Editing San Salvador (section)

==Demographics==
Spanish is the language spoken by virtually all inhabitants. English is spoken more widely than in the past, due mainly to cultural influences from the United States, especially in entertainment, and the large number of Salvadoran emigrants returned from the United States. According to the 2007 Census, 72.3% of the population of San Salvador is mestizo, 25.8% is white, having mostly Spanish ancestry, and a few of French or German descent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2007 |url=https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/minec/documents/12877/download |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref>

In 2015, San Salvador was projected to have a population of 257,754 inhabitants, accounting for about 3.99% of the country's population, while the metropolitan area had 1,767,102 inhabitants, comprising 27.4% of the country's total population.<ref name=pop>{{cite report |url=http://www.digestyc.gob.sv/index.php/novedades/avisos/590-el-salvador-estimaciones-y-proyecciones-de-poblacion-municipal-2005-2025.html |title=El Salvador: Estimaciones y Proyecciones de Población Municipal 2005–2025 (Revisión 2014) |publisher=Dirección General de Estadística y Censos |date=September 2014 |access-date=2016-04-25}}</ref>

===Religion===
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The population of San Salvador is predominantly [[Roman Catholic]], with a significant minority of Protestants. There is more diversity of religion than in most Latin American countries. The Protestant population is mostly Evangelical. One of the largest Protestant churches in the city is the ''Iglesia Cristiana Josue'' (from the [[Assemblies of God]]), another is the ''Tabernaculo Biblico Bautista, Amigos de Israel'' (Bible Baptist Tabernacle, Friends of Israel). There are also members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], which opened the [[San Salvador El Salvador Temple]] in 2011. There are also smaller Latter-day Saints chapels in Districts 1 and 3.

As in most of the country, Roman Catholicism plays a prominent role in the celebration of holidays, including ''Las Fiestas Agostinas'' (The August Festivals) in honor of Jesus Christ, the [[Patron saint]] of El Salvador, referred to as ''El Salvador del Mundo'' (The Savior of the World). These events are becoming less prominent with a sharp decline in the Roman Catholic population during the past decade. San Salvador is also home to about 3,500 Jews; the Jewish community is still robust, but less so since the 1980s, as a large number of them left with the start of the Salvadoran Civil War. Many Jews had migrated to El Salvador during World War II due to the work of [[José Castellanos Contreras]], the Salvadoran diplomatic [[Consul General]] in Geneva, [[Switzerland]], who helped a Jewish-Hungarian businessman named [[Gyorgy Mandl]] save up to 40,000 Jews in Central Europe from the Nazi persecution by giving them Salvadoran nationality papers. The city has a small community of [[Palestinians]], mostly descendants of [[Palestinian Christian]] families who immigrated from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] in the late 19th and early 20th century, with the highest rate of immigration between 1910 and 1925.<ref name="Guzmán">{{cite book|title=A Century of Palestinian Immigration into Central America|year=2000|publisher=Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica|isbn=9789977675879|pages=42–49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pv-HzTRQPQsC&pg=PA42|author=Roberto Marín Guzmán}}</ref>

===Culture===

San Salvador is rich in Spanish heritage, and its historical center contains architecture of a kind not found elsewhere in Latin America.{{Citation needed|date=November 2013}} The Metropolitan Cathedral was built in the 1950s combining [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] and [[Eclecticism#Architecture and art|eclectic]] styles of architecture. The National palace, built in 1905, is a mix of [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]], [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]], and [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]] architecture.{{Citation needed|date=November 2013}} The National Theater is the oldest theater in Central America, being built in 1917 in the French [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]] style with details in the [[Rococo#Architecture|Rococo]], Romantic and [[Art Nouveau#Architecture and ornamentation|Art Nouveau]] architectural styles. The building contains three levels of seats, including a Presidential box at the center of the second level, and has seating for 650 people. The structure is surmounted by an [[ellipsoidal dome]], the interior of which is adorned with a mural painted by [[Carlos Cañas]] and a crystal chandelier.

San Salvador is also home to the museum [[Museo de Arte de El Salvador]] (MARTE), whose collection includes artworks dating from the mid-19th century to the contemporary era.{{Citation needed|date=November 2013}} The museum has held temporary exhibitions of works by internationally renowned artists like [[Picasso]], [[Rembrandt]], [[Salvador Dalí]] and [[Joan Miró]]. The ''Museo Nacional de Antropología'' (MUNA) or National Museum of Anthropology, founded in 1883 by [[David Joaquín Guzmán]], has exhibits on human settlements, agriculture, artisans, commerce and trade, religion, arts and communication. The museum aims to foster cultural awareness for Salvadorans through exhibitions, research, publications and educational programs.

In 2011, the [[Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities]] selected San Salvador as a "Latin American capital of culture", recognizing San Salvador's cultural diversity.

The city government is restoring the downtown area, with the goal of celebrating the city's past and promoting cultural diversity.

===Music===
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===City symbols===
The symbols of the city are the [[Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo]], shield, flag, anthem, and [[staff of office]]. The first three were created as a result of a contest launched in 1943. The shield (designed by the painter [[José Mejía Vides]]) is divided into four quadrants: the two quadrants at the top right and bottom left have blue and white fields symbolizing the national flag; the top left quadrant displays a symbolic emerald necklace; and the lower right contains the bell of the Church of La Merced, representing the [[1811 Independence Movement]], when [[José Matías Delgado]] rang the bells.

The flag was designed at the request of the city government. The anthem was written by Carlos Bustamante (lyrics) and [[Ciriaco de Jesús Alas]] (music).

The municipal staff shows a series of figures and symbols relating to local history. From top to bottom these images are: a native Amerindian, first mayor Diego de Olguín, [[Infante Carlos María Isidro of Spain|Carlos V of Spain]], the Royal Decree which gave San Salvador its name, Mayor Antonio Gutiérrez, the priest José Matías Delgado, the seal of liberation of 1811, the 1821 independence seal, the shield of the Municipal Freedom Union, the national emblem, and God.

On 5 May 2015, Mayor Nayib Bukele presented the redesigned city shield and flag. The new city coat of arms is silver as a symbol of purity; it has the [[flag of El Salvador]] in the center, and a ribbon on the bottom with the date 1834, the year San Salvador was declared capital of Central America. On the sides it has two swords: to the left the sword of [[Francisco Morazán]], and to the right, the sword of [[Gerardo Barrios]], representing his past victories. A crown of laurels encircles the coat of arms, which is also surrounded by 6 stars, representing the 6 districts that form the city.