- published: 20 Jul 2014
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The city of San Salvador (English: "Holy Saviour") is the capital city of the Republic of El Salvador. San Salvador is a part of the San Salvador Department, one of fourteen in the nation. San Salvador is the country's largest city as well as its most important political, cultural, educational and financial center. As a "gamma" global city, San Salvador is one of the most important financial centers in Central America. It is located in the Salvadoran highlands, surrounded by volcanoes and prone to earthquakes, which is why the Pipil and the Spaniards called the area in which the city is located "el valle de las hamacas" (the valley of the hammocks, "salcoatitan" in Pipil language). The 2009 estimated population for the city proper was around 540,000 people (2.3million metropolitan), making it the third largest Central American city and the second largest metropolitan area. San Salvador is nicknamed "San Sivar" by Salvadorans.
Before the Spanish conquest, the Pipil peoples established their capital, Cuzcatlán, near the current location of San Salvador. Not much is known about Cuzcatlán, as it was abandoned by its inhabitants in an effort to avoid Spanish rule.
Let me take you to a place I know, where everything is fine
If you get there, even for a night, those troubles off your mind
I have been there many times before for I remember
Everyone's going to San Salvador, aha
No cares about what day it is or even bide the time
You can wander down the dusty ways, in foolish day or night
You can act as a star and smile, and don't you say
You're falling in love with your San Salvador, aha
Ooohooo
San Salvador, hear the voices ringing, people singing
San Salvador, now the festival is just beginning
San Salvador, come and join us in the crowded streets
San Salvador, feel the happiness excite you
San Salvador, hear the voices ringing, people singing
San Salvador, now the festival is just beginning
San Salvador, come and join us in the crowded streets
San Salvador, feel the happiness excite you
See the strings of lights surround this place and down to the cafe
And Annie's question, you can guess, Las Vegas in every way
You catch a smell of magic night because you toured it
Finding it, finding you, San Salvador, aha
Running down the steps, to find a friend, buy ribbons for your hair
A new caress in the pale light, will she dance to love one day?
From far away you can hear them say another day
A magical evening in San Salvador, aha
Ooohooo
San Salvador, hear the voices ringing, people singing
San Salvador, now the festival is just beginning
San Salvador, come and join us in the crowded streets
San Salvador, feel the happiness excite you
San Salvador, hear the voices ringing, people singing
San Salvador, now the festival is just beginning
San Salvador, come and join us in the crowded streets
San Salvador, feel the happiness excite you
San Salvador, hear the voices ringing, people singing
San Salvador, now the festival is just beginning
San Salvador, come and join us in the crowded streets
San Salvador, feel the happiness excite you
San Salvador, hear the voices ringing, people singing
San Salvador, now the festival is just beginning
San Salvador, come and join us in the crowded streets
San Salvador, feel the happiness excite you
San Salvador, hear the voices ringing, people singing
San Salvador, now the festival is just beginning
San Salvador, come and join us in the crowded streets
San Salvador, feel the happiness excite you
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