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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 262 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 will go into effect on 1 May 2024.[4]
- ^ Guevara Lacayo et al. 1986, p. 1.
- ^ Velásquez, Eugenia (June 1, 2023). "En Vivo: En su Discurso del Cuarto Año de Gobierno Bukele Presenta Propuesta para Reducir de 262 a 44 Municipios y Diputados a 60" [Live: In His Speech of Four Years of Government Bukele Presents Proposal to Reduce from 262 to 44 Municipalities and Deputies to 60]. El Salvador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "El Salvador president wants to cut the number of municipalities from 262 to 44". Associated Press. June 2, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ García, Jessica (June 13, 2023). "Asamblea Aprueba Reducir de 262 a 44 el Número de Municipios en El Salvador" [The Assembly Approves to Reduce the Number of Municipalities in El Salvador from 262 to 44]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved June 13, 2023.
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