| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
SLV
|
| Continent |
North America
|
| Country Name |
El Salvador
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
2
|
| Leve1 Type |
Departmento
|
Level2 Type
|
Municipio
|
| Number of Units |
263
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
23
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2002
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
4,940
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
5,427
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
5,983
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
5,112
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
5,670
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
6,278
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
20,279
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
9
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
44
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
514,714
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
8,956
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
59,508
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
18
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
1,494
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
32
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
185
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
3,326
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
2,497,127
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
12,207
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
187,163
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
3,368,936
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
16%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
56%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
62%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
17
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
1
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: "Direcci¢n General de Estad¡stica y Censos. Censos de Poblaci¢n Y Vivienda, 1992 y 2002" |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Direcci¢n General de Estad¡stica y Censos, Unidad de Cartograf¡a 1987. Mapa de la Rep£blica de El Salvador, Divisi¢n Pol¡tico-Administrativa. Copia Heliogr fica. Escala 1:200000. |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: Map, NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Administrative centres of municipios. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: -- |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: The names for departments and municipios should not be considered definitive. Users of this data may want to confirm individual names of the units. |
