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Delve into Colonia Los Andes
The district Colonia Los Andes of San Marcos in Departamento de San Salvador is a subburb in El Salvador a little south of San Salvador, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: San Salvador, Santa Tecla, Cojutepeque, Zacatecoluca and San Vicente. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 29°C / 85 °F
Morning Temperature | 21°C / 70 °F |
Evening Temperature | 24°C / 76 °F |
Night Temperature | 21°C / 70 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 11% |
Air Humidity | 62% |
Air Pressure | 1011 hPa |
Wind Speed | Calm with 3 km/h (2 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Tuesday, 17th of September 2024
29°C (84 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, broken clouds.
Wednesday, 18th of September 2024
29°C (84 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 19th of September 2024
29°C (84 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Barcelo San Salvador
Sheraton Presidente San Salvador Hotel
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Hotel Capital
Hotel de la Escalón Morrison
Las Magnolias
Clarion Suites Las Palmas
Hotel y Casino Siesta
Árbol de Fuego Eco-Hotel
Hotel San Jose Hostal
Videos from this area
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Semana Santa: Viernes Santo en San Marcos,San Salvador.Vía Crucis 2012
Solemne Vía Crucis de Viernes Santo. 6 de Abril de 2012 en la ciudad de San Marcos al sur de San Salvador. La procesión avanza sobre la intersección de la carretera antigua a Zacatecoluca...
Vía Crucis. San Marcos San Salvador 2015 (2)
Segundo Vía Crucis de Cuaresma en la ciudad de San Marcos, al sur de San Salvador. La procesión avanza sobre el barrio el calvario, actividad organizada por la comunidad de nazarenos de la...
Vía Crucis.San Marcos San Salvador 2015 (1)
Vía Crucis correspondiente al primer viernes de Cuaresma, en la ciudad de San Marcos al sur de San Salvador , 20 de Febrero de 2015. La procesión pasando sobre la calle 25 de Abril rumbo...
Vía Crucis de Viernes Santo, Ciudad de San Marcos 2014 (2)
La procesión pasando en el centro de San Marcos, intersección de la carretera antigua a zacatecoluca y calle 25 de Abril oriente, últimas estaciones del vía crucis. Ciudad de San Marcos...
Vía Crucis de Viernes Santo. San Marcos, San Salvador 2015 (3)
Solemne Procesión del Vía Crucis sobre la calle 25 de Abril, llegando al templo parroquial. Viernes Santo 2015 en la ciudad de San Marcos, zona sur de San Salvador.
Vía Crucis. San Marcos San Salvador 2015 (3)
Segundo Vía Crucis de Cuaresma en la ciudad de San Marcos, al sur de San Salvador.
Vía Crucis de Viernes Santo, Ciudad de San Marcos 2014 (1)
Procesión del vía Crucis en la Ciudad de San Marcos, al sur de San Salvador. Viernes Santo 18 de Abril de 2014. El cortejo avanza sobre la calle 25 de Abril rumbo a la alcaldía municipal.
Walter el Atleta Invensible de San Marcos
Desde pequeño ha recorrido kilometros corriendo, a pesar de su discapacidad se ha convertido en una figura apreciada en el municipio.
Vía Crucis de Viernes Santo. San Marcos, San Salvador 2015 (2)
Solemne Procesión del Vía Crucis, celebrado el Viernes Santo en la ciudad de San Marcos, zona sur de San Salvador. La Procesión avanza sobre la carretera antigua a Zacatecoluca, llegando...
Semana Santa San Marcos San Salvador 2011 (2)
Este vídeo muestra la salida de la procesión del Santo Entierro en la ciudad de San Marcos Al sur de San Salvador, El Salvador C.A. Viernes Santo 2011.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is, since 1992, a left-wing political party in El Salvador and formerly a coalition of five guerrilla organizations.
San Salvador Department
For the department in Entre Ríos, Argentina, see San Salvador Department, Entre Ríos. San Salvador Flag of San Salvador Department Coat of Arms of San Salvador Department Location Location of San Salvador Department Statistics Created 1824 Capital San Salvador Area •% 886 km² Population •(2009) 2,404,097 ISO 3166-2 SV-SS San Salvador is a department of El Salvador in the west central part of the country. The capital is San Salvador, which is also the national capital.
Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
The Legislative Assembly is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador. The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 84 deputies, all of who are elected by direct popular vote according to open-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election. Of these, 64 are elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies, corresponding to the country's 14 departments, which return between 3 and 16 deputies each.
Teatro Nacional de El Salvador
Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, or National Theatre of El Salvador, is the oldest theatre in Central America. It began construction on November 3, 1911, by the French architect Daniel Beylard; and inaugurated March 1, 1917. It is of French Renaissance style with modern touches. It was decorated by the Italian architect Lucio Capellaro, and its Great Hall is one of the most beautiful and elegant in Central America.
Delgado, San Salvador
Delgado, or Ciudad Delgado, is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.
Cuscatancingo
Cuscatancingo is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is located about 4 kilometers from the city of San Salvador and has a population of about 50,000. The geographical coordinates are {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:13.73611|N|89.18139|W||||| | |name= }}
Mejicanos
Mejicanos is a San Salvador suburb in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Mejicanos is a city located in San Salvador, El Salvador. At the 2009 estimate it had 160,751 inhabitants. It has been characterized by its typical food "Yuca Frita con Merienda". It has a municipal market, where the local citizens can buy groceries, vegetables, dairy products, meat, pupusas, etc. Many of the things available in the local market are produced in the surrounding villages, like vegetables.
