San Salvador

San Salvador
San Salvador
	Motto(s): Nuestra Capital - 2011 Ibero-American Capital of Culture
	San Salvador Municipality in the Kintra
	San Salvador San Salvador Municipality in the Kintra
	Coordinates:13°41′24″N89°11′24″W/ 13.69000°N 89.19000°WCoordinates:13°41′24″N89°11′24″W/ 13.69000°N 89.19000°W
Kintra	El Salvador
Depairtment	San Salvador Depairtment
Ceety	1525
Govrenment
• Teep	Democratic Republic
•Mayor	Norman Quijano(Alianza Republicana Nacionalista)
Area
• City	72.25 km2(27.9 sq mi)
• Metro	620.86 km2(239.7 sq mi)
Elevation	658 m (2,159 ft)
Population (2009 Census)
• City	540,898
• Density	7,486.5/km2(19,389.9/sq mi)
•Urban	540,898 (Municipality)
•Metro	2,352,942
• Metro density	3,689.7/km2(9,556.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6(Central Standard Time)
Area code(s)	+ 503
Website	http:// sansalvador.gob.sv/sansalvador.gob.sv

The Ceety o San Salvadoris thecaipitalan lairgest ceety o the naition oEl Salvador.Its complete name isLa Ciudad de Gran San Salvador(The Ceety o the Great Holy Savior).

It lies upon a seismic valley in the tropics, surroondit wit volcanos an prone tae yirdquauks, which is why thePipilan theSpaniardscawed the aurie in which the metropolis is nou settled in "El Valle de las Hamacas" (The Valley o the Hammocks) due tae its constant seismic activity. It is the third lairgest an populous ceety inCentral AmericaeefterGuatemala CeetyanManaguaan the seicont maist populatitmetropolitan aurie.San Salvador is an aa the maist modren an fastest-growin ceety in Central Americae. Hame tae ane-hauf o El Salvador's wealth, the ceety's per capita GDP - PPP is approximatelyUSD11,200, compared tae a naitional average oUSD5,260 (2002). The ceety haes a lang history, wi oreegins datin back tae the Spaingie conquest o thePipilceevilized Naition inCuzcatlánwhich means "The Place o the Diamond Jewels".^[1]The name o the ceety San Salvador means "Holy Savior" in Spainyie. Due tae its territorial extension, it haes the heichest population density in the American continent, composed predominantly o mixed biracialNative American/Europeanancestry anWhites Caucasian.The Salvadorians native born in San Salvador Ceety are cawed Capitalino, Capitalense, Sivareño in Spaingie.^[2]^[3]