Chalatenango Department

department of El Salvador
AdministrativeArea electoral_unit Q522221
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Chalatenango Department

Summary

Chalatenango Department is an electoral unit[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of electoral_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chalatenango Department is located in El Salvador[3].
  • Chalatenango Department is in the country of El Salvador[4].
  • Chalatenango Department's image is recorded as Los zapotes, chalatenango - panoramio.jpg[5].
  • Chalatenango Department's instance of is recorded as electoral unit[6].
  • Chalatenango Department's instance of is recorded as department of El Salvador[7].
  • Chalatenango Department's capital is recorded as Chalatenango[8].
  • Chalatenango Department's flag image is recorded as Flag of Chalatenango.svg[9].
  • Chalatenango Department's shares border with is recorded as La Libertad Department[10].
  • Chalatenango Department's shares border with is recorded as Santa Ana Department[11].
  • Chalatenango Department's shares border with is recorded as Ocotepeque Department[12].
  • Chalatenango Department's shares border with is recorded as Lempira Department[13].
  • Chalatenango Department's shares border with is recorded as Cabañas Department[14].
  • Chalatenango Department's shares border with is recorded as Cuscatlán Department[15].
  • Chalatenango Department's shares border with is recorded as San Salvador Department[16].
  • Chalatenango Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Northern Chalatenango[17].
  • Chalatenango Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Central Chalatenango[18].
  • Chalatenango Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Southern Chalatenango[19].
  • Chalatenango Department's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132532905[20].
  • Chalatenango Department's locator map image is recorded as Chalatenango in El Salvador.svg[21].
  • Chalatenango Department's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81067799[22].
  • Chalatenango Department's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12169084w[23].
  • Chalatenango Department's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15233963x[24].
  • Chalatenango Department's IdRef ID is recorded as 030230764[25].
  • Chalatenango Department's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as SV-CH[26].
  • Chalatenango Department's Commons category is recorded as Chalatenango Department[27].

Body

Geography

Chalatenango Department is in the country of El Salvador[4]. It is located in El Salvador[3].

Physical Characteristics

Chalatenango Department's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2017'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+192788'}[29] and {'amount': '+185930'}[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include electoral unit[6] and department of El Salvador[7].

History and Context

+1855-02-14T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chalatenango Department[31].

Why It Matters

Chalatenango Department ranks in the top 6% of electoral_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . El Diario de Hoy. Retrieved . elsalvador.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . El Diario de Hoy. Retrieved . elsalvador.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . El Diario de Hoy. Retrieved . elsalvador.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . datos.bne.es. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . 2007 Salvadoran census. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . 2024 Salvadoran census. wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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