World summary --- El Salvador

Summary information

Names
ISO3-Code	SLV
Continent	North America
Country Name	El Salvador
Administrative
Admin Level Used	2
Level1 Type	Departamento
Level2 Type	Municipio
Number of Units	264
Population Estimates
Ref. Year First	1992
Ref. Year Last	1995
Pop '90 (estimated) ('000)	4,825
Pop '95 (estimated) ('000)	5,703
Pop '90 (UN) ('000)	5,110
Pop '95 (UN) ('000)	5,669
Difference '90	5.6%
Difference '95	-0.6%
Spatial Estimates
Area (sq km)	21,040
Resolution (km)	9
PopPerUnit ('000)	21
Resources
Web Site 1	http://populi.eest.ucr.ac.cr
Web Site 2	http://gis.ciat.cgiar.org

Data sources Boundaries generated by the GIS facility of the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT). Contact: Glenn Hyman Reference: Jones, P. G. and Bell, W. C. (1997) Coverage of Latin America Administrative Divisions. Version 1.1 Apr 1997 ÝÝÝ digital dataset. CIAT Cali Colombia Pop Data from: Central America Pop web site at http://populi.eest.ucr.ac.cr POBLACION DE EL SALVADOR POR DEPARTAMENTO, MUNICIPIO Y CANTON. CENSO DE POBLACION Y VIVIENDA, 1992. Official 1995 estimates by municipio from the same source. P90E estimated using 92-95 growth rates.

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