Ilopango
Ilopango is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is a few miles east of the nation's capital, San Salvador. It is located near Lake Ilopango, the country's largest lake at 72 square kilometers.
Panchimalco
Panchimalco is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Panchimalco ("The Place of Flags and Shields," from the Nahuatl, "Pant," meaning banner or flag; "Chimal," meaning shield or herald, and "co," place) is Its 35,000 inhabitants, sometimes called "Panchos," are descendants of Pipil Indians fleeing the Spanish takeover of San Salvador during the 16th century, into areas originally inhabited by Mayan and Nahuatl peoples.
Santiago Texacuangos
Santiago Texacuangos is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.
Soyapango
Soyapango is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Soyapango is a commercial center; it is home to a new modern mall called Plaza Mundo. The municipality is the third most populated area in the country, with 290,412 inhabitants. Soyapango is a main thoroughfare between San Salvador and the eastern part of the country, and nearly 70,000 vehicles travel through it every day. The nickname for this small city is Soya.
Estadio Cuscatlán
Monumental Estadio Cuscatlán is a football stadium located in San Salvador, El Salvador. It is the largest stadium in Central America with a capacity of 39,023. The stadium is the home ground of the El Salvador national football team as well as club team Alianza FC.
Central American University
"UCA" redirects here. For other uses of the name UCA, see UCA (disambiguation). “José Simeón Cañas” Central American University {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image=|size=|sizedefault=frameless|alt=}}Motto University for Social ChangeEstablished September 15, 1965Type Private Non-ProfitRector Andreu OlivaUndergraduates 8,000Postgraduates 664Location San Salvador, El SalvadorCampus Urban, 15 haNickname UCAMascot OwlAffiliations Society of JesusWebsite www. uca. edu.
1932 Salvadoran peasant massacre
The 1932 Salvadoran peasant massacre occurred on January 22 of that year, in the western departments of El Salvador when a brief peasant-led rebellion was brutally suppressed by the government, then led by Maximiliano Hernández Martínez. The Salvadoran army, being vastly superior in terms of weapons and soldiers, executed those who stood against it.
Señorío of Cuzcatlán
The Señorío of Cuzcatlán, or The Lordship of Cuzcatlán, was a pre-Columbian Nahuat nation of the Post-Classical period that extended from the Paz river to the Lempa river (covering most of the western and central zones of the present Republic of El Salvador), this was the nation of Pipils/Cuzcatlecs. No codices or written accounts survive that shed light on this señorío.
San Salvador Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Savior (Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador) is the principal church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador and the seat of the Archbishop of San Salvador. The church was twice visited by Pope John Paul II who said that the cathedral was "intimately allied with the joys and hopes of the Salvadoran people.
Torre Cuscatlán
Torre Cuscatlán (Cuscatlán Tower in English; formerly known as Torre Democracia or Tower of Democracy) is one of the tallest buildings in San Salvador, El Salvador. Finished in 1989, it is 74 meters high and has 18 floors. Ricardo Jiménez Castillo, who is considered one of the most representative architects of El Salvador, was in charge of the building's design. It is influenced by modern style, using a complete glass cladding for the exterior.
University of El Salvador
The University of El Salvador or Universidad de El Salvador (UES) is the oldest and one of the most prominent university institutions in El Salvador. It serves as the national university of the country. The main campus, Ciudad Universitaria, is located in the capital of San Salvador, but there are also branches of the university in other Salvadoran cities such as Santa Ana, San Miguel and San Vicente.
Torre El Pedregal
Torre El Pedregal is the tallest building in El Salvador by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, located in Antiguo Cuscatlan. It was built by Grupo Roble. It is 28 stories or 112 m
Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda
Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda (known as the National Gymnasium in some English sources) is an indoor sporting arena located in San Salvador, El Salvador. The capacity of the arena is 12,500 spectators. It is mainly used to host basketball and other indoor sporting events. It also hosted the Miss Universe 1975 competition.
World Trade Center San Salvador
San Salvador World Trade Center consists of many buildings, the tallest being Torre Futura at 96 meters in height makes this tower one of the tallest buildings in El Salvador.
Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo
Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo (English: Monument to the Divine Savior of the World) is a monument located on Plaza El Salvador del Mundo (The Savior of the World Plaza) in San Salvador City, El Salvador. It consists of a statue of Jesus Christ standing a global sphere of planet earth, placed on top of the tall four-sided concrete base pedestal. It is a landmark located in the country's capital San Salvador.
1985 Zona Rosa attacks
The Zona Rosa attack was a guerrilla attack that took place in the Zona Rosa nightclub area of San Salvador, El Salvador at approximately 21:30 on June 19, 1985, during the Salvadoran Civil War. The attack was conducted by gunmen dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, and in total twelve people were killed: four United States Marines, two United States businessmen, a Guatemalan, a Chilean, and four Salvadorans.
Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González
Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González is formerly known as Estadio Nacional "De la Flor Blanca", referring to the name of the suburb where it is located in San Salvador. It is a football stadium in El Salvador. It is named after Jorge Alberto González. It has a capacity of 32,000. The stadium was restored in 2001 to host notable sporting events in Latin America, the Central American and Caribbean Games in August 2002.
Centro Comercial Galerias
The Centro Comercial Galerias is a shopping center in San Salvador, El Salvador. Among the mall's attractions is a mansion known as La Casona dating from the late 1950s and kept in perfect condition, which was home to a family of Palestinian origin. It is the only mall to have such an attraction. The complex is owned by Grupo Siman.