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San Miguel (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsam miˈɣel]) is a city in eastern El Salvador. It is the country's third most populous city. It is located 138 km (86 mi) east of the capital, San Salvador. It is also the capital of the department of San Miguel and a municipality. The population of the city in 2024 was 290,612. [1]
These Arabs settled in the cities of San Salvador, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Santa Tecla, Usulutan and La Union. [42] The population of El Salvador increased from 482,400 in 1879 to 1,168,000 in 1920, with immigration, including immigration from the late Ottoman Empire, substantially driving growth.
The department is 2,077 km 2 in area and has a population of over 678,000. Before the Spanish conquest of El Salvador, the territory that now consists of the departments of San Miguel, La Unión and Morazán was the Lenca kingdom of Chaparrastique (Place of Beautiful Orchids). [1] San Miguel was first known as San Miguel de la Frontera.
City population figures below are from the World Population Review from 2024. [1] Over 100,000 or a High Human Development Index, and a high urbanization. AMSS = San Salvador Metropolitan Area Acajutla – Pop. 22,763; Apopa – Pop. 112,158 (AMSS) Antiguo Cuscatlán – Pop. 33,767 (AMSS); [1] highest HDI in the country [citation needed]
Later, in the post-colonial era, the country received several groups of European immigrants, mainly from Spain and Italy, mainly between 1880 and 1930, when several Europeans emigrated to the country, immigration had a great demographic impact, the population of El Salvador went from 480 thousand to 1.2 million inhabitants [21] [22] [23] [24]
Before the pandemic, roughly 9 in 10 migrants crossing the border illegally (that is, between ports of entry) came from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — the four countries closest ...
The special relationship developed between the United States and El Salvador in the past 20 years has differentiated El Salvador from its neighboring Central American countries. Despite the high level of violence, El Salvador has transformed itself into a stable democracy and a success story in economic development.
This is a list the fourteen departments of El Salvador by Human Development Index. [1]World Trade Center in (1st) San Salvador Santa Tecla Cathedral in (2nd) La Libertad Acajutla port in (4th) Sonsonate View of the capital city of (6th) San Miguel Ataco Village in (9th) Ahuachapán Construction of La Union Port, built to develop the department of (12th) La Union