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Ranking of the departments of El Salvador by hotel and travel businesses per inhabitant

How many hotel and travel businesses there are per 100,000 inhabitants in every department of El Salvador and in the cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. On average, 79.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, one for every 1,254 inhabitants.

79.7
hotel and travel businesses per 100,000 inhabitants — El Salvador
one for every 1,254 inhabitants
135.7
the most — San Miguel Department
one for every 737 inhabitants
20.5
the fewest — Cabañas Department
one for every 4,867 inhabitants
6.0M
inhabitants
Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024 (aproximado)
How we count. Businesses — the active hotel and travel businesses of our base on the date of the update. Population — Censo de Población y Vivienda 2024 (aproximado). Tourist areas and business districts rise in the ranking: many businesses for the resident population.

Ranking of the departments: hotel and travel businesses per 100,000 inhabitants

Hotel and travel businesses per 100,000 inhabitants and inhabitants per business. Click a column to sort.

No. ↕Department ↕Population ↕Travel ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 San Miguel Department 470,000 638
135.7
737
02 La Libertad Department 806,000 1,053
130.6
765
03 Santa Ana Department 525,000 593
113.0
885
04 Cuscatlán Department 254,000 211
83.1
1,204
05 Sonsonate Department 469,000 343
73.1
1,367
06 San Salvador Department 1,580,000 1,079
68.3
1,464
07 La Unión Department 231,000 143
61.9
1,615
08 Ahuachapán Department 345,000 211
61.2
1,635
09 La Paz Department 324,000 170
52.5
1,906
10 Usulután Department 337,000 161
47.8
2,093
11 Chalatenango Department 186,000 64
34.4
2,906
12 San Vicente Department 171,000 57
33.3
3,000
13 Morazán Department 185,000 55
29.7
3,364
14 Cabañas Department 146,000 30
20.5
4,867
Average of El Salvador — 79.7 per 100,000 inhabitants4,808 hotel and travel businesses · 6,029,000 inhabitants

Towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Hotel and travel businesses per 100,000 inhabitants in the large towns. Population of the towns — GeoNames.

No. ↕Town ↕Population ↕Travel ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 Santa AnaSanta Ana Department 176,661 419
237.2
422
02 San MiguelSan Miguel Department 247,126 497
201.1
497
03 Santa TeclaLa Libertad Department 124,694 197
158.0
633
04 San SalvadorSan Salvador Department 525,990 716
136.1
735
05 MejicanosSan Salvador Department 160,317 67
41.8
2,393
06 ApopaSan Salvador Department 112,158 31
27.6
3,618
07 SoyapangoSan Salvador Department 329,708 66
20.0
4,996

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