La Paz Department (El Salvador)

La Paz
Image:LaPaz flag.png Image:COA-LaPaz.png Flag Coat of Arms
Location
Statistics
Created (given current status)	1852
Capital	Zacatecoluca
Area    •%	1,224 km²   Ranked 9th
Population    •(2006)	318,107   Ranked 10th
ISO 3166-2	SV-PA

La Paz is a department of El Salvador in the south central area of the country. The capital is Zacatecoluca. It has an area of 1,224 km² and a population of more than 300,000. The department was created February, 1852. There are various caves containing rock writing. The department has a church in Zacatecoluca where the Independence Hero Dr Jose Simeon Cañas y Villacorta was born. He was known as "The Liberator of the Slaves in Central America". In 1833, Anatasio Aquino, an indigenous person, proclaimed himself as "The Emperor of the Nonualcos".

Municipalities

1. Cuyultitán
2. El Rosario
3. Jerusalén
4. Mercedes La Ceiba
5. Olocuilta
6. Paraíso de Osorio
7. San Antonio Masahuat
8. San Emigdio
9. San Francisco Chinameca
10. San Juan Nonualco
11. San Juan Talpa
12. San Juan Tepezontes
13. San Luis La Herradura
14. San Luis Talpa
15. San Miguel Tepezontes
16. San Pedro Masahuat
17. San Pedro Nonualco
18. San Rafael Obrajuelo
19. Santa María Ostuma
20. Santiago Nonualco
21. Tapalhuaca
22. Verapaz
23. Zacatecoluca

Departments of El Salvador
Ahuachapán | Cabañas | Chalatenango | Cuscatlán | La Libertad | La Paz | La Unión | Morazán | San Miguel | San Salvador | San Vicente | Santa Ana | Sonsonate | Usulután