Editing San Salvador (section)

===Topography===
[[File:Panoaa8.jpg|thumb|San Salvador City lies at the foot of San Salvador volcano.]]
San Salvador has a very hilly terrain; there are few parts of the municipality where the elevation is consistent. The city shares many topographic features with neighboring municipalities in the San Salvador and the La Libertad departments.

The most notable topographical feature visible in San Salvador and its metropolitan area is the ''Boquerón Volcano'', which looms over this region in its foothills at a height of {{convert|1893|m|0|abbr=off|sp=us}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]].

San Salvador shares ''Cerro El Picacho'', {{convert|1931|m|0|abbr=off|sp=us}} above sea level, with the neighboring municipality of [[Mejicanos]].

The portion of the ''Cordillera del Bálsamo'' ''(Balsam Mountain Range)'' that sits in the Municipality has an average elevation of {{convert|1030|m|0|abbr=off|sp=us}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]]. The ''Cordillera del Bálsamo'' is named after the [[Myroxylon]] balsamum tree, one of two species of [[Central American]] and [[South America]]n trees in the family Fabaceae (Leguminosae). The tree, often called ''Quina'' or ''Bálsamo'', is well known in the western world as the source of [[Balsam of Peru]] and [[Tolu balsam]]. El Salvador is the main exporter of these resins, which are still extracted manually.

''El Cerro de San Jacinto'' ''(San Jacinto Hill)'', is located on the eastern border of the municipality and is shared with [[Soyapango]], [[Santo Tomás, El Salvador|Santo Tomás]] and [[San Marcos, El Salvador|San Marcos]]. The summit is located at {{convert|1153|m|0|abbr=off|sp=us}} above sea level. The hill was once famous for the San Jacinto Cable Car and Park located at its summit, but the facilities were eventually abandoned. Soil types include [[regosols|regosol]], [[latosol]], and [[andosols|andosol]], as well as soils derived from [[andesitic]] and [[basaltic]] rocks.