San Salvador
San Salvador is the capital and largest city of the nation of El Salvador.
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| Department | San Salvador |
| Established | 1525 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ernesto Muyshondt |
| Area | |
| • City | 70 km2 (28 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 600 km2 (220 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • City | 510,367 |
| • Metro | 2,224,223 |
| Website | http://www.amss.gob.sv/ |
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San Salvador Media
In 1873, the president and marshals Santiago González Portillo issued an executive decree, by which he ordered the immediate reconstruction of the city of San Salvador, devastated two days earlier by the Great Earthquake of San José.
View of the street of the capital of El Salvador, San Salvador, in 1927
San Salvador as darkness descends on the greater metropolitan area.
Satellite image of Greater San Salvador. East (right) of the city lies Lake Ilopango, and to the west (left) rises the San Salvador volcano. The beaches of the Central American Pacific coast (bottom) lie just south of the city.
- Lago Ilopango desde Cojutepeque 2011.jpg
View of Lake Ilopango and the eastern San Salvador Valley
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San Salvador City lies at the foot of San Salvador volcano.
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Aerial view of Lake Ilopango caldera.
Plaza Futura Fountain at World Trade Center San Salvador
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Torres del Centro Financiero Gigante San Salvador
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Panoramic view in first plane of the Hilton Hotel San Salvador.
