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==Spanish colonial period (1525–1821)== {{Further|New Spain}} [[File:SalvadorVolcanoEngraving.jpg|thumb|250px|The eruption of [[Lake Ilopango|Ilopango]], 1891]] After the Spanish conquest, the region became part of the [[Captaincy General of Guatemala]]. Pedro de Alvarado was the first governor, a position he held until his death in 1541. The area was briefly (from 1538 to 1543) under the authority of a short-lived [[Real Audiencia of Panama#First installation|Real Audiencia of Panama]], after which most of Central America was placed under a new [[Real Audiencia of Guatemala]]. During this period, the region was divided into the province of San Salvador, the province of San Miguel, and the province of Izalcos.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} In 1579 the province of San Salvador became an alcaldía mayor (great mayor's office). In 1786 it became an [[Intendant#Spain and Spanish Empire|intendancy]] and in 1821 it became a province with a provincial council. In 1824, San Salvador and Sonsonate were united into the State of Salvador (within the [[Federal Republic of Central America]]).<ref name=Pineda2015>[http://issuu.com/sec-sv/docs/el_nombre_de_el_salvador_fd686d53bef9b0 Carlos Pérez Pineda y Óscar Meléndez, ''El nombre oficial de la República de El Salvador'', Primera Edición, Dirección de Publicaciones e Impresos, San Salvador, El Salvador, 2015, p.37.]</ref><ref name=Herrera2013>{{Cite book|last=Herrera Mena|first=Sajid Alfredo|title=El ejercicio de gobernar: Del cabildo borbónico al ayuntamiento liberal. El Salvador colonial, 1750 - 1821|publisher=Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I|location=Castellón de la Plana, Spain|year=2013|isbn=978-84-15443-13-1|language=es}}</ref>
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