San Salvador | |
|---|---|
| San Salvador City | |
Top, left to right: National Palace of El Salvador, Zona Rosa (San Salvador), Temple of El Salvador, Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador, Skyline of San Salvador, Zona Rosa and Cuscatlán Stadium | |
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| Motto: Nuestra Capital – 2011 Ibero-American Capital of Culture | |
 Interactive map outlining San Salvador | |
  San Salvador Location within El Salvador  San Salvador Location within Central America  San Salvador Location within North America | |
| Coordinates: 13°41′56″N 89°11′29″W / 13.69889°N 89.19139°W | |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Department | San Salvador |
| Metro | San Salvador Metropolitan Area |
| Founded | 1525 |
| Founded by | Pedro de Alvarado |
| Named for | Divine Savior placed on the Monument |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council government |
| • Mayor | Mario Durán |
| Area | |
| 72.25 km2 (27.90 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 651.31 km2 (251.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 658 m (2,159 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
| 525,990 | |
| • Rank | 1st, El Salvador |
| • Density | 2,901.4/km2 (7,515/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,538,525 |
| • Metro | 2,177,432[1] |
| • Metro density | 3,343.16/km2 (8,658.7/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Sansalvadoran Sansalvadoreño/a Capitalino/a |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total (Metro) | $14.7 billion[2] |
| • Per capita | $13,200 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central Standard Time) |
| SV-SS | CP 1101 |
| Area code | + 503 |
| HDI (2018) | 0.704 − high[3] |
| Website | sansalvador.gob.sv |
San Salvador (Spanish pronunciation: [san salβaˈðoɾ];) is the capital and the largest city[5] of El Salvador and its eponymous department.[6] It is the country's largest agglomeration, serving as the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center.[7] The Municipality of San Salvador has 525,990 inhabitants (2024).[8] The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, which comprises the capital itself and 13 of its municipalities, has a population of 2,404,097. The urban area of San Salvador has a population of 1,600,000 inhabitants.[9]
The city is home to the Consejo de Ministros de El Salvador (Council of Ministries of El Salvador), the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, the Supreme Court of El Salvador, and other governmental institutions, as well as the official residence of the President of El Salvador. San Salvador is located in the Salvadoran highlands, surrounded by volcanoes and prone to earthquakes. The city is also home to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador, as well as many Protestant branches of Christianity, including Evangelicals, Baptists, and Pentecostals, and the restorationist Christian sect the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
San Salvador has been the host city for regional and international sporting, political, and social events. It hosted the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1935, 2002, and in 2023 and the Central American Games in 1977 and 1994, as well as the Miss Universe pageant in 1975 and in 2023. San Salvador was also the host city of the 18th Ibero-American Summit in 2008, the most important sociopolitical event in the Spanish and Portuguese sphere.[10] The Central American Integration System has its headquarters in San Salvador.[11]
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- ^ "TelluBase—El Salvador Fact Sheet" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". GlobalDataLab.
- ^ El Salvador Population, City Population. Accessed July 2024.
- ^ "Population of El Salvador". Statista.
- ^ "Biggest Cities El Salvador". Geonames.org. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ [1] Archived 27 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "San Salvador (Municipality, El Salvador) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.worldometers.info. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Demographia World Urban Areas 17th Annual Edition: 202106
- ^ Ibero-American Summit
- ^ Central American Bank for Economic Integration