City profile · El Salvador · North America
Zacatecoluca
La Paz Department · El Salvador
City population
39,613
#15
in El Salvador
#14,110
worldwide
13.509, -88.870 · 40 km from San Salvador
About Zacatecoluca
Zacatecoluca is a city in La Paz Department, El Salvador with a population of 39,613. It is the 15th largest of the 35 cities of 15,000 or more listed in El Salvador, and the 14,110th largest worldwide. It lies 40 km from San Salvador.
Key Facts
Country
Region
La Paz Department
Elevation
220 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/El_Salvador
Coordinates
13.509, -88.870
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.