Metropolitan Area of San Salvador
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San Salvador was founded in the year 1525, it was the second city in Central America made by the Spanish. By the Year 1821 the year of Independence for El Salvador, San Salvador had a population of 10,000 inhabitants, four years later in 1825 the city grew to 25,000 Inhabitants, this was the result of internal migration to the capital city, this process happens twice in the history of San Salvador. Santa Tecla, El Salvador
was founded as "Nueva San Salvador" on August 8, 1854 by the president José María San Martín
after the capital city was destroyed by an earthquake. It served as capital of the republic from 1855 to 1859 and became departmental capital in 1865. The continued development of the city was spurred by the success of the local coffee industry, becoming a very productive commercial city. By the year 1890 San Salvador had 94,580 Inhabitants, in 1901 San Salvador was composed of the Urban Center (80,167), Vista Hermosa(13,123), y Planes de Rendero(1,560). In the following years San Salvador kept on growing from Downtown towards the outskirts of the volcano. It was not untile the 70's when the city took a great leap in population from 430,500 to 700,000 as San Salvador grew it joined other cities and The AMSS was created. The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador (AMSS) is a conglomerate formed by 14 municipalities. It was instituted in 1993, through Legislative Decree No. 732 of the Law on Territorial Development and the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador and neighboring municipalities. The Act defines that, depending on its urban development, these cities form a single urban unit.
Since 1990, it was felt that urban development in the Municipality of San Salvador and neighboring municipalities was having a remarkable growth, and even be defined as a big city. This situation required the planning and control of urban development in these municipalities and their conformation as a metropolitan area.
Currently, the AMSS constitutes the directional center of the country in political, financial, economic and cultural life and where he also accounts for 27% of the population and 70% of the public and private investment in 3% of the national territory.
Together the fourteen municipalities give the AMSS a total population of 2,177,432 inhabitants (2009 census). The Government expects a total population of 2.5 million by the beginning of the year 2011.
List of Municipalities:
Santa Tecla, El Salvador
Santa Tecla is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador. It is the capital of the department of La Libertad.The city was named after Saint Thecla who was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul of Tarsus in the 1st century AD...
was founded as "Nueva San Salvador" on August 8, 1854 by the president José María San Martín
José María San Martín
Colonel José María San Martín was born in Nacaome, Honduras to Colonel Joaquín de San Martín and Joaquina Fugón....
after the capital city was destroyed by an earthquake. It served as capital of the republic from 1855 to 1859 and became departmental capital in 1865. The continued development of the city was spurred by the success of the local coffee industry, becoming a very productive commercial city. By the year 1890 San Salvador had 94,580 Inhabitants, in 1901 San Salvador was composed of the Urban Center (80,167), Vista Hermosa(13,123), y Planes de Rendero(1,560). In the following years San Salvador kept on growing from Downtown towards the outskirts of the volcano. It was not untile the 70's when the city took a great leap in population from 430,500 to 700,000 as San Salvador grew it joined other cities and The AMSS was created. The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador (AMSS) is a conglomerate formed by 14 municipalities. It was instituted in 1993, through Legislative Decree No. 732 of the Law on Territorial Development and the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador and neighboring municipalities. The Act defines that, depending on its urban development, these cities form a single urban unit.
Since 1990, it was felt that urban development in the Municipality of San Salvador and neighboring municipalities was having a remarkable growth, and even be defined as a big city. This situation required the planning and control of urban development in these municipalities and their conformation as a metropolitan area.
Currently, the AMSS constitutes the directional center of the country in political, financial, economic and cultural life and where he also accounts for 27% of the population and 70% of the public and private investment in 3% of the national territory.
Together the fourteen municipalities give the AMSS a total population of 2,177,432 inhabitants (2009 census). The Government expects a total population of 2.5 million by the beginning of the year 2011.
List of Municipalities:
- San Savaldor - west
- Antiguo CuscatlanAntiguo CuscatlanAntiguo Cuscatlán is a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador, southwest of San Salvador and to the east of Santa Tecla. Antiguo Cuscatlán is considered the richest and most urban municipality inside the "Metropolitan Area of San Salvador" as well as in the whole country.It...
- 4 kilometers southwest of San Salvador Highest HDI in El Salvador and Central America - Santa TeclaSanta TeclaSanta Tecla may mean:* A saint: see Thecla* Santa Tecla, El Salvador, formerly named Nueva San Salvador...
- 9 kilometers southwest of San Salvador - San MarcosSan MarcosSan Marcos is a common toponym in Latin America and parts of the United States. It could refer to any of the following:-Towns and cities:*San Marcos, Beni*San Marcos, Antioquia...
- 6 kilometers south of San Salvador - SoyapangoSoyapangoSoyapango is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Soyapango is a commercial center; it is home to a new modern mall called Plaza Mundo.The municipality is the third most populated area in the country, with 290,412 inhabitants...
- 6 kilometers east of San Salvador - IlopangoIlopangoIlopango is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is a few miles east of the nation's capital, San Salvador. It is located near Lake Ilopango, the country's largest lake at 72 square kilometers....
- 8 kilometers east - San MartinSan Martín-People:*José de San Martín, national hero of Argentina, an 18th-century general and the main leader of the southern part of South America's struggle for independence from Spain...
- 15 kilometers east - TonacatepequeTonacatepequeTonacatepeque is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It has a population of 90,896 inhabitants according to the 2007 Census...
- 12 kilometers north east - Ciudad Delgado - 4 kilometers north east
- CuscatancingoCuscatancingoCuscatancingo is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is located about 4 kilometers from the city of San Salvador and has a population of about 50,000.The geographical coordinates are -References:##...
- 4 kilometers north - MejicanosMejicanosMejicanos is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.Mejicanos is a city located in San Salvador, El Salvador. At the 2009 estimate it had 160,751 inhabitants. It has been characterized by its typical food "Yuca Frita con Merienda"....
- 5 kilometers north - ApopaApopaApopa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.Probably the seventh biggest city in El Salvador with a little more than 150,000 people, the city has now collided with Soyapango and San Salvador, making it part of The Great San Salvador Metro- Geography :Hydography: The rivers...
- 11 kilometers north - NejapaNejapaNejapa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is the city after Apopa and before Quezaltepeque. People from Nejapa Are known as Nejapenses. One of the major traditions of Nejapa is "Las Bolas De Fuego" . It is celebrated Every 31st of August. Las Bolas de Fuego has two...
-13 kilometers north - AyutuxtepequeAyutuxtepequeAyutuxtepeque is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador....
- 7 kilometers north