Barrio San José

Barrio San José is a suburb in San Salvador Department, El Salvador. Barrio San José is situated nearby to the neighborhood Lotificación Santa Nelly, as well as near Colonia Jardines de Monpegón.

Type: Suburb
Description: barrio of Mejicanos, El Salvador
Also known as: “Barrio de San Jose”, “Barrio de San José”, and “Barrio San Jose”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen and National Theatre of El Salvador.

Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen

Museum

Photo: Floriando, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen is a museum located in San Salvador, El Salvador. It was founded in the late 1990s by the Venezuelan journalist Carlos Henríquez Consalvi as a museum dedicated to collecting and preserving memories of the Salvadoran civil war, incorporating memories across the political spectrum.

National Theatre of El Salvador

Theater building

Photo: Cesarlainez, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, or National Theatre of El Salvador began construction on November 3, 1911, by the French architect Daniel Beylard; and inaugurated March 1, 1917. National Theatre of El Salvador is situated 2½ km south of Barrio San José.

Plaza Francisco Morazán

Park

Photo: Juan Jose Perez Sanchez, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Plaza Francisco Morazán is a park, which is situated 2½ km south of Barrio San José.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mejicanos and Cuscatancingo.

Mejicanos

Town

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Mejicanos is a district of San Salvador Centro municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Mejicanos is a city located in San Salvador Department and part of the San Salvador metropolitan area.

Cuscatancingo

Town

Cuscatancingo is a district in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is located about 4 kilometres from the city of San Salvador and has a population of about 50,000. It is part of the San Salvador metropolitan area. The geographical coordinates are…