San Salvador
San Salvador | |
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Motto(s): Nuestra Capital - 2011 Ibero-American Capital of Culture | |
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 anWhitesCaucasian.The Salvadorians native born in San Salvador Ceety are cawed Capitalino, Capitalense, Sivareño in Spaingie.[2][3]
Internaitional relations
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References
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[eedit|eedit soorce]Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit taeSan Salvador. |
- Municipality o the ceety o San SalvadorArchived2011-06-09 at theWayback Machine
- Travel guide taeSan Salvadorfrae Wikivoyage
- The Tramways o San Salvador, 1876-1929Archived2019-02-14 at theWayback Machine