Chalatenango is a department of El Salvador located in the northwest of the country. The department's capital city is the city of Chalatenango, which shares the same name as the department. Chalatenango covers a land area of 778.61 square miles (2,016.58 km2) and contains over 185,930 inhabitants. Chalatenango's maximum elevation, located at Cerro El Pital, is 8,960 feet (2,730 m).