List of Salvadoran departments by Human Development Index
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This is a list the fourteen departments of El Salvador by Human Development Index.[1]
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World Trade Center in (1st) San Salvador
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Santa Tecla Cathedral in (2nd) La Libertad
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Acajutla port in (4th) Sonsonate
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View of the capital city of (6th) San Miguel
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Ataco Village in (9th) Ahuachapán
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Construction of La Union Port, built to develop the department of (12th) La Union
Departments[]
Rank | Department | Capital | HDI | Estimated population 2010 | |
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High human development | |||||
1 | San Salvador Department | San Salvador | 0.795 | 2,995,787 | |
2 | La Libertad Department | Santa Tecla, El Salvador | 0.768 | 842,624 | |
3 | Santa Ana Department | Santa Ana, El Salvador | 0.740 | 630,903 | |
4 | Sonsonate Department | Sonsonate | 0.731 | 518,522 | |
5 | Cuscatlán | Cojutepeque | 0.727 | 231,480 | |
6 | San Miguel Department | San Miguel, El Salvador | 0.713 | 454,003 | |
7 | La Paz Department | Zacatecoluca | 0.707 | 318,107 | |
Medium human development | |||||
8 | Usulután Department | Usulután | 0.698 | 464,883 | |
9 | Ahuachapán Department | Ahuachapán | 0.694 | 377,141 | |
10 | San Vicente Department | San Vicente, El Salvador | 0.688 | 230,205 | |
11 | Chalatenango Department | Chalatenango | 0.682 | 274,878 | |
12 | La Unión Department | La Unión, El Salvador | 0.675 | 372,271 | |
13 | Cabañas | Sensuntepeque | 0.662 | 214,150 | |
14 | Morazán | San Francisco Gotera | 0.642 | 251,447 |
References[]
- ^ Informe Nacional de Desarrollo Humano 2008 Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo.
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