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El Salvador Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 5,983   Population 2000 (UN '000) 6,278
Area (km2) 20,279   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 9
Number of Administrative Units 263   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 23
Number of Urban Extents 23   Number of Settlement Points 43

El Salvador Details

Names
ISO3-Code SLV
Continent North America
Country Name El Salvador
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
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 43
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 559,959
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 9,743
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 65,848
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 23
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,541
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 23
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 157
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 3,618
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,404,287
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 7,120
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 151,389
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 3,481,946
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 18%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 55%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 62%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 34
Regression-estimated Extents 1
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos. Censos de Poblacion Y Vivienda, 1992 y 2002
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos, Unidad de Cartografia 1987. Mapa de la Republica de El Salvador, Division Politico-Administrativa. Copia Heliografica. 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:
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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.