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The National Library of El Salvador (Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional de El Salvador, abbreviated BINAES) is a national library located in San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador. The library was opened in November 2023 and stands on the former site of the Francisco Gavidia National Library . It was built with the cooperation of China.
The Plaza Gerardo Barrios is a plaza in the historic center of the city of San Salvador, El Salvador.. Gerardo Barrios.. The monumental statue in the center of the plaza, dedicated to president Gerardo Barrios, was made by Francisco Durini and inaugurated in 1909.
The remainder of San Salvador department is renamed to Cuscatlan, and Metapan district is transferred to Sonsonate department. [2] [3] May 17, 1839: Cuscatlan's Olocuitla district and San Vicente's Zacatecoluca district are combined into the new department of La Paz. [4] July 30, 1839: The Federal District of San Salvador is dissolved, and San ...
Over 100,000 or a High Human Development Index, and a high urbanization. AMSS = San Salvador Metropolitan Area Acajutla – Pop. 22,763; Apopa – Pop. 112,158 (AMSS) Antiguo Cuscatlán – Pop. 33,767 (AMSS); [1] highest HDI in the country [citation needed] Ciudad Delgado – Pop. 71,594 (AMSS) Cojutepeque – Pop. 48,411; Cuscatancingo ...
(in Spanish) Newspapers from El Salvador; Latin American Network Information Center. "El Salvador: News". USA: University of Texas at Austin. "El Salvador". Provisional Census of Current Latin American Newspaper Holdings in UK Libraries. UK: Advisory Council on Latin American and Iberian Information Resources. 14 April 2011. "El Salvador".
Letras y figuras (Spanish, "letters and figures") is a genre of painting pioneered by José Honorato Lozano during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines. The art form is distinguished by the depiction of letters of the alphabet using a genre of painting that contoured shapes of human figures, animals, plants, and other objects called ...
All this is surrounded by golden amber letters, which form the Spanish words "REPÚBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMÉRICA CENTRAL" (transl. "Republic of El Salvador in Central America") in boldface capital letters. For special occasions, the entire coat of arms of El Salvador is stylized bathed in golden amber or silver.
The plaza is also the focal point for celebrations accompanying the feast day of the Holy Savior (Spanish: San Salvador) on August 5 and 6. The religious procession held on Good Friday called El Descenso (The Descent), dedicated to the Divine Savior of the World , representing the Crucifixion of Jesus and his descent from the Cross, terminates ...