
Korean:
산미겔주, 엘살바도르
Latvian:
Sanmigelas departaments, Salvadora
Lithuanian:
San Migelio departamentas, Salvadoras
Malay:
San Miguel Department, El Salvador
Marathi:
सॅन मिगेल विभाग, एल साल्वादोर
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
San Miguel Koān , El Salvador
Nahuatl:
Tlālxeliuhcāyōtl San Miguel, Cōzcatlān
Northern Frisian:
San Miguel , El Salvador
Norwegian:
San Miguel department, El Salvador
Polish:
San Miguel, Salwador
Portuguese:
San Miguel, El Salvador
Quechua:
San Miguel , Salwadur
Romanian:
Departamentul San Miguel, El Salvador
Scots:
San Miguel Depairtment, El Salvador
Sinhalese:
සැන් මිගෙල් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, එල් සැල්ව‍ඩෝ
Swedish:
San Miguel Department, El Salvador
Tamil:
சான் மிகுயில் துறை, எல் சால்வடோர்
Telugu:
సాన్ మిగ్వెల్ డిపార్ట్మెంట్, ఎల్ సాల్వడార్
Thai:
จังหวัดซานมิเกล, เอลซัลวาดอร์
Traditional Chinese:
聖米格爾省, 薩爾瓦多
Turkish:
San Miguel Departmanı, El Salvador
Ukrainian:
Сан-Мігель , Сальвадор
Urdu:
سان میگیل محکمہ, ایل سیلواڈور
Vietnamese:
Khu vực hành chính San Miguel, El Salvador


San Miguel is a department in the eastern part of El Salvador. The capital is San Miguel. The department is 2,077 km² in area. It was made a department on June 12, 1824.

Municipalities: Carolina, Chapeltique, Chinameca, Chirilagua, Ciudad Barrios, Comacarán, El Tránsito, Lolotique, Moncagua, Nueva Guadalupe, Nuevo Edén de San Juan, Quelepa, San Antonio, San Gerardo, San Jorge, San Luis de la Reina, San Miguel, San Rafael, Sesori, and Uluazapa.

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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences10
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.13 Ma (Pleistocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Geochelone
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Geochelone0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Smilodon
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Smilodon0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Neochoerus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Hydrochoeridae : Neochoerus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Camelidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Bison
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bison0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Equus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Cuvieronius
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : Cuvieronius0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Glyptotherium
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Glyptodontidae : Glyptotherium0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Eremotherium
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megatheriidae : Eremotherium0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Mixotoxodon larensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Toxodontidae : Mixotoxodon : Mixotoxodon larensis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Miguel_Department_(El_Salvador)
Wikidata ID:Q930804
GeoNames ID:3583462


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