Santa Clara is a municipality in the San Vicente Department of El Salvador.

It is located towards the southeast of the centre of the country to the east of San Salvador and lies at an altitude of 590m.

Santa Clara is a town with a rich religious and cultural tradition and character that fuses together the elements of precolonial and colonial influences with those of the new generation.

One of the monuments in Santa Clara of great renown is the church that was built during the colonial period.

Notable fiestas are celebrated in the city such as that between August 12 to the 25 in honor of the patrona saint Saint Santa Clarita de Asis (Santiago Apóstol), where they indulge in much religious, cultural and social activity such as masquerades, dances and concerts.