San Salvador

San Salvador is the capital and largest city of El Salvador, situated in the country’s central highlands. It is the nation’s political, economic, and cultural center.

El Salvador: El Salvador is a Central American country on the Pacific coast, bordered by Guatemala and Honduras. San Salvador is the country’s capital and largest city.
Cuscatlán: Cuscatlán was a Pipil polity in western El Salvador before Spanish conquest. Spanish colonists established San Salvador near the former Indigenous center of Cuscatlán.
National Palace of El Salvador: The National Palace of El Salvador is a historic government building in central San Salvador. It embodies the city’s role as the seat of national government.
Oscar Romero: Oscar Romero was the Salvadoran Catholic archbishop assassinated in 1980 after speaking against repression and violence. His assassination in San Salvador intensified national and international attention to the conflict.
San Salvador Department: San Salvador Department is an administrative division of El Salvador centered on the capital city. The city lies within the department that shares its name.
Spanish conquest of El Salvador: The Spanish conquest of El Salvador was the sixteenth-century campaign that brought the region under Spanish rule. The conquest led to the colonial founding of San Salvador.
Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador: The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador is the principal Roman Catholic cathedral of El Salvador. The cathedral is a major religious landmark in the capital’s historic center.
San Salvador Cathedral crypt: The crypt beneath San Salvador Cathedral contains the tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero. Romero’s burial site made the cathedral a place of pilgrimage and public remembrance.
San Salvador Metropolitan Area: The San Salvador Metropolitan Area is the urban agglomeration formed by San Salvador and surrounding municipalities. The capital’s daily urban life extends beyond its municipal boundaries.
San Salvador earthquake of 1854: The 1854 earthquake devastated San Salvador and prompted the government to relocate temporarily to Cojutepeque. The disaster altered the capital’s nineteenth-century development.

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