San Miguel Depairtment (El Salvador)
San Miguel is a depairtment o El Salvador in the eastren pairt o the kintra. The caipital is San Miguel. It haes a aurie o 2,077 km² an a population o ower 478,000.
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 Location athin El Salvador | |
| Coordinates: 13°31′19″N 88°14′02″W / 13.522°N 88.234°WCoordinates: 13°31′19″N 88°14′02″W / 13.522°N 88.234°W | |
| Kintra |  El Salvador |
| Creatit (gien current status) | 1824 |
| Seat | San Miguel |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2077.1 km2 (802.0 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Rankit 2nt |
| Population | |
| • Total | 478,792 |
| • Rank | Rankit 4t |
| • Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SV-SM |
San Miguel wis first kent as San Miguel de la Frontera. The ceety wis foondit bi Luis de Moscoso on 8 Mey 1530, whaur it is nou Santa Elena. This territory wis pairt o the Lenca Principality at the time o the conquest. On 11 Julie 1812 it wis gien the title o "Noble y Leal Ciudad" (noble an lyal ceety). It wis made a depairtment on 12 Juin 1824.
Municipalities eedit
Agricultur eedit
The products that are mair cultivatit are the basic grains, henequen an succar cane, fruits, oleaginous seeds, mangrove, an grass. The upbringin o bovine, swinish, goat, an mule livestock exists an the upbringin o corral birds an o bees. Amang the maist important manufacturin, thare is the elaboration o nutritious products, threads, yarns, drinks, cotton fabrics, clothes, leather articles, detergents, soaps, milk, an construction material.
Tourism eedit
Thare are a few beaches in the San Miguel depairtment, for instance in El Cuco.
References eedit
- El Salvador at GeoHive Archived 2016-09-28 at the Wayback Machine