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==History==
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Before the [[Spanish conquest of El Salvador|Spanish conquest]], the [[Pipil people]] established their capital, [[Cuzcatlan]], near the current location of San Salvador. Not much is known about Cuzcatlan, as it was abandoned by its inhabitants in an effort to avoid Spanish rule. Under the orders of [[conquistador]] [[Pedro de Alvarado]], his associates [[Gonzalo de Alvarado]] and [[Diego de Holguín]] occupied the empty settlement and began to develop it. Diego de Holguín became the first mayor of San Salvador after the town was founded on 1 April 1525. The town changed location twice, in 1528 and 1545. Originally established in what is now the archeological site of [[Ciudad Vieja, El Salvador|Ciudad Vieja]], north of the present-day city, it was moved to the ''Valle de Las Hamacas'', so named for the intense seismic activity that characterizes it. The new site was chosen because it had more space and more fertile land, thanks to the [[Acelhuate River]]. The population of the city remained relatively small until the early 20th century.

[[File:D2LyNeRW0AA3nwp.jpg|thumb|In 1873, the president and marshals Santiago González Portillo issued an executive decree, by which he ordered the immediate reconstruction of the city of San Salvador, devastated two days earlier by the Great Earthquake of San José.]]
In January 1885, during the presidency of [[Rafael Zaldívar]], a group of businessmen and the president's family contributed funds for building the [[Sara Zaldivar Asylum]] for Indigents and the Elderly. In 1902, the Hospital Rosales was built, named after its benefactor, Jose Rosales, a banker who gave his fortune to the hospital and to the orphanage. The hospital's construction was begun by president [[Carlos Ezeta]] and finished during the presidency of [[Tomás Regalado (Salvadoran politician)|Tomás Regalado]]. In 1905, president [[Pedro José Escalón]] initiated construction of the [[National Palace (El Salvador)|National Palace]] funded by coffee exportation taxes. The ''Monumento a los Próceres de 1811'' (Monument to the Heroes of 1811), located in the [[Plaza Libertad]], and the [[Teatro Nacional de El Salvador]] were built in 1911 during [[Manuel Enrique Araujo]]'s presidency.

In 1917, [[1917 San Salvador earthquake|an earthquake]] during an eruption of the nearby [[San Salvador (volcano)|San Salvador volcano]] damaged the city, but it escaped additional damage because the lava flowed down the back side of the volcano. On 2 December 1931, president [[Arturo Araujo]] was ousted by a military [[coup d'état]] and replaced by the military [[Civic Directory]]. The directory named vice-president [[Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]] as president and Araujo went into exile. The Hernández Martínez regime lasted from 4 December 1931 to 6 May 1944.

[[File: Gatuvy från El Salvadors huvudstad San Salvador 1927 SLSA 1232-3 foto 7.jpg|thumb|left| View of the street of the capital of El Salvador, San Salvador, in 1927]]

In 1964, the [[Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)|Christian Democratic Party]] candidate, [[José Napoleon Duarte]], an engineer, was elected mayor; he served from 1964 to 1970. During his term he ordered construction of the Pancho Lara park in the Vista Hermosa neighborhood, renewed the [[electrical grid]], and set up a system of schools for [[adult education]]. The 1960s to the 1980s were the golden age of San Salvador in all aspects of security, quality of life, and modernization.

Today the tallest building in the country has 28 floors and is 110 meters high. With the commencement of the [[Salvadoran Civil War]] in the 1980s, many modernization projects were halted. Examples of suspended projects include a 40-story government building approximately 160 meters in height, and the [[Sheraton Hotels and Resorts|Sheraton Hotel]] Tower, a 26-story building with a rotating restaurant on top.

In 1969, celebrations in the [[Estadio Cuscatlán]] were held in honor of the returning troops from the [[Football War]] with Honduras. The ''Boulevard de los Héroes'' (Boulevard of the Heroes) was named after the Salvadoran soldiers who fought there. The [[1986 San Salvador earthquake]] destroyed many government buildings and other important structures, injuring and killing hundreds. Thousands of people were displaced by the disaster and many struggled to find shelter in the ruins.

In 1986, Mayor Morales Ehrlich closed streets in the downtown of the city to create a large pedestrian mall, which has resulted in chronic traffic congestion.

The [[Chapultepec Peace Accords]] were signed on 16 January 1992, ending 12 years of [[Salvadoran Civil War|civil war]]. The signing is celebrated as a national holiday with people flooding downtown San Salvador in the [[Plaza Gerardo Barrios]] and in La Libertad Park.

Since 2009, Mayor [[Norman Quijano]] has worked for the redevelopment of parks and historic buildings in the ''[[San Salvador Historic Downtown|Rescate del Centro Histórico]]'', which involves the removal of street vendors. This has led to several riots in the area, but he has managed to place the vendors in new markets where they can operate their own stalls.