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  San Salvador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Salvador,_El_Salvador   (674 words)

  
 Travel in San Salvador, El Salvador - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
San Salvador capital of El Salvador, on the Rio Ace Chaute in the Valle de las Hamacas (Valley of the Hammocks) at an altitude of 682 m (2,238 ft).
San Salvador served as capital of the colonial province of Cuscatlan and as capital (1834-39) of the United Provinces of Central America; it has been the Salvadorean capital since 1839.
San Salvador is the nation's leading financial, commercial, and industrial centre; transportation is also focussed there, with railroads and highways linking it with the Pacific ports of Acajutla, La Union (Cutuco), and La Libertad.
www.americatravelling.net /el_salvador/san_salvador/san_salvador_history.htm   (1156 words)

  
 CVO Website - San Salvador Volcano, El Salvador, Past Events
El Picacho and El Jabali consist entirely of layered volcanic rocks that dip away from the center of the volcano, suggesting that these two peaks are remnants of an ancestral cone, which is called the San Salvador edifice.
El Boquerón is composed of multiple blocky lava flows interlayered with tephra-fall deposits, all of which are chemically distinct from the lava flows of the ancestral San Salvador edifice.
Pyroclastic-flow and tephra-fall deposits, known as the San Andrés tuff, are found at the rim of El Boquerón, and these deposits have been correlated with similar deposits, known as the Talpetate tephra fall, on the western flank of San Salvador volcano.
vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /Volcanoes/ElSalvador/Publications/OFR01-366/past_events_san_salvador.html   (1407 words)

  
 San Salvador, El Salvador, Pictures
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.greatestcities.com /Central_America/El_Salvador/San_Salvador_city_state_capital.html   (297 words)

  
 San Salvador, city, El Salvador. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The most disastrous quake (1854) led to the founding of Nueva San Salvador; the last earthquake occurred in 1986, resulting in significant damage to the city.
San Salvador is high enough to escape the excessive heat of the tropics but has a year-round summer climate.
San Salvador was founded early in the 16th cent.
www.bartleby.com /65/sa/SanSalv.html   (210 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: San Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Republic of Salvador, often incorrectly called San Salvador from the name of its capital, is the smallest and most thickly populated state of Central America.
The chief towns are San Salvador (59,540), Santa Anna (48,120), San Miguel (24,768), and Nueva San Salvador (18,770); the chief port is La Union (4000).
Salvador was invaded by Pedro Alvarado in 1524, emancipated from Spain in 1821, and made part of the Federation of Central America in 1824.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13450b.htm   (534 words)

  
 CVO Website - Major, et.al., 2001, Volcano Hazards in the San Salvador Region, El Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
San Salvador volcano is one of many volcanoes along the volcanic arc in El Salvador.
San Salvador volcano has not erupted for more than 80 years, but it has a long history of repeated, and sometimes violent, eruptions.
El Picacho, the prominent peak of highest elevation (1,960 meters altitude) to the northeast of the crater, and El Jabali, the peak to the northwest of the crater, represent remnants of an older, larger edifice.
vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /Volcanoes/ElSalvador/Publications/OFR01-366/introduction.html   (566 words)

  
 El Salvador (09/05)
El Salvador's early history as an independent state--as with others in Central America--was marked by frequent revolutions; not until the period 1900-30 was relative stability achieved.
El Salvador is a member of the United Nations and several of its specialized agencies, the Organization of American States (OAS), the Central American Common Market (CACM), the Central American Parliament, and the Central American Integration System.
El Salvador has been a committed member of the coalition of nations fighting against terrorism, and has also provided a battalion to the efforts to bring stability to Iraq.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2033.htm   (3714 words)

  
 San Salvador, El Salvador Hotels : Real InterContinental Hotel San Salvador - Concierge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A colonial building, built at the beginning of the 19th century, the National Theater is located in the downtown area of San Salvador.
Visit the city of San Salvador while enjoying a ride through downtown, sightseeing the national monuments such as the cathedral, National Palace (which has a beautiful entrance flanked by statues of Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabel), the National Theater and attractions including the most important shopping streets.
It is located approximately five kilometers south of the city of San Juan Opico, north-west of San Salvador.
www.icsansalvador.gruporeal.com /sancam/location_04.html   (530 words)

  
 CNN.com - Scores dead, missing in El Salvador after earthquake - January 13, 2001
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- The death toll in earthquake-struck El Salvador may have reached 100, police said -- and about 1,200 people are missing in a neighborhood buried by a landslide.
Roads between El Salvador and Guatemala were jammed with people trying to make it into and out of El Salvador, and many roadways were obstructed by landslide debris.
Officials at San Salvador's international airport said all flights had been halted, and most businesses in the city also were closed.
archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/americas/01/13/quake.04   (945 words)

