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Category | Second-level administrative division |
Location | El Salvador |
Found in | Departments |
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The municipalities (Spanish: municipios) of El Salvador correspond to the second level administrative division in the Republic of El Salvador which divide its departments. El Salvador contains 44 municipalities.
The Municipal Code emitted in the January 31, 1986 and which now regulates the municipalities establishes the Municipio as the primary unit of political administration in the state organization, established in a determined territory which belongs to it, with political autonomy.[1]
On 1 June 2023, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele issued a proposal to the Legislative Assembly to reduce the number of municipalities from 262 to 44.[2][3] On 13 June 2023, the Legislative Assembly voted to approve the proposal. The changes came into effect on 1 May 2024.[4]