Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of public holidays in El Salvador. [1] [2] [3] Public holidays. Date English Name Local Name Remarks January 1 New Year's Day: Año Nuevo:
28 October – A joint military-police operation involving 2,500 security personnel is launched to find suspected gang members in the 10 de Octubre neighborhood of San Salvador. [ 14 ] 30 October – The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approves a proposal to send soldiers to Haiti as part of the United Nations Multinational Security Support ...
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador. 31 January: The Terrorism Confinement Center was open to hold inmates. [1] 6 June: The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador votes to reduce the number of legislative seats from 84 to 60 ahead of the 2024 general election. [2]
July 30, 1839: The Federal District of San Salvador is dissolved, and San Salvador department is reconstituted, combining the former federal district with Opico district of Cuscatlan. [3] March 15, 1847: La Paz department is abolished and reincorporated into San Vicente. [3] February 21, 1852: La Paz department is restored. [3]
El Salvador, [a] officially the Republic of El Salvador, [b] is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2024 was estimated to be 6 million according to a ...
San Matías is a municipality in La Libertad department of El Salvador. A small town where in around February held festive celebrations to show their love for the village and San Matías. There are rodeos and coronations of the queen of the town (reina del pueblo). There are also: a fair, games, horse races, cockfights and fireworks. [citation ...
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele released the father of a Salvadoran soccer player from prison after the athlete published a plea for his release on social media, authorities confirmed on ...
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.