Central America
El Salvador
San Salvador Department

Soyapango

Soyapango is a district in the of . Soyapango is the country's largest municipality with 284,700 residents. Soyapango is a satellite city of and it is the main thoroughfare between San Salvador and the eastern part of the country, and nearly 70,000 vehicles travel through it every day.
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  • Type: Town with 330,000 residents
  • Description: district in Eastern San Salvador, El Salvador
  • Also known as: “Soyopango” and “Zoyapanco”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ilopango International Airport and St. Stephen’s Church, San Salvador.

Aerodrome
Photo: Olivia Isabel Flores, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an airport located on the eastern part of the city of , , once serving the city as its international airport until 1980 when it was replaced by the larger and more modern , located about 50 km south of the city. is situated 3½ km east of Soyapango.

Ruins
St. Stephen's Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in downtown , . It belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador and its patron saint is the protomartyr, Saint Stephen. is situated 4 km west of Soyapango.

Church
Photo: Cesarlainez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 4 km west of Soyapango.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Salvador and Mejicanos.

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is the capital city of , approximately in the center of the country in a valley near the base of the 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.

Town
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is a district of San Salvador Centro municipality in the of . is a city located in San Salvador Department and part of the San Salvador metropolitan area. is situated 4½ km northwest of Soyapango.

Town
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Ciudad is a district in the of . It is a part of the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador.

Soyapango

Latitude
13.7037° or 13° 42′ 13″ north
Longitude
-89.1502° or 89° 9′ 1″ west
Population
330,000
Elevation
634 metres (2,080 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SV SOY
Open location code
765GPR3X+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5500010116
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3583096
Wiki­data ID
Q956031
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Soyapango” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سويابانغو”
  • Basque: “Soyapango”
  • Belarusian: “Саяпанга”
  • Bulgarian: “Сояпанго”
  • Catalan: “Soyapango”
  • Cebuano: “Soyapango”
  • Chinese: “Soyapango”
  • Chinese: “索亞潘戈”
  • Dutch: “Soyapango”
  • Esperanto: “Soyapango”
  • French: “Soyapango”
  • German: “Soyapango”
  • Italian: “Soyapango”
  • Japanese: “ソヤパンゴ”
  • Korean: “소야팡고”
  • Lithuanian: “Sojapangas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Soyapango”
  • Moksha: “Сояпанга”
  • Moksha: “Сояпанго”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Soyapango”
  • Norwegian: “Soyapango”
  • Polish: “Soyapango”
  • Portuguese: “Soyapango”
  • Quechua: “Soyapango”
  • Russian: “Сояпанго”
  • Serbian: “Сојапанго”
  • Spanish: “Soyapango”
  • Swedish: “Soyapango”
  • Tatar: “Сояпанго”
  • Ukrainian: “Сояпанго”
  • Urdu: “سویاپانگو”
  • Vietnamese: “Soyapango”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Soyapango”
  • “Zōyapanco”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Iglesia Católica San Antonio and Parque Central de Soyapango.

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