  
 El Salvador - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It is bound by Honduras to the north, Guatemala to the northwest, the Gulf of Fonseca to the southeast and the Pacific Ocean to the south.
El Salvador is located in a very unstable geological zone and is subject to frequent earthquakes.
In the same year El Salvador and Honduras signed an agreement to end their border dispute and in Jan. 1981 a civil war erupted between government troops and leftist rebel guerrilla forces.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/elsalvad.htm   (1388 words)

  
 El Salvador pictures and videos Fotographs from El Salvador Photo Album   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
El Salvador, or San Salvador (Republica de El Salvador), the smallest but most densely peopled of the republics of Central America, bounded on the north and east by Honduras, south by the Pacific Ocean, and west by Guatemala.
El Salvador has a coastline extending for about 160 miles from the mouth of the Rio de la Paz to that of the Goascoran in the Bay of Fonseca.
Video of El Tamarindo beach form part of Gulf de Fonseca it comprises of the Gulf of Fonseca in the fragment of the video is observed in order: The Hill of Conchagua of the Department of the Union, the Island of Zacatillo, the Conchaguita Island, the Island of Menguera, and in seconds Part of Nicaragua.
www.murrasaca.com /Elsalvadorpictures.htm   (803 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Country profiles | Country profile: El Salvador
El Salvador, which is Spanish for "the saviour" - or Jesus Christ - has been wracked by civil war and a succession of natural disasters which have left it physically devastated and psychologically traumatised.
A tiny country, El Salvador is both the most densely populated state on the mainland of the Americas and the most industrialised in Central America.
Press freedom is guaranteed under El Salvador's constitution, and the media freely and routinely criticise the government and report on opposition activities.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1220684.stm   (549 words)

  
 El Salvador Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide
The Mayan ruins of Tazumal, considered the most important and best preserved in El Salvador, are...
El Salvador's name still evokes images of the brutal civil war fought throughout the 1980s in its tangle of mountains and farmlands.
The war, however, is over and the most turbulent aspect of El Salvador today is its volcanic landscape.
www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/central-america/el-salvador   (181 words)

  
 Mark Danner: The Truth of El Mozote, p. 1 of 12
In the polarized and brutal world of wartime El Salvador, the newspapers and radio stations simply ignored what Rufina had to say, as they habitually ignored unpalatable accounts of how the government was prosecuting the war against the leftist rebels.
But El Mozote was crowded; in the days before Operation Rescue, people from the outlying areas had flooded into the hamlet.
As in many other communities in northern Morazán, the people of El Mozote were struggling to keep their balance in the middle of the perilously shifting ground of a brutal war -- were working hard to remain on friendly terms with the soldiers while fearing to alienate the guerrillas.
globetrotter.berkeley.edu /people/Danner/1993/truthelmoz01.html   (2589 words)

  
 Traveljournals.net - The Tika bus station... Help!!!!, San Salvador, El Salvador
Today we were only going to make it to the capital of El Salvador, San Salvador.
The good news was even though we were going to be on a bus for the next 13 hours or so, we would be taking a Tika bus the whole time.
The street that the tika bus station was on went one to meet another road, were it dead ended at a T intersection.
www.traveljournals.net /stories/3971.html   (1780 words)

  
 El Salvador
El Salvador, with the other countries of Central America, declared its independence from Spain on Sept. 15, 1821, and was part of a federation of Central American states until that union dissolved in 1838.
El Salvador: Bibliography - Bibliography See T. Anderson, Matanza: El Salvador's Communist Revolt of 1932 (1971); D. El Salvador: Economy - Economy El Salvador's economy is primarily agricultural, with farming employing about 40% of the...
El Salvador: Government - Government El Salvador is governed under the 1991 constitution.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107489.html   (795 words)

  
 San Salvador El Salvador Hotels ... Jake.com
San Salvador, SV Located in the heart of the business district close to important residential areas.
San Salvador, SV Known For The Quiet And Secure Location And Excellent Cuisine - Excellent Convetion And Banquet Space And Services...
San Salvador, SV 228 comfortable rooms and suites with city or volcano view, strategically located in the business and commercial area.
hotels.jake.com /int/sv/san-salvador-hotels.html   (105 words)

  
 ABC News: El Salvador Sends More Troops to Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador Aug 11, 2005 — El Salvador sent its fifth contingent of 380 soldiers to Iraq for humanitarian missions on Thursday, a move that President Tony Saca said was in the same spirit as the countries that helped El Salvador during its 12-year civil war.
"El Salvador owes a lot to the international community," Saca said, just before planes carrying the troops took off from the Ilopango air base near the capital.
El Salvador is the only Latin American country still participating in the Iraq conflict.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1030575   (302 words)

