Ahuachapán Department

{{Short description|Department of El Salvador}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Ahuachapán

| settlement_type = Department

| image_skyline=El Salvador 1904.JPG

| image_caption=

| image_flag = Bandera del Departamento de Ahuachapán.PNG

| image_shield = Escudo del departamento de ahuachapan..png

| image_map = Ahuachapan in El Salvador.svg

| mapsize = frameless

| map_caption = Location within El Salvador

| coordinates = {{coord|13.867|-89.892|region:SV_type:adm1st|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|El Salvador}}

| established_title = Created

| established_date = 1869

| seat_title = Capital

| seat = Ahuachapán

| area_total_km2 = 1239.6

| area_footnotes =

| area_rank = Ranked 8th

| population_total = 333406

| population_as of = 2013

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_footnotes =

| population_rank = Ranked 7th

| timezone = CST

| utc_offset = −6

| area_code_type = Calling code

| area_code =

| iso_code = SV-AH

| website =

}}

Ahuachapán ({{IPA|es|awatʃaˈpan}}) is a department of El Salvador in the west of the country.{{Cite book |last=Perez |first=Orlando J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dTSHDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Ahuachap%C3%A1n+Department%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA22 |title=Historical Dictionary of El Salvador |date=2016-07-26 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8108-8020-7 |pages=22 |language=en}} The capital is Ahuachapán.{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Saul Bernard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6PLxz8EMk0C&dq=%22Ahuachap%C3%A1n+Department%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA1789 |title=The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: A to G |date=2008 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-14554-1 |pages=39 |language=en}} In the south, it has the Apaneca-Ilamatepec Range and the Cerro Grande de Apaneca (Apaneca Grand Hill). It has a population of over 360,000 people. The Ahuachapán Department was created by the Legislative Decree of February 9, 1869, under the administration of Francisco Dueñas.