San Salvador
capital of El Salvador
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Summary
San Salvador is a big city[1]. It draws 9,453 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #70 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Central San Salvador[3]
- Country: El Salvador[4]
- Head of government: Mario Edgardo Durán Gavidia[5]
- Instance of: administrative territorial entity[6], district of El Salvador[7]
- Official language: Spanish[8]
- Named after: Jesus Christ[9]
- Flag: Flag of San Salvador[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Taipei[11], Caracas[12], Montreal[13], Mexico City[14], Madrid[15], Santo Domingo[16], Washington, D.C.[17], Monterrey[18], Quito[19]
- Postal code: 01101[20]
- Part of: Western El Salvador[21]
- Commons category: San Salvador[22]
- Patron saint: Salvator Mundi[23]
- Inception: April 1, 1525[24]
- Coordinate location: 13.697597222222223, -89.19115555555555[25]
- Official website: https://www.sansalvador.gob.sv/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:San Salvador[27]
- Commons gallery: San Salvador[28]
- Population: 415,346[29], 316,090[30], 330,543[31]
- Time of earliest written record: 1525[32]
- Described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia[33], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[35], The New Student's Reference Work[36], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[37]
- Replaces: Señorío of Cuzcatlán[38]
- Capital of: El Salvador[39], San Salvador Department[40], Central San Salvador[41]
- Official name: San Salvador[42]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in San Salvador[43]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in San Salvador[44]
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Physical Characteristics
San Salvador covers an area of 72.25[45]. It sits at an elevation of 670[46].
Why It Matters
San Salvador has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]