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	San Salvador travel guide - Wikitravel
		San Salvador [1] is the capital city of El Salvador, located approximately in the center of the country in a valley near the base of the San Salvador volcano.
		San Salvador lies in the "Valle de las Hamacas" (literally "Valley of the Hammocks", as it was called by the Pipil, due to its intense seismic activity) at the foot of the San Salvador volcano.
		San Salvador's climate is tropical, although the weather can vary; the nights may be cool (especially in December), however, most of the time it is sunny and warm.
	wikitravel.org /en/San_Salvador (3770 words)

	San Salvador - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		San Salvador is also the overall transportation and economic hub of the nation, since it is home to one third of the population and one half of the country's wealth.
		San Salvador is a large city whose population is starkly divided between the wealthy and impoverished.
		During the 1980s, conflicts in El Salvador erupted into a civil war, and many people fled to the city since most of the fighting occurred outside of it (San Salvador itself was not directly affected by the war until the final offensive of 1989).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/San_Salvador (1112 words)

	About San Salvador Island
		San Salvador is one of the 700 islands that make up the Bahamas Archipelago located along the subsiding continental margin off the coast of Florida.
		San Salvador is approximately 11.2-km east west and 19.25-km north south, not including the offshore cays to the north or southeast.
		San Salvador was virtually unaffected by the encroachment of Europeans until American colonists loyal to Britain were forced from the United States and migrated to the Bahamas in 1783.
	www.geraceresearchcenter.com /sansalvador.htm (735 words)

	San Salvador News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador An El Salvador Army captain was killed and four soldiers were wounded Friday when their convoy hit an explosive device in Iraq's Wasit province, the country's defense department...
		San Salvador, Aug 23 El Salvador is in state of emergency Wednesday due to an increase of dengue infections reported in several departments in contrast to the optimism recently expressed by the government.
		SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - A Salvadoran soldier was killed in Iraq on Thursday, the second soldier from this Central American nation to be killed in the conflict in eight days.
	www.topix.net /sv/san-salvador (700 words)

	San Salvador, El Salvador - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		San Salvador, city, capital of El Salvador and its San Salvador Department, on the Ace Chaute River, in the central part of the country.
		San Salvador is the site of the University of El Salvador (1841); the José Simeón Cañas Central American University (1965); the Dr. José Matías Delgado University (1977); colleges of music, social work, and agriculture; the National Library; and the National General Archive, housed in the National Palace.
		San Salvador served as the capital of the United Provinces of Central America during the 1830s and has been the capital of El Salvador since 1841, except for the period from 1854 to 1859, when it was rebuilt after suffering great devastation during an earthquake.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /san_salvador_el_salvador.htm (344 words)

	San Salvador and Rum Cay Bahamas
		Known to the Arawak Indians that lived there as Guanahani, the island of San Salvador ("Holy Savior" in Spanish) boasts the reputation of being the first place that Christopher Columbus landed upon when he discovered the new world, in October 12th, 1492.
		San Salvador is recognized -- though there is some debate amongst researchers -- as the location where Christopher Columbus first discovered the New World on October 12, 1492.
		San Salvador mostly consists of dune ridges, with troughs forming brackish ("high salt") lakes that make up nearly a third of the total area.
	www.thebahamasguide.com /islands/sansalvador/default.htm (1425 words)

	San Salvador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Whilst San Salvador's more affluent enjoy all the comforts found in any 'first world' nation, including exclusive private clubs such as Club Campestre Cuscatlán y Club Deportivo Internacional, private beaches such as La Costa del Sol, the finest of restaurants, and fancy Discotecas such as Code, these luxuries remain out of reach for many.
		San Salvador is home to the world's second largest congregation, Iglesia Elím Centrál, a Pentecostal/Evangelical megachurch with 200,000 members.
		While the city is relatively wealthy compared to the rest of the country (per capita GDP - PPP is approximately USD $10000, compared to a national average of approximately $5100), poverty is one of its major problems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Salvador (1181 words)

	Current local time in San Salvador - El Salvador
		San Salvador is the capital of El Salvador
		Calculate distance from San Salvador to another location
		Show time difference between San Salvador time and other time zones
	www.timeanddate.com /worldclock/city.html?n=228 (258 words)

