The municipal districts of San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador, are naturally delimited by the Acelhuate River on the east, the San Jacinto Hill on the south east, the lower highlands of the Balsam Range on the South, El Picacho Mountain and the Bicentennial Park on the West, and North by the San Antonio River. The municipality is further subdivided into Districts governed by the municipal mayor (Norman Quijano as of 2012) and by a district board. There are seven districts in San Salvador, districts 1-6 and the Historic Downtown.
San Salvador is the capital and the most populous city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador which comprises the capital itself and 13 of its municipalities has a population of 2,404,097.
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. As of 2016, the country had a population of approximately 6.34 million.
District 1 has a total population of 118,325 as of 2009. The population is made up by 63,895 females and 54,430 males, giving the District a gender ratio of 1.17:1 (For every one male there are 1.17 females). The district is limited by the municipalities of Mejicanos, and Cuscatancingo on the north, by the Alameda Juan Pablo II on the south, on the east by the municipalities of Soyapango and Ciudad Delgado, and on the west by 25th Avenue North and 29th Street West. The District office is located on 2nd Avenue North and 23rd Street East. District 1 is home to the El Salvador National University (UES), the largest and only public university in the country, with campuses in San Salvador, and in other important cities in the country such as Santa Ana, and San Miguel. District 1 is also the home of the government center, home to the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Governing, The Salvadorian Central Reserve, The Republic’s General Attorney, The Supreme Court, the Legislative Assembly and the Public Employee Pension Committee. Although all of the government offices are located in District One, the presidential palace is located in District 3, and the Presidential Residence is also in District 3. The National Sports Arena is located in District 1 as well. It is also home to some of the oldest San Salvador neighborhoods, such as Colonia La Rabida, Colonia Magaña, Colonia Layco, and others. Initially these neighborhoods were occupied by the upper middle class, but with the passage of time and the growth of the city, they are today lower middle class. District 1 is also home to the Colonia Medica or the Medical Borough, which is the largest center in the country for hospitals, clinics, and access to doctors.
Mejicanos is a San Salvador suburb in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.
Cuscatancingo is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the city of San Salvador and has a population of about 50,000.
Soyapango is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Soyapango is a commercial center. The municipality is the third most populated area in the country, with 290,412 inhabitants. Soyapango is a satellite city of San Salvador and it is the main thoroughfare between San Salvador and the eastern part of the country, and nearly 70,000 vehicles travel through it every day. The nickname for this satellite city is Soya. The city is infamously and notoriously known for being the most dangerous city of the Central America region, and also for being a breeding ground for the Mara gangs and the place where gang members first arrive after being deported to El Salvador from Los Angeles, reason why these two locations evoke a similar resemblance to each other.
District 2
District 2 has a total population of 120,475 inhabitants as of 2009, making it the most populated District in San Salvador. It covers a total area of 11.16 square kilometers (4.5 square miles). The municipality is limited by, Mejicanos at north, La Mascota Creek, and The Alameda Manuel Enrique Araujo on the south, 25th Avenue North on the East, and West by the Picacho Hill. The district was originally started at the Colonia Flor Blanca and the Construction of the Metrocentro Mall in 1968, and it was not until the late 1970s when development there began in earnest. During its urbanization the district was intended to be the focal point for modernization in the municipality. Development was halted due to the civil war of the 80s, but began again as soon as the war ended in the early 90s. Today District 2 ranks as the second most important financial district of the city, and is home to mostly middle class residential neighborhoods. The district is also home to one of the largest financial centers, the CFG (Centro Financiero Gigante), which is made up of two towers and four business buildings. Major occupants of the CFG building include Tigo, Telefónica, RED, Banco Azteca, Movistar, Stream Global Services, and the Israeli Embassy. District 2 is famously home to Metrocentro, the largest shopping mall in Central America, with a total of 190,000 square meters of space, and an average of 1.8 million monthly visitors, with a peak of an average 2.4 million visitors in December. The Metrocentro mall was remodeled in August 2012, and there are expansion plans for the first semester of 2013. District 2 is also home to Plaza Las Americas, or El Salvador del Mundo, as it is known locally; the plaza is located at one of the largest intersections in the city, where Paseo Escalón, Constitution Boulevard, Alameda Manuel Enrique Araujo, and Roosevelt Avenue meet. The Plaza was remodeled in 2010 under the administration of Norman Quijano. Some of the largest neighborhoods in the district are Colonia Miramonte, Urbanizacion Buenos Aires, and Colonia Miralvalle. The Luis Poma Theatre is also located in District 2.
Metrocentro is a shopping mall chain in Central America.
Centro Financiero Gigante (CFG) is a complex of office buildings located in San Salvador, El Salvador. It has five towers: July 1, one 10, another 12, another 14 and the highest 19 floors, the tallest tower measures 70 meters.
Telefónica, S.A. is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It is one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in the world. It provides fixed and mobile telephony, broadband and subscription television, operating in Europe and the Americas.
