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City profile · El Salvador · North America

Apopa

San Salvador Department · El Salvador
City population
112,158
#7
in El Salvador
#4
in San Salvador Department
#5,132
worldwide
San SalvadorApopa
13.807, -89.179 · 13 km from San Salvador
City population
112,158
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in El Salvador
#7
of 35 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#5,132
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of El Salvador
1.8%
of the national population

About Apopa

Apopa is a city in San Salvador Department, El Salvador with a population of 112,158. It is the 7th largest of the 35 cities of 15,000 or more listed in El Salvador, and the 5,132nd largest worldwide. It lies 13 km from San Salvador.

Position in El Salvador
#7of 35
LargestSmallest
Position in San Salvador Department
#4of 10
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
El Salvador
Region
San Salvador Department
Rank in region
#4of 10
Distance to capital
13 km
to San Salvador
Elevation
434 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/El_Salvador
Coordinates
13.807, -89.179
Record updated
2012-01-18
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 35 in El Salvador

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

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