Central America
El Salvador
San Salvador Department

San Marcos

San Marcos is a district in . It is located in a small valley, 5 miles southeast of downtown . It has a population of 63,209. San Marcos is one of the 14 municipalities which make up the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, also known as Greater San Salvador.
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  • Type: Town with 54,600 residents
  • Description: district in Southern San Salvador, El Salvador
  • Also known as: “San Marcos, El Salvador” and “San Marcos, San Salvador”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cerro San Jacinto and Our Lady of Fatima Church, Los Planes de Renderos.

Peak
Photo: JMRAFFi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak.

Church
Photo: Mauriciopozo99, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Monument
Photo: JMRAFFi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Salvador and Soyapango.

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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 in the of . is the country's largest municipality with 284,700 residents. 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. is situated 6 km northeast of San Marcos.

Town
is a district in the of . is situated 6 km east of San Marcos.

San Marcos

Latitude
13.6579° or 13° 39′ 28″ north
Longitude
-89.183° or 89° 10′ 59″ west
Population
54,600
Elevation
733 metres (2,405 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SV MOS
Open location code
765GMR58+5R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4406946990
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3583480
Wiki­data ID
Q1157132
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“San Marcos” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “San Marcos (El Salvador)”
  • Basque: “San Marcos”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Маркас”
  • Bengali: “সান মার্কোস”
  • Catalan: “San Marcos”
  • Cebuano: “San Marcos”
  • Chinese: “San Marcos”
  • Chinese: “聖馬爾科斯”
  • Dutch: “San Marcos, El Salvador”
  • French: “San Marcos”
  • Galician: “San Marcos”
  • Italian: “San Marcos”
  • Japanese: “サン・マルコス”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “San Marcos (El Salvador)”
  • Moksha: “Сан Маркос”
  • Polish: “San Marcos”
  • Portuguese: “San Marcos”
  • Russian: “Сан-Маркос”
  • Spanish: “San Marcos (San Salvador)”
  • Spanish: “San Marcos”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Маркос”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Alcaldía Municipal de San Marcos and Iglesia de San Marcos Evangelista.

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