Nueva Esparta, El Salvador
Nueva Esparta | |
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Municipality | |
View of Town from La Peñona | |
Nueva Esparta Location in El Salvador | |
| Coordinates: 13°47′N 87°50′W / 13.783°N 87.833°W | |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Department | La Unión |
| Established | 1838 |
| Town | 1865 |
| City | 1966 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Mayor | Manrique Villatoro |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 86 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0.76 km2 (0.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 225 m (738 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Municipality | 2,200 |
| • Density | 25.5/km2 (66/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST |
| Website | http://www.miesparta.com/ |
Nueva Esparta is a municipality in the northeasternmost zone of El Salvador, inside La Unión Department. The municipality is politically divided into the central Pueblo Nueva Esparta, six outlying canton communities and 31 caserios (smaller community outgrowths from the pueblo or canton communities).