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San Salvador ( Spanish pronunciation: [san salβaˈðoɾ] ;) is the capital and the largest city [ 5 ] of El Salvador and its eponymous department. [ 6 ] It is however the country's largest agglomeration. It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. [ 7 ] The Municipality of San Salvador has 525,990 inhabitants ...
San Salvador Island, previously Watling's Island, is an island and district of the Bahamas, famed for being the probable location of Christopher Columbus 's first landing of the Americas on 12 October 1492 during his first voyage. This historical importance, the island's tropical beaches, and its proximity to the United States have made tourism ...
San Salvador is representative of the central plateau, with an annual average temperature of 23 °C (73 °F) and absolute high and low readings of 38 and 6 °C (100.4 and 42.8 °F), respectively. [1] Mountain areas are the coolest, with annual averages from 12 to 23 °C (53.6 to 73.4 °F) and minimum temperatures sometimes approaching freezing.
District 4 has a total population of 68,465 inhabitants in an area of 12.36 km2. It borders District 2 in the north, District 5 on the east, District 3 on the West and the municipality of Antiguo Cuscatlán in the La Libertad Department in the South, and Southwest. District four is further subdivided into 7 neighborhoods, La Cima (I, II, III ...
Salvador, Bahia. / 12.97472°S 38.47667°W / -12.97472; -38.47667. Salvador[ n 1] is a Brazilian municipality and capital city of the state of Bahia. Situated in the Zona da Mata in the Northeast Region of Brazil, Salvador is recognized throughout the country and internationally for its cuisine, music, and architecture.
Largest: San Salvador (1,740,847) Smallest: Cabañas (164,945) Areas. Largest: Usulután (2,130.4 km 2) Smallest: Cuscatlán (756.2 km 2) Subdivisions. Municipality. El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (Spanish: departamentos) for administrative purposes, subdivided into 44 municipalities ( municipios) and 262 districts. The country is a ...
The San Salvador historic downtown includes the area where the capital city of El Salvador has been located since the 16th century. This district has long been the country's political, economic and religious center. The history of San Salvador began here in the mid-16th century. After the pacification of the region by the Spanish conquistadors ...
The San Salvador Volcano (also known as Quezaltepeque or El Boquerón) is a stratovolcano situated northwest to the city of San Salvador. The crater has been nearly filled with a relatively newer edifice, the Boquerón volcano. San Salvador is adjacent to the volcano and the western section of the city actually lies among its slopes.