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The Centro Comercial Galerias is a shopping center in San Salvador, El Salvador. Among the mall's attractions is a mansion known as La Casona dating from the late 1950s and kept in perfect condition [citation needed], which was home to a family of Palestinian origin. It is the only mall to have such an attraction.
Santa Tecla was founded as "Nueva San Salvador" on August 8, 1854, by 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.
At 12 km. to the west of the capital city, in a valley at 923 meters above sea level, is located the town of Santa Tecla whose official name is Nueva San Salvador. Because it is between on the sides of Quezaltepeque or Volcano of San Salvador and a low and picturesque mountain, in poetic language it is designated as “The city of the hills ...
The remainder of San Salvador department is renamed to Cuscatlan, and Metapan district is transferred to Sonsonate department. [2] [3] May 17, 1839: Cuscatlan's Olocuitla district and San Vicente's Zacatecoluca district are combined into the new department of La Paz. [4] July 30, 1839: The Federal District of San Salvador is dissolved, and San ...
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 16 February 1903. General Pedro José Escalón was elected with 78 percent of the vote. [1] President Tomás Regalado hand-picked Escalón to be his successor. [2] All men were eligible to vote in the election. [3]
The bus running between Santa Ana and San Salvador. total: 10,029 km; paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of Highways) unpaved: 8,043 km (1999 est.) The RN-21 (Bulevar Monseñor Romero) (East–West) was the first freeway to be built in El Salvador and in Central America. The freeway passes through the northern area of the city of Santa Tecla, La ...
Santa Tecla may mean: A saint: see Thecla; Santa Tecla, Italy, a commune near Acireale, Sicily; Santa Tecla, Este, a church building in Este, Italy; Santa Tecla, Milan, a church building in Milan, Italy; Santa Tecla, El Salvador, formerly named Nueva San Salvador; Santa Tecla BC, a basketball club based in Santa Tecla
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.