| El Paraíso, Chalatenango | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Nickname: | Villa del paraiso |
| Pushpin Map: | El Salvador |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in El Salvador |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  El Salvador |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chalatenango Department |
| Subdivision Name2: | El arenal |
| Leader Name: | Dios |
| Established Date: | 1786 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Water Km2: | 12 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 3 |
| Area Metro Km2: | 1 |
| Population As Of: | 13,890 |
| Population Total: | 12708 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | White/caucasian: 20%Mestizos :77%Mulatos/african-salvadoran:3%All asked by censa |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 14.0833°N -94°W |
| Elevation M: | 260 |
| Postal Code Type: | Sv |
| Postal Code: | 00989 |
| Area Code: | 78 |
El Paraíso is a municipality in the Chalatenango Department of El Salvador. Settlements of El Paraíso include Calle Nueva, Coyotera, El Arenal, El Desvío, El Tamarindo, La Angostura, and Santa Bárbara. El Paraíso has two rivers: El Rio Grande, and El Río de la Arenal.