Jucuarán is a municipality in the department of Usulután, El Salvador.

The population is of pre-Columbian origin Ulúa, and by the year 1550 it was inhabited by about 300 people.

It suffered an onslaught of pirates in 1682, which forced the inhabitants to flee the town.

Years later it would be extinguished as a municipality, and it became a canton, but its status was restored and it became part of the department of Usulután.

By Legislative Decree of September 16, 1936, Jucuarán obtained the title of town in 1997.