City profile · El Salvador · North America
Santa Tecla
La Libertad Department · El Salvador
City population
124,694
#6
in El Salvador
#1
in La Libertad Department
#4,602
worldwide
13.677, -89.283 · 10 km from San Salvador
About Santa Tecla
Santa Tecla is a city in La Libertad Department, El Salvador with a population of 124,694. It is the 6th largest of the 35 cities of 15,000 or more listed in El Salvador, and the 4,602nd largest worldwide. It lies 10 km from San Salvador.
Key Facts
Country
Region
La Libertad Department
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
965 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/El_Salvador
Coordinates
13.677, -89.283
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.