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Explore Colonia América
The district Colonia América of San Salvador in Departamento de San Salvador is located in El Salvador and is a district of the nations capital.
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Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Santa Tecla, Cojutepeque, Zacatecoluca, San Vicente and Chalatenango. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 29°C / 85 °F
Morning Temperature | 23°C / 73 °F |
Evening Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
Night Temperature | 21°C / 71 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 6% |
Air Humidity | 56% |
Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 90% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 19th of April 2024
28°C (83 °F)
22°C (72 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, broken clouds.
Saturday, 20th of April 2024
23°C (73 °F)
22°C (72 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
28°C (82 °F)
23°C (73 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Barcelo San Salvador
Gardenia Inn
Sheraton Presidente San Salvador Hotel
BEST WESTERN PLUS HTL TERRAZA
Hotel Capital
MIRADOR PLAZA
Hotel La Posada del Angel
Árbol de Fuego Eco-Hotel
Hotel San Mateo
Hotel y Casino Siesta
Videos from this area
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Entendiendo la ley, parte 2 - Iglesia Centro Cristiano de Fe, San Salvador
Esta es una serie donde se examinará la ley, fundados en principios que en la actualidad tienen vigencia, tomando en cuenta que es la esencia de esas ordenanzas y no literales en algunos aspectos.
El Salvador - Si vas a viajar, Quédate
Campaña Nacional MITUR-CORSATUR Visita www.elsalvador.travel/ visit www.elsalvador.travel El Salvador Impresionante/ El Salvador Impressive Este video tiene derechos reservados/ All Rights...
TOURISM VIDEO OF EL SALVADOR
Updated tourism video of El Salvador, of tourist attractions that stand in the country by 2014 /Video de turismo actualizado de El Salvador, en cuanto a los atractivos turísticos que destacan...
Morazan part 2 - San Salvador [English]
We arrive to San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. The reality of this city is radical. From the colourful market to huge shopping centres, from extreme poverty to luxury restaurants and...
#1 Ensalada de Evangelina Sol - Evange Cantando en Ingles ( Buenas Epocas de EL Salvador ).mp4
Algunos grupos musicales salvadoreños que se formaron entre los 60s y 80s, fueron: Super Twisters, Los Supersónicos, Kiriaps, Intocables, San Miguel, Blue Souls, Black Cats, Fiebre amarilla,...
Los IntoCables de San Salvador - Borriquito ( El Salvador ).mp4
En los años 50 un nuevo ritmo ocasionaría la quiebra de muchas orquestas de baile: el Rock and roll. Los músicos profesionales fueron desplazados por jóvenes novatos. Proliferaron los ritmos:...
ULTIMO 1/4 DE MILLA DEL SIGLO - FIESTAS SAN MIGUEL 1999
Durante las fiestas patronales y el dia del Carnaval de San Miguel se realizo el ultimo Cuarto del Milla del siglo XX, en la colonia Satélite de Oriente, siendo una de los primeras competencias...
Fuerza De La Naturaleza En El Salvador ( Yo Te Extrañare de Tecer Cielo )
ESTAS SON ALGUNAS FOTOS QUE PUDE TOMAR DESPUES DE LA TORMENTA QUE CAYO EN EL PAIS LA NOCHE DEL SABADO 07 Y LA MADRUGADA DEL DOMINGO 08 DE NOVIEMBRE.
Encuentro nacional de batucadas, El Salvador 2012
14 Batucadas de el salvador participaron en el primer encuentro nacional. Salio algo improvisado. Para el proximo año se tienen mas expectativas y se espera que mas Batucadas participen.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is, since 1992, a left-wing political party in El Salvador and formerly a coalition of five guerrilla organizations.
San Salvador Department
For the department in Entre Ríos, Argentina, see San Salvador Department, Entre Ríos. San Salvador Flag of San Salvador Department Coat of Arms of San Salvador Department Location Location of San Salvador Department Statistics Created 1824 Capital San Salvador Area •% 886 km² Population •(2009) 2,404,097 ISO 3166-2 SV-SS San Salvador 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.
Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
The Legislative Assembly is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador. The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 84 deputies, all of who are elected by direct popular vote according to open-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election. Of these, 64 are elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies, corresponding to the country's 14 departments, which return between 3 and 16 deputies each.
Teatro Nacional de El Salvador
Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, or National Theatre of El Salvador, is the oldest theatre in Central America. It began construction on November 3, 1911, by the French architect Daniel Beylard; and inaugurated March 1, 1917. It is of French Renaissance style with modern touches. It was decorated by the Italian architect Lucio Capellaro, and its Great Hall is one of the most beautiful and elegant in Central America.
Delgado, San Salvador
Delgado, or Ciudad Delgado, is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.
Cuscatancingo
Cuscatancingo is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is located about 4 kilometers from the city of San Salvador and has a population of about 50,000. The geographical coordinates are {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:13.73611|N|89.18139|W||||| | |name= }}
Mejicanos
Mejicanos is a San Salvador suburb in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Mejicanos is a city located in San Salvador, El Salvador. At the 2009 estimate it had 160,751 inhabitants. It has been characterized by its typical food "Yuca Frita con Merienda". It has a municipal market, where the local citizens can buy groceries, vegetables, dairy products, meat, pupusas, etc. Many of the things available in the local market are produced in the surrounding villages, like vegetables.
Ilopango
Ilopango is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is a few miles east of the nation's capital, San Salvador. It is located near Lake Ilopango, the country's largest lake at 72 square kilometers.
