City profile · El Salvador · North America
La Unión
La Union · El Salvador
City population
26,807
#22
in El Salvador
#19,870
worldwide
13.339, -87.843 · 150 km from San Salvador
About La Unión
La Unión is a city in La Union, El Salvador with a population of 26,807. It is the 22nd largest of the 35 cities of 15,000 or more listed in El Salvador, and the 19,870th largest worldwide. It lies 150 km from San Salvador.
Key Facts
Country
Region
La Union
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/El_Salvador
Coordinates
13.339, -87.843
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 SalvadorClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.