Editing San Salvador (section)

==Municipal government==
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[[File:Atardecer de San Salvador desde Los Planes de Renderos.jpg|thumb|right|San Salvador as darkness descends on the greater metropolitan area.]]
The cities in El Salvador, by [[Constitution of El Salvador|constitutional]] provision (Article 203), are economically and administratively autonomous. San Salvador is governed by a council consisting of a mayor (elected by direct vote every three years, with an option to be re-elected), a trustee and two or more [[Alderman|aldermen]] whose number varies in proportion to the population of the municipality. The functions and powers of this government are framed within the rules of the Municipal Code.

San Salvador's government is composed of departments, including the departments of festivals, parks, cemeteries, and finance. To safeguard the interests of the municipality, there is a board of metropolitan agents. Each of the six city districts also has a government department. The mayor is a member of the Council of Mayors of the [[Metropolitan Area of San Salvador]] (COAMSS), composed of fourteen local councils that make up the area known as Greater San Salvador.

[[File:San Salvador From Space.jpg|thumb|Satellite image of Greater San Salvador. East (right) of the city lies [[Lake Ilopango]], and to the west (left) rises the San Salvador volcano. The beaches of the Central American Pacific coast (bottom) lie just south of the city.]]

===City mayors since 1964===
{{further|Mayor of San Salvador}}
* [[José Napoleón Duarte]], [[Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)|PDC]] (1964–1970)
* Carlos Antonio Herrera Rebollo, [[Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)|PDC]] (1970–1974)
* [[José Antonio Morales Ehrlich]], [[Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)|PDC]] (1974–1976)
* José Napoleón Gómez, Independent (1976–1978)
* Norman Duarte, Independent (1982–1985)
* [[José Antonio Morales Ehrlich]], [[Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)|PDC]] (1985–1988)
* [[Armando Calderón Sol]], [[Nationalist Republican Alliance|ARENA]] (1988–1994)
* Mario Valiente, [[Nationalist Republican Alliance|ARENA]] (1994–1997)
* Hector Silva Arguello, [[FMLN]] (1997–2003)
* Carlos Rivas Zamora, [[FMLN]] (2003–2006)
* [[Violeta Menjívar]], [[FMLN]] (2006–2009)
* [[Norman Quijano]], [[Nationalist Republican Alliance|ARENA]] (2009–2015)
* [[Nayib Bukele]], [[FMLN]] (2015–2018)
* [[Ernesto Muyshondt]], [[Nationalist Republican Alliance|ARENA]] (2018–2021)
* [[Mario Durán]], [[Nuevas Ideas|NI]] (2021–present)

===Municipal districts===
{{Main|Municipal districts of San Salvador}}
The municipality is further subdivided into districts governed by the municipal mayor and by a District board. There are seven districts in San Salvador, Districts 1–6 and the Historic Downtown.

The six districts:
* District One: Historic Downtown, Colonia Layco, Colonia La Rabida, Colonia Manzano. (Population: 118,325)
* District Two: Colonia Centro América, Colonia Miralvalle, Colonia Flor Blanca, Colonia Miramonte. (Population: 110,475)
* District Three: Colonia Escalón, Colonia San Benito, Colonia La Mascota, Colonia Maquilishuat. (Population: 51,325)
* District Four: Colonia San Francisco, Colonia La Cima (I-IV), Colonia La Floresta. (Population: 68,465)
* District Five: Colonia Monserrat, Colonia Modelo, Centro Urbano Candelaria. (Population: 126,290)
* District Six: Barrio San Esteban. (Population: 92,908)

Total population in all six districts: 567,788