District 3 has a population of 51,325 inhabitants. Although District 2 was originally planned to be the economic center of the capital, today District 3 stands as the single most important economic and social district in San Salvador. It is bordered by Mejicanos to the north, Antiguo Cuscatlán to the south and the west, and by the Manuel Enrique Araujo Alameda to the East. It is currently undergoing a high-rise boom that started in 2007. District 3 is home to the World Trade Center San Salvador a complex of two 6-story buildings, a restaurant plaza (Plaza Futura), and the Torre Futura, a 99-meter (325 feet) high rise where companies such as Microsoft[1] and Uber[2] have offices. The World Trade Center is connected to the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Also, District 3 is home to most of the nightlife. The Escalón Neighborhood holds the Galerías Mall, a 5-story mall that was built around and on an old mansion and El Paseo Shopping Center, which houses mostly restaurants. There is also an endless number of restaurants located on the Paseo General Escalón and in the Escalón Neighborhood. The Zona Rosa and the Colonia San Benito are home to most of the embassies in San Salvador, the most expensive private bilingual schools, restaurants and international hotel chains such as Hilton Princess and Sheraton. Zona Rosa is home to apartment high rises, the most prominent ones being Alisios 115, La Capilla 525, La Capilla 515, La Capilla 370, Campestre 105 and Terra Alta. District 3 is also home to the National Anthropology Museum and the International Convention Center, the largest convention center in Central America. District 3 is composed of Colonia Escalón, Colonia San Benito, Colonia Maqulishuat, and Escalón Norte, which are predominantly upper and upper-middle-class neighborhoods. The Bicentennial Park on Jerusalem Avenue was inaugurated on November 5, 2011, under the first administration of mayor Norman Quijano, and it is the largest metropolitan park in Central America, with over 221 acres (89ha). The district has many monuments, most notably the statue of Jesus Christ, El Salvador del Mundo, at the Plaza Las Americas. There are also many government buildings, including the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Tourism, as well as the headquarters of corporations in the financial services sector, such as HSBC and AFP Crecer.
Antiguo Cuscatlán, (known colloquially as Antiguo) is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador, and its eastern tip lays in San Salvador Department part of the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, southwest of San Salvador and southeast of Santa Tecla. The population was 48,027 at the 2010 census. Antiguo Cuscatlán can be translated as Old Jeweled City: Antiguo means ancient or old in Spanish, and Cuscatlán means jeweled city in Nahuat. The city used to be the capital of the Pipil or Cuzcatecs, before the Spanish conquest of the New World.
World Trade Center San Salvador (WTCSS) is a complex of buildings located in San Salvador, El Salvador. It consists in 3 towers: two of 8 floors, each with 13,000 m² of profitable area for offices and the Torre Futura of 20 floors. The first two towers have maintained a 100% of occupancy by multinational prestigious companies and embassies. El Salvador and Panama, are the only countries that have a World Trade Center in the Centroamerican region.
Torre Futura is the highest tower of the complex at the World Trade Center San Salvador. It has 20 floors and 99 meters high which also makes it the second highest tower of El Salvador and third of Central America excluding Panama.
District 4
District 4 has a total population of 68,465 inhabitants in an area of 12.36 km2. It borders District 2 in the north, District 5 on the east, District 3 on the West and the municipality of Antiguo Cuscatlán in the La Libertad Department in the South, and Southwest. District four is further subdivided into 7 neighborhoods, La Cima (I, II, III and IV), Colonia San Francisco, Lomas de Altamira and Colonia La Floresta. The district is mainly a residential district for the middle class. The most important landmark in the district is the Estadio Cuscatlán, with a capacity of over 45,000, is the largest soccer venue not only in Central America, but in the Caribbean as well. It was announced on November 16, 2007, that Estadio Cuscatlán would become the first soccer stadium in Central America and the Caribbean to have a large LED screen, on which spectators can view the action.[3] The stadium was built in the early 1980s just before the beginning of the civil war, intended to jump-start an era of modernization in San Salvador, but development in the country ground to a halt during the twelve years of war. District 4 is also home to the Monumento Hermano Bienvenido a Casa, the monument was decorated with the artwork of the Salvadoran artist Fernando Llort.[4]
La Libertad is one of the departments of El Salvador and is located in the southwest of the country. The capital is Santa Tecla. It has area 1,653 km² and a population of more than 747,600 people.
The Estadio Cuscatlán is a football stadium located in San Salvador, El Salvador. It is the largest stadium in Central America with a capacity of 53,400 The stadium is the home ground of the El Salvador national football team.
District 5
District 5 contains mostly middle-class and lower-middle-class homes, and also includes the National Zoo. The district borders San Marcos on the east. Many tourists visit this district for its eateries, particularly its numerous pupuserias, even though it has a relatively high crime rate. District 5 has many viewpoints which look out over San Salvador and other cities beyond,[5] such as San Marcos, Mejicanos, and Ciudad Delgado.
San Marcos is a municipality in El Salvador. It is located in a small valley, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of downtown San Salvador. It has a population of 63,209. San Marcos is one of the 14 municipalities which make up the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, also known as Greater San Salvador.
A pupusa is a thick flatbread from El Salvador made with cornmeal or rice flour. It is usually stuffed with one or more ingredients. These may include cheese, chicharrón, squash, or refried beans. It is typically accompanied by curtido, and tomato salsa, and is traditionally eaten by hand, without the use of utensils. The exact origin of the pupusa has not been proven.
District 6
District 6, bordering Soyapango on the east and Ciudad Delgado on the north, is the smallest district in San Salvador. The neighborhood is middle-lower class, and is known to be dangerous. The most outstanding landmark is the San Jacinto Hill; the Old Presidential House was formerly located there.
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