San Salvador
San Salvador is the capital city of El Salvador, approximately in the center of the country in a valley near the base of the San Salvador volcano. It provides a good base for exploring the rest of the country as it's a transportation hub, with most major roads running through it due to its central location. Wikivoyage
Population 330,543 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in El Salvador
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
National Palace of El Salvador Museum · 890 m -
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Museo de Historia Militar "Cuartel El Zapote" Museum · 990 m - Monumento a Pancho Lara Monument · 220 m
- Monumento a José Matias Delgado Monument · 220 m
- Ex Casa Presidencial Museum · 770 m
- Monumento a los Próceres Artwork · 830 m
- Monumento a Gerardo Barrios Artwork · 860 m
- Monumento a los Próceres Nacionales Memorial · 900 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Somewhere to run
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