San Salvador

The San Salvador Volcano is a stratovolcano situated northwest to the city of . The crater has been nearly filled with a relatively newer edifice, the Boquerón volcano.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,893 metres
  • Description: Stratovolcano in El Salvador
  • Also known as: De San Salvador”, “San Salvador Volcano”, “Volcán de Quezaltepeque”, and “Volcán San Salvador

Places of Interest

Highlights include El Boqueron National Park.

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is in central , just outside the capital city of . The park's primary attraction is the San Salvador Volcano.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colón and Santa Tecla.

Town
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is a municipality in the La Libertad department of , bordering Santa Tecla, Quezaltepeque, San Juan Opico, Ciudad Arce and Sacacoyo y Talnique. It was previously known as El Guarumal, made a town on 20 August 1886 and a villa on 24 July 1986.

is a city and a municipality in the La Libertad department of . It is the capital of the department of La Libertad. The city was named after Saint Thecla who was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul of Tarsus in the 1st century AD.

Town
is a municipality in the La Libertad department of ; its eastern tip lies in the part of the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, southwest of San Salvador and southeast of . is situated 8 km southeast of San Salvador.

San Salvador

Latitude
13.73122° or 13° 43′ 52″ north
Longitude
-89.28979° or 89° 17′ 23″ west
Elevation
1,893 metres (6,211 feet)
Open location code
765GPPJ6+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5348050061
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3583357
Wiki­data ID
Q2577068
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“San Salvador” goes by many names.
  • Basque: San Salvador sumendia
  • Bulgarian: Сан Салвадор (вулкан)
  • Bulgarian: Сан Салвадор
  • Cebuano: Volcán de San Salvador
  • Chinese: 圣萨尔瓦多火山
  • Czech: San Salvador
  • Dutch: San Salvador
  • Esperanto: El Boquerón
  • Esperanto: Quetzaltepec
  • Esperanto: San Salvador
  • Esperanto: San-Salvadoro
  • French: Quezaltepeque
  • French: San Salvador
  • German: Vulkan San Salvador
  • Japanese: サン・サルバドル火山
  • Japanese: ロマ・カルデーラ山
  • Lithuanian: San Salvadoro ugnikalnis
  • Occitan (post 1500): San Salvador
  • Polish: San Salvador
  • Russian: Сан-Сальвадор
  • Serbo-Croatian: San Salvador (vulkan)
  • Serbo-Croatian: San Salvador
  • Slovak: Quetzaltepec
  • Slovak: San Salvador
  • Spanish: Volcan de Quezaltepec
  • Spanish: Volcán de Quezaltepec
  • Spanish: Volcan de San Salvador
  • Spanish: Volcán de San Salvador
  • Spanish: Volcan Quezaltepec
  • Spanish: Volcán Quezaltepec
  • Ukrainian: Сан-Сальвадор

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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