San Salvador
San Salvador | ||
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Coordinates: 13 ° 41 ′ N , 89 ° 11 ′ W San Salvador on the map of El Salvador
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Location of San Salvador in El Salvador
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Basic data | ||
Country | El Salvador | |
Department | San Salvador | |
City foundation | 1528 | |
Residents | 316,090 (2007 census) | |
- in the metropolitan area | 1,743,315 | |
City insignia | ||
Detailed data | ||
surface | 72.25 km 2 | |
Population density | 4,375 inhabitants / km 2 | |
height | 658 m | |
City structure | 6 distritos | |
Waters | Río Acelhuate | |
Time zone | UTC −6 | |
City Presidency | Ernesto Muyshondt | |
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San Salvador |
San Salvador ( Spanish for Holy Redeemer ) is the capital of the Central American state of El Salvador and has around 316,000 inhabitants. The entire metropolitan area has more than 1.74 million inhabitants, making it one of the largest cities in Central America.
geography
San Salvador is located at the foot of the Boquerón volcano and has been affected by earthquakes several times in the course of its history. The worst earthquake in 1854 almost completely destroyed the city. The last earthquake occurred in 2001 and caused considerable damage. The suburb of Las Colinas in particular was largely destroyed by a landslide. In a volcanic crater in the east of the city lies the Ilopango Lake , which is the largest natural lake in El Salvador with an area of 72 km². The Spanish called the area El Valle de Las Hamacas (The Valley of the Hammocks).
history
The city was founded in 1528 by the Spanish conquistador Gonzalo de Alvarado north of the current location (today Ciudad Vieja) and moved to its current location in 1545. In 1824 it became the capital of the Central American Confederation founded that year . When the Central American Confederation disintegrated again in 1839 and El Salvador became an independent state, San Salvador became its capital in 1841 .
crime
San Salvador has a dubious reputation for being one of the cities with the highest homicide rate in the world. The murder rate showed one of the highest increases in 2010 with 665 murders / 100,000 inhabitants. Even after that it remained disproportionately high at a level of 60 murders / 100,000 inhabitants. In the Salvadoran capital, as in Guatemala and Honduras, gang crime in particular dominates: In 2004, 60% of all killings committed in San Salvador were gang-related. Although the younger governments have already taken several measures to keep young people away from gang life, no significant successes have yet been achieved; the crime rate rose from 2005 to 2006 by 7.5%. For the first half of 2007, the statistics of the “La Policía Nacional Civil de El Salvador” showed declining numbers of manslaughter, extortion and assault. Nevertheless, San Salvador was also one of the most dangerous cities in Latin America during this period. In 2015, the National Institute of Forensic Medicine recorded 6,656 homicides across the country, including more than half in the four provinces of San Salvador, La Libertad , Soyapango and Usulután . This corresponded to a rate of 116 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants as the national average. The US State Department advises avoiding visits to downtown San Salvador unless they are absolutely necessary.
Attractions
- Centro Internacional de Ferias y Convenciones
- Hilton Princess San Salvador
- San Salvador Cathedral
- Metrocentro San Salvador
- Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo
- Monumento al Mar
- National Library
- National Palace
- National Theater
- Parque Cuscatlán , park with Sala Nacional de Exposiciones
- Plaza Gerardo Barrios
- Presidente Theater
- Tomayate , archaeological site
- Torre Roble , high-rise office building
Museums
- Museo Nacional de Antropología Dr. David J. Guzmán , National Museum of El Salvador
- Museo de Arte de El Salvador , art museum
- Museo de Escultura Enrique Salaverría , art museum
- Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen
- Museo Militar de la Fuerza Armada de El Salvador , Military Museum of the Armed Forces of El Salvador
Sports
Atlético Marte is a local football club in the city and plays at the Cuscatlán football stadium . The second football club is Alianza FC .
Twin cities
- Guatemala City , Guatemala
- Managua , Nicaragua
- Mexico City , Mexico
- San Pedro Sula , Honduras
- Taipei , Republic of China
- California City , United States
- Cartagena , Colombia
- Los Angeles , United States
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- José Matías Delgado y de León (1767–1832), founder of El Salvador, Roman Catholic priest, prócer and doctor
- Juan Manuel Rodríguez (1771–1847), Supremo Director of the Province of El Salvador
- José Gregorio Salazar Lara (1773–1838), politician
- Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga (1787–1847), Central American President
- Fermín Palacios , politician and President of El Salvador from 1844 to 1846
- Carlos Salazar Castro (1800–1867), politician; Jefe Supremo of El Salvador Province
- Pedro Arce y Fagoaga (1801–1871), Supremo Director of El Salvador
- José Jorge Viteri y Ungo (1801-1853), Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of San Salvador
- José María Peralta (1807–1883), politician and President of El Salvador from 1859 to 1861
- Joaquín Escolán y Balibrera (1810 – after 1835), politician
- Francisco Dueñas Díaz (1810–1884), politician and six times President of El Salvador
- Carlos Ezeta (1852–1903), politician and President of El Salvador from 1890 to 1894
- Jorge Meléndez Ramírez (1871–1953), politician and president of El Salvador from 1919 to 1923
- José Gustavo Guerrero (1876–1958), lawyer and diplomat
- Ernest Lenart (1912–2005), German actor
- José Napoleón Duarte (1925–1990), politician and president of El Salvador from 1984 to 1989
- Arturo Armando Molina (* 1927), politician and President of El Salvador from 1972 to 1977
- Roque Dalton (1935–1975), poet and journalist
- Héctor Miguel Antonio Dada Hirezi (* 1938), politician
- Alfredo Cristiani Burkard (* 1947), politician and from 1989 to 1994 President of El Salvador
- Roberto Huezo (* 1947), painter and architect
- Ricardo Lindo Fuentes (1947–2016), poet, storyteller, playwright and essayist
- Armando Calderón Sol (1948–2017), politician and President of El Salvador from 1994 to 1999
- Fernando Llort (1949-2018), internationally known painter from El Salvador, founder of the "La Palma" style
- Joaquín Villalobos Huezo (* 1951), politician
- Germán Cáceres (* 1954), composer, conductor and music teacher
- Herbert Ernesto Anaya Sanabria (1954–1987), human rights activist
- Rodolfo Parker (* 1957), politician; General Secretary of the Partido Demócrata Cristiano
- Mágico González (* 1958), football player
- Erwin Raphael McManus (* 1958), American Baptist theologian and pastor in Los Angeles
- José Luis Escobar Alas (* 1959), Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Salvador
- Mauricio Funes (* 1959), politician and President of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014
- Jaime Rodríguez (* 1959), football player
- Rodrigo Ávila (* 1964), politician
- María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila (* 1965), Foreign Minister of El Salvador from 1999 to 2004
- Ronald Cerritos (* 1975), football player
- Claudia Hernández (* 1975), writer
- Luisa Maida (* 1979), marksman
- Sonia Zepeda (* 1981), chess player
Personalities related to the city
- Joel Aguilar (* 1975), football referee
Climate diagram
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for San Salvador
Source: wetterkontor.de
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Web links
Footnotes
- ^ Homicide rate in El Salvador
- ^ Latin America is the world's most dangerous region. But there are signs it is turning a corner
- ↑ Article: It's official: San Salvador is the murder capital of the world in: Los Angeles Times of March 2, 2016, accessed May 5, 2016.
- ↑ Information on crime and security in El Savador , accessed on May 5, 2016.
- ↑ Jaime Rodríguez , worldfootball.net
- ↑ Luisa Maida in the database of Sports-Reference (English)