	Downloadable GIS Topographic Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As part of the San Salvador Island GIS project, we undertook a partial revision of the topographic map (shown here).
		It is based on data from the San Salvador Island GIS Database and is available FREE for download.
		Although at the time it was assembled (June 1999) the San Salvador Island GIS Database was an up-to-date collection of geographic information, we can not guarantee the accuracy of this map or any features on it, nor can we guarantee that it includes all features currently extant on the island.
	www.newhaven.edu /sansalvador/gis/topo.htm (257 words)

	Global Volcanism Program \| San Salvador \| Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The massive compound San Salvador volcano dominates the landscape west of El Salvador's capital city of San Salvador.
		The dominantly andesitic Boquerón stratovolcano has grown within a 6-km-wide caldera, whose rim is partially exposed at Picacho and Jabalí peaks, that formed by collapse of an older San Salvador volcano about 40,000 years ago.
		Three fracture zones that extend beyond the base of San Salvador volcano have been the locus for numerous flank eruptions, including two that formed maars on the WNW and SE sides.
	www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1403-05= (225 words)

	Bahamas / San Salvador
		San Salvador is the first landfall site of Christopher Columbus on his initial voyage of discovery in 1492.
		Four separate monuments mark the exact spot Columbus came ashore, however, it is generally regarded that he landed at Long Bay where a big stone cross stands.
		Called Guanahani by the native Lucayan Indians, Columbus renamed the island San Salvador or "Holy Saviour," noting in his journal, "The beauty of these islands surpasses that of any other and as much as the day surpasses the night in splendour."
	www.geographia.com /bahamas/bsssin01.htm (173 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: San Salvador
		The name given by Columbus to his first discovery in the New World.
		Different writers have at different times claimed the distinction for Cat Island, Samana, Mariguana, Grand Turk, and Watling's Island.
		San Salvador was given to Cat Island during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but it does not fit the description given by Columbus in as much as it is not low and level and has no interior lagoon.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13450a.htm (284 words)

	Living in El Salvador (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There are at least four Cellular providers in El Salvador which are easily found at any of the Malls or larger shopping centers.
		On Your Own in El Salvador is the most thorough travel guide to El Salvador, edited by long term Salvador dwellers Hank and Bea Weiss.
		If you have visited El Salvador or hope to visit El Salvador, please ask them to bring their page up to the current century.
	www.unionchurchofsansalvador.org /living.htm (513 words)

	San Salvador News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		FOXBORO - International soccer fans can be fickle, allowing losses to extinguish interest in their team and victories to re-ignite their fervor.
		"Because El Salvador and Taiwan have long been diplomatic allies, the people of El Salvador are ve...
		Gulf News San Salvador : Rival groups of inmates battled with guns, gren-ades and machetes at a prison in El S...
	archive.wn.com /2004/08/25/1400/sansalvadornews (636 words)

	Embassy of the United States in El Salvador
		Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today visited El Salvador, the first stop on a trip to highlight early successes in CAFTA-DR.
		Developed by Information Managment Office/Public Affairs Office of the Embassy of the United States in San Salvador, El Salvador.
		Please contact us with any comments, questions or problems concerning our Web site.
	sansalvador.usembassy.gov (126 words)

	San Salvador Volcano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Oblique aerial view of Boqueron crater and Picacho to the right.
		Parts of the capital city of San Salvador are found on the flanks of the volcano.
		In this image it can be observed how Boqueron has grown inside the remnants of an older caldera, identified by Picacho and Jabali.
	www.geo.mtu.edu /volcanoes/central_america/el_salvador/san_salvador (50 words)

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		Christopher Columbus gave this 63-square-mile spot of land historic importance to Bahamians when he made first landfall here in 1492.
		Although closely connected to its past, San Salvador presently attracts divers, snorkelers and fisherman.
		See the video interview with local historian Clifford Fernander.
	www.bahamas.com /bahamas/island/introduction.aspx?island=sans (119 words)

	El Salvador (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Our visit to this small but varied country came as a big surprise.
		We hardly saw a tourist anywhere and the people were extremely nice and helpful, yet guidebooks never describe El Salvador in detail, as it deserves.
		La Libertad is the closest beach to San Salvador and is very popular among surfers
	www.reaiche.org /El_Salvador.html (104 words)

	San Salvador and Rum Cay (Southern Bahamas, Bahamas) \| Frommers.com
		San Salvador and Rum Cay (Southern Bahamas, Bahamas)
		Home > Destinations > Caribbean and the Atlantic > Caribbean > Bahamas > Southern Bahamas > San Salvador and Rum Cay
		Complete Guide to San Salvador and Rum Cay
	www.frommers.com /destinations/sansalvadorandrumcay (86 words)

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