  
 San Salvador, El Salvador Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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The National Theatre of El Salvador, the best opera house in Central America, and one of the finest in Latin America
A larger article for San Salvador in Wikitravel [1].
www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/San_Salvador,_El_Salvador   (940 words)

  
 ELFARO.NET / El primer periódico digital latinoamericano
El partido oficial ya cabildea los nombres de un magistrado del TSE y del presidente del Centro Nacional de Registros para el cargo de Fiscal General...
El destino de Cristian Noé Arreaga y Whember José Girón son las inferiores del club Atlético Quilmes, equipo que milita en la primera división del fútbol argentino...
Entre ellas el desencanto generalizado de la región con Washington, provocado, en parte, por el distanciamiento de la administración Bush con su propia zona geográfica a partir del 11 de septiembre...
www.elfaro.net   (422 words)

  
 Global Volunteer Network: Volunteer in El Salvador
Teaching English and Computing at San Fernando: San Fernando is a little town in the mountains of El Salvador with a population of about one thousand (very friendly) people, and lots of dogs and chickens.
The programs are based in El Salvador's cities, with placements in San Salvador, Santa Ana, Sonsonote, and other state departments.
Volunteers are given their orientation and Spanish lessons in San Salvador, before travelling out to their placement.
www.volunteer.org.nz /elsalvador   (1381 words)

  
 San Salvador, El Salvador Hotels : Real InterContinental Hotel San Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The five-star Real InterContinental San Salvador Hotel is conveniently located in the heart of San Salvador's business and commercial district, only a 30-minute drive from El Salvador International Airport.
The Real InterContinental San Salvador Hotel is situated opposite the largest shopping mall in Central America and close to an array of restaurants and sightseeing attractions.
The Real InterContinental San Salvador Hotel's 13 spacious conference rooms can accommodate from 30 to 1000 attendees for meetings, banquets and receptions.
www.icsansalvador.gruporeal.com   (226 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador (Salvadoran Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Nueva San Salvador[nwA´vA sAn sAlvAthOr´] Pronunciation Key or Santa Tecla[sAn´tA tA´klA] Pronunciation Key, city (1993 est.
It was founded in 1854 after the capital, San Salvador, was destroyed in an earthquake.
San Salvador, 9 mi (14.5 km) away, was rebuilt, and Nueva San Salvador became a wealthy suburb.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/NuevaSan.html   (173 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Hurricane Adrian whacks El Salvador, then fizzles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Hurricane Adrian fizzled over Honduras Friday after slamming into El Salvador's coast and forcing the evacuation of 23,000 people, officials said.
It struck west of El Salvador's capital overnight with maximum sustained winds of almost 75 mph.
Salvadoran President Tony Saca told local Channel 12 that officials were evaluating the damage, but said activities were turning to normal after the concern caused by the first hurricane on record to directly hit El Salvador.
www.usatoday.com /weather/stormcenter/2005-05-19-evacuations-adrian_x.htm   (354 words)

  
 El Salvador Projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
How would a PYM Committee help El Salvador Projects?: The wounds inflicted by the ill advised U.S. intervention in the 12 years of civil war have left Salvadorean society immersed in chaotic and violent conditions.
Her work has been carried out in San Salvador and in five new communities which were established as a result of the Peace Accords signed between the government and the rebel forces in the early '90s.
We, the Palo Alto Friends Meeting El Salvador Projects Committee, and Carmen, are deeply concerned about assuring the continuity of her work in El Salvador.
members.aol.com /CarmenBroz   (1130 words)

  
 .: La Prensa Gráfica :.
En el país necesitamos mucho remozamiento, tanto de las apuestas y métodos productivos como de los móviles de la inversión.
El Gobierno dijo que los ataques a tres hoteles fueron cometidos por dos suicidas y un coche bomba.
El venezolano Ozzie Guillén y el estadounidense Bobby Cox fueron designados ayer como los mánagers del año.
www.laprensagrafica.com /portada/default.asp   (230 words)

  
 Refugio de Paz San Salvador, El Salvador
Richard and his wife and four boys lived in El Salvador from 1999 to early 2002.
With the advent of the two massive earthquakes in January and February, 2001, Refugio de Paz focused its initiatives on earthquake-related relief programs: the distribution of aid and presentations of mental and emotional health programs for people who lost their homes, possessions, and even loved ones.
The El Salvadorian military provided open flat bed trucks to transport these items to different villages where the programs were presented.
www.familycare.org /network/011.htm   (815 words)

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