The 14 departments of El Salvador, from Ahuachapán in the west to La Unión in the east.
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Write the name of each numbered department.Answer key
Ahuachapán
Cabañas
Chalatenango
Cuscatlán
La Libertad
La Paz
La Unión
Morazán
San Miguel
San Salvador
San Vicente
Santa Ana
Sonsonate
Usulután
Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.
Each department is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a department is answered.
How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-10-01; ids, points and accepted spellings are Natural Earth's; six points (Cabañas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlán, La Libertad, La Paz, San Salvador) were moved inside their own shapes so that every name has room on the Named sheet. The count of 14 departments and every name were checked on 2026-10-01 against the 2024 census tables of the Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador (https://censo2024.bcr.gob.sv/wp-content/uploads/tablas-geoportal/2025/TAB_POB_1.pdf, read in the copy kept at web.archive.org: departments 01 to 14, 44 municipalities, 262 districts) and against ISO 3166-2:SV as printed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:SV, with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments_of_El_Salvador as the second text; all three agree with the points file. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centered on 13.7°N 88.9°W. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
How it works
This blank map of El Salvador shows its 14 departments, from Ahuachapán in the west to La Unión in the east. Switch Borders off for a plain outline of the country.
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Blank, numbered or named
The sheet opens blank. Choose Numbered to put a number on each of the 14 departments of El Salvador, or Named for their names, then press Print this map; the answer key prints on its own sheet.
Finding San Salvador
San Salvador, the department of the capital city, is a small shape in the middle of the map, between La Libertad and Cuscatlán. Cuscatlán is the smallest department. Guatemala lies to the northwest and Honduras to the northeast, both drawn as plain land, and the whole south coast faces the Pacific Ocean.
Typed answers without accents count: Ahuachapan, Cabanas and Usulutan are right in the quiz.
Questions and answers
How many departments does El Salvador have?
Fourteen, all numbered on this map. The country's 2024 census lists the same 14, divided into 44 municipalities.
What is the capital of El Salvador?
San Salvador. It is in the department of the same name, a small shape near the middle of the map.
Which countries border El Salvador?
Guatemala to the northwest and Honduras to the northeast. Both are drawn as plain land without numbers. The south coast is on the Pacific Ocean.
Can I print El Salvador without the department lines?
Yes. Switch Borders off and the sheet prints the plain outline of the country.