SAN SALVADOR, the capital of the republic of Salvador; situated in the valley of Las Hamacas, on the river Asalguate, at an altitude of 2,115 ft., and 3o m. inland from the Pacific. Pop. (1930) 89,281. San Salvador is connected by rail with La Union on the West and with all of the chief cities of Salvador, and by the through line of the International Railways of Central America, with Guatemala and the Caribbean coast at Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, also with the Pacific port of Acajutla by the older Salvador railway. It is connected with the port of La Libertad by a fine, hard-surfaced highway. In addition to the Government offices, its buildings include a handsome university, a modest cathedral, a national theatre, an academy of science and literature, a chamber of commerce, an astronomical ob servatory and a number of hospitals and charitable institutions. There are two large parks and an excellent botanical garden. In
the Plaza Morazan, the largest of many shaded squares, is a hand some bronze and marble monument to the last president of united Central America, from whom the plaza takes its name. San Salvador is the only city in the republic which has important manufactures ; these include the production of soap, candles, ice, shawls and scarves of silk, cotton cloth, cigars, flour and spirits. The city is excellently paved with concrete, is admirably policed, has an abundant water supply, and can in many respects compare favourably with the smaller provincial capitals of Europe and America. It was founded by Don Jorge de Alvarado in 1528, at a spot near the present site, to which it was trans ferred in 1539. Except for the year 1839-40 it has been the capital of the republic since 1834. It was temporarily ruined by earthquakes in 1854 and