San Marcos, El Salvador
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San Marcos, a city of El Salvador
. It is located on a small valley, 5 miles southern San Salvador
downtown. Its population is 63,209 inhabitantshttp://sig.censos.gob.sv/outdescargas/Resultados%20VI%20Censo%20de%20Población%20V%20de%20Vivienda%202007.pdf. San Marcos is one of the 14 municipalities which conform the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, also known as Great San Salvador.
The city geography is characterized for its numerous small precipices and its proximity to San Jacinto and Planes de Renderos hills. Most of San Marcos is a residential suburb with many middle and low class urbanizations. The city is the main gate for air travelers because it is bordered by the freeway that connects El Salvador International Airport
with the capital of the country.
There is not much commerce besides the municipality public market and the southeast bus station, however, there is a significant textile industry in the San Marcos Free Trade Zone
, and logistic/distribution companies along the airport freeway. The city GDP per capita (PPP) is US$5,480 and it has a Human Development Index of 0.759 as of 2002 http://hdr.undp.org/docs/reports/national/ELS_El_Salvador/El_Salvador_2003_sp.pdf.
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
. It is located on a small valley, 5 miles southern San Salvador
San Salvador
The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador...
downtown. Its population is 63,209 inhabitantshttp://sig.censos.gob.sv/outdescargas/Resultados%20VI%20Censo%20de%20Población%20V%20de%20Vivienda%202007.pdf. San Marcos is one of the 14 municipalities which conform the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, also known as Great San Salvador.
The city geography is characterized for its numerous small precipices and its proximity to San Jacinto and Planes de Renderos hills. Most of San Marcos is a residential suburb with many middle and low class urbanizations. The city is the main gate for air travelers because it is bordered by the freeway that connects El Salvador International Airport
El Salvador International Airport
El Salvador International Airport , commonly known as Comalapa International Airport or Cuscatlán International Airport, is located about from San Salvador in El Salvador...
with the capital of the country.
There is not much commerce besides the municipality public market and the southeast bus station, however, there is a significant textile industry in the San Marcos Free Trade Zone
Free trade zone
A free trade zone or export processing zone , also called foreign-trade zone, formerly free port is an area within which goods may be landed, handled, manufactured or reconfigured, and reexported without the intervention of the customs authorities...
, and logistic/distribution companies along the airport freeway. The city GDP per capita (PPP) is US$5,480 and it has a Human Development Index of 0.759 as of 2002 http://hdr.undp.org/docs/reports/national/ELS_El_Salvador/El_Salvador_2003_sp.pdf.