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The capital of each of the departments have the same flag and
coat of arms of the department except for Cojutepeque in the
Cuscatlan department and San Francisco
Gotera in Morazán, where the emblem is different.
Fred Drews, 11 November 2004
There were legislative and municipal elections in El Salvador this past
Sunday. As I have mentioned before, there are always changes in flags and coat
of arms, in a few cities. The new elected mayor of the capital, the city of San
Salvador, announced today that he is changing the current flag and coat of arms,
which were adopted three years ago, to the original designs that were used for
more than 75 years.
Fred Drews, 9 March 2018
El Salvador has rather recently changed its administrative structure. A new
layer of local government has been created, the districts. President Nayib
Bukele proposed lowering the number of municipalities in the country to 44 on
June 1, 2023. Twelve days later, the Legislative Assembly approved this. Each
municipality existing before May 1, 2024 (the date the law went into effect)
became a district of a municipality.
Currently, municipalities have
generic names, which are composed of the department and location. Examples of
this are San Salvador Centro, San Miguel Norte, Sonsonate Oeste, etc. More
municipalities may be created if they have sufficient resources, a capital of at
least 20,000 people, and conform to plans of national development. It is up to
the Legislative Assembly to create new municipalities, however.
Daniel
Rentería, 5 July 2024
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