Panchimalco
Panchimalco is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Panchimalco ("The Place of Flags and Shields," from the Nahuatl, "Pant," meaning banner or flag; "Chimal," meaning shield or herald, and "co," place) is Its 35,000 inhabitants, sometimes called "Panchos," are descendants of Pipil Indians fleeing the Spanish takeover of San Salvador during the 16th century, into areas originally inhabited by Mayan and Nahuatl peoples.
Soyapango
Soyapango is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Soyapango is a commercial center; it is home to a new modern mall called Plaza Mundo. The municipality is the third most populated area in the country, with 290,412 inhabitants. Soyapango is a main thoroughfare between San Salvador and the eastern part of the country, and nearly 70,000 vehicles travel through it every day. The nickname for this small city is Soya.
Estadio Cuscatlán
Monumental Estadio Cuscatlán is a football stadium located in San Salvador, El Salvador. It is the largest stadium in Central America with a capacity of 39,023. The stadium is the home ground of the El Salvador national football team as well as club team Alianza FC.
Central American University
"UCA" redirects here. For other uses of the name UCA, see UCA (disambiguation). “José Simeón Cañas” Central American University {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image=|size=|sizedefault=frameless|alt=}}Motto University for Social ChangeEstablished September 15, 1965Type Private Non-ProfitRector Andreu OlivaUndergraduates 8,000Postgraduates 664Location San Salvador, El SalvadorCampus Urban, 15 haNickname UCAMascot OwlAffiliations Society of JesusWebsite www. uca. edu.
1932 Salvadoran peasant massacre
The 1932 Salvadoran peasant massacre occurred on January 22 of that year, in the western departments of El Salvador when a brief peasant-led rebellion was brutally suppressed by the government, then led by Maximiliano Hernández Martínez. The Salvadoran army, being vastly superior in terms of weapons and soldiers, executed those who stood against it.
Señorío of Cuzcatlán
The Señorío of Cuzcatlán, or The Lordship of Cuzcatlán, was a pre-Columbian Nahuat nation of the Post-Classical period that extended from the Paz river to the Lempa river (covering most of the western and central zones of the present Republic of El Salvador), this was the nation of Pipils/Cuzcatlecs. No codices or written accounts survive that shed light on this señorío.
San Salvador Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Savior (Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador) is the principal church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador and the seat of the Archbishop of San Salvador. The church was twice visited by Pope John Paul II who said that the cathedral was "intimately allied with the joys and hopes of the Salvadoran people.
Torre Cuscatlán
Torre Cuscatlán (Cuscatlán Tower in English; formerly known as Torre Democracia or Tower of Democracy) is one of the tallest buildings in San Salvador, El Salvador. Finished in 1989, it is 74 meters high and has 18 floors. Ricardo Jiménez Castillo, who is considered one of the most representative architects of El Salvador, was in charge of the building's design. It is influenced by modern style, using a complete glass cladding for the exterior.
University of El Salvador
The University of El Salvador or Universidad de El Salvador (UES) is the oldest and one of the most prominent university institutions in El Salvador. It serves as the national university of the country. The main campus, Ciudad Universitaria, is located in the capital of San Salvador, but there are also branches of the university in other Salvadoran cities such as Santa Ana, San Miguel and San Vicente.
Torre El Pedregal
Torre El Pedregal is the tallest building in El Salvador by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, located in Antiguo Cuscatlan. It was built by Grupo Roble. It is 28 stories or 112 m
Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda
Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda (known as the National Gymnasium in some English sources) is an indoor sporting arena located in San Salvador, El Salvador. The capacity of the arena is 12,500 spectators. It is mainly used to host basketball and other indoor sporting events. It also hosted the Miss Universe 1975 competition.
World Trade Center San Salvador
San Salvador World Trade Center consists of many buildings, the tallest being Torre Futura at 96 meters in height makes this tower one of the tallest buildings in El Salvador.
Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo
Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo (English: Monument to the Divine Savior of the World) is a monument located on Plaza El Salvador del Mundo (The Savior of the World Plaza) in San Salvador City, El Salvador. It consists of a statue of Jesus Christ standing a global sphere of planet earth, placed on top of the tall four-sided concrete base pedestal. It is a landmark located in the country's capital San Salvador.
1985 Zona Rosa attacks
The Zona Rosa attack was a guerrilla attack that took place in the Zona Rosa nightclub area of San Salvador, El Salvador at approximately 21:30 on June 19, 1985, during the Salvadoran Civil War. The attack was conducted by gunmen dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, and in total twelve people were killed: four United States Marines, two United States businessmen, a Guatemalan, a Chilean, and four Salvadorans.
Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González
Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González is formerly known as Estadio Nacional "De la Flor Blanca", referring to the name of the suburb where it is located in San Salvador. It is a football stadium in El Salvador. It is named after Jorge Alberto González. It has a capacity of 32,000. The stadium was restored in 2001 to host notable sporting events in Latin America, the Central American and Caribbean Games in August 2002.
Centro Comercial Galerias
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, which was home to a family of Palestinian origin. It is the only mall to have such an attraction. The complex is owned by Grupo Siman.
Embassy of Colombia, San Salvador
The Embassy of Colombia in San Salvador is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Colombia to the Republic of El Salvador; it is headed by the Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela. It is located in the Escalón neighbourhood of San Salvador. The Embassy is also accredited to Belize.