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The municipalities of El Salvador, called municipios are composed by 262 in total. Each one having its own capital and a variable number of cantons ; these are conformed of caseríos. In June 2023, President Nayib Bukele proposed the reduction of municipal councils to 44, with former municipalities becoming districts.
Location of El Salvador. El Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. As of 2015, the country had a population of approximately 6.83 million, consisting largely of Mestizos of European and Indigenous American descent. [1]
Referring to the legend that Christian knight El Cid banished cats from Valencia for superstitious reasons after taking the city from Muslims, and only four survived to repopulate the city, there is an inscription in the language known locally as Valencian: "A la memoria dels cuatre gats que quedaren al Barri del Carme l’any MXCIV. Mai se les ...
The homicide rate declined somewhat by 2019—with 22 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in Guatemala, 32 per 100,000 inhabitants in El Salvador, and 40 per 100,000 inhabitants in Honduras—but remained markedly high. [2] The Northern Triangle has also experienced high rates of both emigration and migration.
1 proprietary Juez de Paz, and 1 auxiliary for populations with 1 or 3 regidores. 2 proprietary Jueces de Paz, and 2 auxiliaries for populations with 5 regidores. On November 12, 1861, the government of president Gerardo Barrios decreed the Reglamento de Gobernadores, Jefes de Partido, Concejos Municipales, Alcaldes y Jueces de Paz.
San Salvador (Spanish pronunciation: [san salβaˈðoɾ]) is a department of El Salvador in the west central part of the country. The capital is San Salvador , which is also the national capital. The department has North of the Rio Lempa Valley, the "Valle de las Hamacas" (Hammock Valley) and a section of Lake Ilopango.
Aguilares is a district in the San Salvador department of El Salvador, located 33 km away from the city of San Salvador. The municipality measures 33.72 km² and as of 2006, had an estimated population of 73,300. Sugar cane cultivation is the major economic activity for the area. [citation needed]
San Martín is a district in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. [1] According to the 2007 Population and Housing Census, it has 72,758 inhabitants. The municipality is limited by San José Guayabal and Oratorio de Concepción to the North; San Bartolomé Perulapía and San Pedro Perulapán to the East; by Ilopango and the Lake of Ilopango to the South; and to the West by Tonacatepeque.