San Salvador

**San Salvador** is the capital city and the largest city of El Salvador. It is the country's largest agglomeration, serving as the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. San Salvador has a population of 330,000.

The city is home to the _Consejo de Ministros de El Salvador_ (Council of Ministries of El Salvador), the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, the Supreme Court of El Salvador, and other governmental institutions, as well as the official residence of the president of El Salvador.

San Salvador is located in the Salvadoran highlands, surrounded by volcanoes and prone to earthquakes. The city is also home to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador, as well as many Protestant branches of Christianity, including Evangelicals, Baptists, and Pentecostals, and the restorationist Christian sect the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

San Salvador has been the host city for regional and international sporting, political, and social events. It hosted the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1935, 2002, and in 2023 and the Central American Games in 1977 and 1994, as well as the Miss Universe pageant in 1975 and in 2023. San Salvador was also the host city of the 18th Ibero-American Summit in 2008, the most important sociopolitical event in the Spanish and Portuguese sphere. The Central American Integration System has its headquarters in San Salvador.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: San Salvador
- **settlement type**: Capital city
- **image size**: 270px
- **image flag**: Bandera de San Salvador (2021).svg
- **image shield**: Escudo de San Salvador (2021).svg
- **motto**: Nuestra Capital – 2011 Ibero-American Capital of Culture
- **pushpin label**: San Salvador
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Departments of El Salvador, Department
- **subdivision type2**: Metro
- **subdivision name1**: San Salvador Department, San Salvador
- **subdivision name2**: Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, San Salvador Metropolitan Area
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1525
- **established title2**: Founded by
- **established date2**: Pedro de Alvarado
- **named for**: Transfiguration of Jesus, Divine Savior
- **government type**: Mayor–council government
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Mario Durán
- **area total km2**: 72.25
- **area metro km2**: 651.31
- **elevation m**: 658
- **elevation ft**: 2159
- **population total**: 330543
- **population as of**: 2024
- **population density sq mi**: 11800
- **population urban**: 1538525
- **population metro**: 2,177,432
- **population density metro km2**: 3,343.16
- **population rank**: List of cities in El Salvador, 1st, El Salvador
- **postal code type**: ISO 3166-2:SV, SV-SS
- **postal code**: CP 1101
- **area code**: + 503
- **blank name sec2**: **Human Development Index, HDI** (2018)
- **blank info sec2**: 0.704 −
- **population demonym**: Sansalvadoran
Sansalvadoreño/a
Capitalino/a
- **demographics type1**: GDP, GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
- **demographics1 title1**: Year
- **demographics1 info1**: 2023
- **demographics1 title2**: Total (Metro)
- **demographics1 info2**: $14.7 billion
- **demographics1 title3**: Per capita
- **demographics1 info3**: $13,200
- **timezone**: Central Standard Time, CST
- **utc offset**: −06:00
- **website**: [http://www.sansalvador.gob.sv sansalvador.gob.sv]