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

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
San Vicente41,504 (2013)
San Sebastián7,333 (2012)
Apastepeque5,785 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
131949
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:131949:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
San Vicente, Salvador
German:
Departamento San Vicente, El Salvador
Italian:
dipartimento di San Vicente, El Salvador
Russian:
Сан-Висенте , Сальвадор
Simplified Chinese:
圣维森特省, 萨尔瓦多
Spanish:
San Vicente, El Salvador
Arabic:
إدارة سان فيسينتي, السلفادور
Basque:
San Vicente departamendua, El Salvador
Bengali:
সান ভিসেন্তে বিভাগ, এল সালভাদোর
Bulgarian:
Сан Висенте, Салвадор
Catalan:
departament de San Vicente, El Salvador
Cebuano:
Departamento de San Vicente, El Salvador
Danish:
San Vicente Department, El Salvador
Dutch:
San Vicente, El Salvador
Esperanto:
Departemento San Vicente, Salvadoro
Finnish:
San Vicenten departementti, El Salvador
Georgian:
სან-ვისენტეს დეპარტამენტი, სალვადორი
Greek:
Διαμέρισμα Σαν Βισέντε, Ελ Σαλβαδόρ
Gujarati:
સેન વિસેન્ટ વિભાગ, અલ સાલ્વાડોર
Hindi:
सान-विसेनते, अल साल्वाडोर
Hungarian:
San Vicente megye, Salvador
Indonesian:
Departemen San Vicente, El Salvador
Japanese:
サン・ビセンテ県, エルサルバドル
Judaeo-Spanish:
San Vicente, El Salvador
Kannada:
ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ವಿಸೆಂಟೆ ಇಲಾಖೆ, ಎಲ್ ಸಾಲ್ವಡಾರ್
Korean:
산비센테주, 엘살바도르
Latvian:
Sanvisentes departaments, Salvadora
Lithuanian:
San Visentės departamentas, Salvadoras
Malay:
San Vicente Department, El Salvador
Marathi:
सॅन व्हिसेंटा विभाग, एल साल्वादोर
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
San Vicente Koān, El Salvador
Nahuatl:
Tlālxeliuhcāyōtl San Vicente, Cōzcatlān
Northern Frisian:
San Vicente , El Salvador
Norwegian:
San Vincente department, El Salvador
Polish:
San Vicente, Salwador
Portuguese:
San Vicente, El Salvador
Quechua:
San Vicente , Salwadur
Romanian:
Departamentul San Vicente, El Salvador
Scots:
San Vicente Depairtment, El Salvador
Sinhalese:
සැන් විසේන්තේ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, එල් සැල්ව‍ඩෝ
Swedish:
San Vincente department, El Salvador
Tamil:
சான் விஸேண்ட் துறை, எல் சால்வடோர்
Telugu:
సాన్ విసెంటి డిపార్ట్మెంట్, ఎల్ సాల్వడార్
Thai:
จังหวัดซานบิเซนเต, เอลซัลวาดอร์
Traditional Chinese:
聖維森特省, 薩爾瓦多
Turkish:
San Vicente Departmanı, El Salvador
Ukrainian:
Сан-Вісенте , Сальвадор
Urdu:
سان ویسینتے محکمہ, ایل سیلواڈور
Vietnamese:
Khu vực hành chính San Vicente, El Salvador


San Vicente is a department of El Salvador in the center of the country. The capital is San Vicente. On October 4, 1834, San Vicente City of Austria and Lorenzana (Ciudad de San Vicente de Austria y Lorenzana) was made the capital of the State of El Salvador during the Federal Republic of Central America. In 1840, it was no longer the capital of the State of El Salvador, but it continues to be the capital of the department. The department was created on June 12, 1824. The San Vicente department is 1,184 km² (457 sq mi).

Municipalities: Apastepeque, Guadalupe, San Cayetano Istepeque, San Esteban Catarina, San Ildefonso, San Lorenzo, San Sebastián, San Vicente, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Tecoluca, Tepetitán, and Verapaz.

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Fossils

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

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Occurrences7
Youngest Fossil Listed0.30 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed1.80 Ma (Pleistocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Cuscatlan71.8 - 0.3 Ma (Pleistocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Geochelone
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Geochelone1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Cervidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Cuvieronius
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : Cuvieronius1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Mixotoxodon
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Toxodontidae : Mixotoxodon1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Eremotherium
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megatheriidae : Eremotherium1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Megalonyx obtusidens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megalonychidae : Megalonyx : Megalonyx obtusidens1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Meizonyx salvadorensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megalonychidae : Meizonyx : Meizonyx salvadorensis1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Vicente_Department
Wikidata ID:Q1130180
GeoNames ID:3583176


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