San Francisco Javier is a municipality in the Usulután department of El Salvador. According to the official census of 2024, it has a population of 5,144 inhabitants.

History At the beginning of the 20th century, Dr. Francisco Antonio Lima (1882-1958) made a request to the Legislative Assembly for the erection of a town and promised to donate land to build the Church, the Council, the Prisons and the Plaza.Fisdl: San Francisco Javier On July 13, 1932, the request was accepted and the town was called San Francisco Javier in honor of Dr. Francisco Antonio Lima and Saint Francis Xavier

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