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Salvador
Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' (Salvador album), 2000 * ''Salvador'' (Ricardo Villalobos album), 2006 * ''Salvador'' (Sega Bodega album) 2020 *"Salvador", a song by Jamie T from the 2007 album '' Panic Prevention'' Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Salvador'' (book), a 1983 book by Joan Didion * Salvador (character), a fictional character from the ''Borderlands'' video game series * ''Salvador'' (film), a 1986 motion picture about the Salvadoran civil war of the 1980s *''Salvador (Puig Antich)'', a 2006 Spanish film about Salvador Puig Antich * "Salvador" (short story), a 1984 science fiction short story by Lucius Shepard Places El Salvador * El Salvador, a Central American country ** San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador Philippines * El Salvador, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2022 is estimated to be 6.5 million. Among the Mesoamerican nations that historically controlled the region are the Lenca (after 600 AD), the Mayans, and then the Cuzcatlecs. Archaeological monuments also suggest an early Olmec presence around the first millennium BC. In the beginning of the 16th century, the Spanish Empire conquered the Central American territory, incorporating it into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ruled from Mexico City. However the Viceroyalty of Mexico had little to no influence in the daily affairs of the isthmus, which was colonized in 1524. In 1609, the area was declared the Captaincy General of Guatemala by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Salvador
San Salvador (; ) is the capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, which comprises the capital itself and 13 of its municipalities, has a population of 2,404,097. The urban area of San Salvador has a population of 1,600,000 inhabitants. The city is home to the ''Consejo de Ministros de El Salvador'' (Council of Ministries of El Salvador), the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, the Supreme Court of El Salvador, and other governmental institutions, as well as the official residence of the President of El Salvador. San Salvador is located in the Salvadoran highlands, surrounded by volcanoes and prone to earthquakes. The city is also home to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador, as well as many Protestant branches of Christianity, including Evangelicals, Latter-day Saints, Baptists, and Pentecostals. San Salvador has the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador, Bahia
Salvador (English: ''Savior'') is a Brazilian municipality and capital city of the state of Bahia. Situated in the Zona da Mata in the Northeast Region of Brazil, Salvador is recognized throughout the country and internationally for its cuisine, music and architecture. The African influence in many cultural aspects of the city makes it a center of Afro-Brazilian culture. As the first capital of Colonial Brazil, the city is one of the oldest in the Americas and one of the first planned cities in the world, having been established during the Renaissance period. Its foundation in 1549 by Tomé de Sousa took place on account of the implementation of the General Government of Brazil by the Portuguese Empire. Centralization as a capital, along with Portuguese colonization, were important factors in shaping the profile of the municipality, as were certain geographic characteristics. The construction of the city followed the uneven topography, initially with the formation of two leve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Salvador (other)
San Salvador (Spanish for "Holy Savior") is the capital of El Salvador. San Salvador may also refer to: Places * Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, El Salvador * San Salvador Department, El Salvador * San Salvador District, Peru * San Salvador, Entre Ríos, Argentina * San Salvador, Hidalgo, Mexico * San Salvador Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico * San Salvador, Peru * San Salvador, Valladolid, Spain * San Salvador Atenco, Mexico * San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina * San Salvador, Paraguay * San Salvador, a former name of Tevego, Paraguay * San Salvador, a former name of Keelung, Taiwan, when it served as the capital of Spanish Formosa (1626–1642) * San Salvador, a former name of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil * San Salvador (volcano), in El Salvador * San Salvador Island, in the Bahamas * Isla San Salvador, a former name of Santiago Island in the Galápagos Islands * San Salvador Island, Columbus's name for Guanahani, the first island he reached in the Americas * A former settlement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador (name)
