San Salvador
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| Motto: Nuestra Capital - 2011 Ibero-American Capital of Culture | |||
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  San Salvador
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| Coordinates: 13°41′24″N 89°11′24″W / 13.69°N 89.19°W | |||
| Kintra |  El Salvador |
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| Depairtment | San Salvador Depairtment | ||
| Ceety | 1525 | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Mayor | Norman Quijano (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista) | ||
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| - City | 72.25 km2 (27.9 sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 620.86 km2 (239.7 sq mi) | ||
| Hicht | 658 m (2,159 ft) | ||
| Indwallers (2009 Census) | |||
| - City | 540,898 | ||
| - Densitie | 7,486.5/km2 (19,389.9/sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 540,898 (Municipality) | ||
| - Metro | 2,352,942 | ||
| - Metro densitie | 3,689.7/km2 (9,556.3/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Central Standard Time (UTC-6) | ||
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| Aurie code(s) | + 503 | ||
| Wabsteid | http://www.sansalvador.gob.sv/ sansalvador.gob.sv | ||
The Ceety o San Salvador is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the naition o El Salvador. Its complete name is La 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 earthquakes, which is why the Pipil an the Spaniards cawed 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 in Central Americae efter Guatemala Ceety an Managua an the seicont maist populatit metropolitan 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 approximately USD11,200, compared tae a naitional average o USD5,260 (2002). The ceety haes a lang history, wi oreegins datin back tae the Spainyie conquest o the Pipil ceevilized Naition in Cuzcatlán which 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 biracial Native American/European ancestry an Whites Caucasian. The Salvadorians native born in San Salvador Ceety are cawed Capitalino, Capitalense, Sivareño in Spainyie.[2][3]
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[edit] Internaitional relations
[edit] Twin touns — sister ceeties
San Salvador is twinned wi:
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[edit] References
[edit] Freemit airtins
- Municipality o the ceety o San Salvador
- Travel guide tae San Salvador frae Wikitravel
- The Tramways o San Salvador, 1876-1929
Template:Leet o North American caipitals Template:San Salvador Depairtment