Salvador (meaning " saviour" in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese) is normally an indirect way of naming a Messiah. People with the given name * Salvador Allende (1908−1973), deposed president of Chile * Salvador Bacarisse (1898−1963), Spanish composer * Salva Ballesta (born 1975), Spanish footballer * Salvador Dalí (1904−1989), Spanish surrealist painter * Salvador Espriu (1913−1985), Spanish poet * Salvador Fidalgo (1756−1803), Spanish explorer * Salvador Franco (died 3 January 2021), Venezuelan detainee * Salvador Gómez (water polo) (born 1968), Spanish water polo player * Salvador Gonzáles Escalona (born 1948), Cuban artist * Salvador González Marco (born 1963), Spanish footballer * Salvador "Doy" Laurel (1928−2004), Filipino politician * Salvador Luria (1912−1991), Italian-American scientist * Salvador de Madariaga (1886−1978), Spanish writer * Salvador Medialdea (born 1951), Filipino lawyer, business executive, and government administrator * Salvador N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador (film)
''Salvador'' is a 1986 American war film, war Drama (film and television), drama film co-written and directed by Oliver Stone. It stars James Woods as Richard Boyle (journalist), Richard Boyle, alongside Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy (actor), Michael Murphy and Elpidia Carrillo, with John Savage (actor), John Savage and Cynthia Gibb in supporting roles. Stone co-wrote the screenplay with Boyle. The film tells the story of an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War who becomes entangled with both the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN and the Right-wing politics, right-wing Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador, military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children. The film is highly sympathetic toward the left-wing revolutionaries and strongly critical of the US-supported military dictatorship, focusing on 1980 murders of U.S. missionaries in El Salvador, the murder of four American Catholic nuns, including Jean Donovan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental
Salvador Benedicto, officially the Municipality of Don Salvador Benedicto ( hil, Banwa sang Don Salvador Benedicto; tl, Bayan ng Don Salvador Benedicto) or simply referred to as Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,922 people. The municipality is a post-colonial provincial hill station, designated the ''Summer Capital of Negros Occidental'', and is a popular tourist site. History Located at the center of the mountains of northern Negros Occidental, Don Salvador Benedicto was chartered through Batas Pambansa Bilang 336 by then President Ferdinand Marcos. It consolidated all the remote barangays of San Carlos City and the towns of Calatrava and Murcia which were apparently neglected due to inaccessibility. The town is named after the former Vice Governor Salvador V. Benedicto (March 31, 1889–November 28, 1956) who played an important role in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Salvador, Misamis Oriental
El Salvador, officially the City of El Salvador ( ceb, Dakbayan sa El Salvador; fil, Lungsod ng El Salvador), is a 6th class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 58,771 people. The city serves as a pilgrimage site for Divine Mercy devotees, that is why it is also called the ''City of the Saviour'', ''City of Mercy'' and the ''Divine Mercy City of the Philippines''. History El Salvador was created from the barrios of El Salvador and Molugan with their sitios known as Sala, Sambulawan, Sinaloc, Lagtang, Talaba, Kalabaylabay and Hinigdaan, formerly part of Cagayan de Oro, Cagayan de Misamis, Misamis Oriental, in 1948. Hinigdaan was a ranch during the Spanish periods the areas covers the parts of Kalabay labay where the DJango's have 300 hectares of land and hundreds of cows..the area was famous of cattle ranching towards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Salvador (other)
Salvador is a country in Central America. El Salvador may also refer to: Places *El Salvador, Chile **El Salvador mine ** El Salvador (caldera) *El Salvador, Cuba *El Salvador, Misamis Oriental, Philippines *El Salvador, Quito, Ecuador *El Salvador, Zacatecas, Mexico *Villa El Salvador, a district on the outskirts of Lima, Peru Music * "El Salvador" (Peter, Paul and Mary song), 1982 *"El Salvador", a song by Athlete from ''Vehicles & Animals'', 2003 *"El Salvador", a song by White Lion from ''Fight to Survive'', 1985 Other uses * ''El Salvador'' (ship), an 18th-century Spanish treasure ship *El Salvador (Mexico City Metrobús), a BRT station in Mexico City *'' El Salvador: Another Vietnam'', a 1981 documentary film *Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador, Toledo, a church in Toledo, Spain See also * *Salvador (other) Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador (band)
Salvador is a Christian band. The band began with Nic and Josh as part of the worship band in their home church located in north east Austin, Texas, King of Glory church. They sing in both English and Spanish. Members Current members * Nic Gonzales – lead vocals, guitars * Chris Bevins – keyboards, backing vocals * Josh Gonzales – bass, backing vocals * Ben Cordonero – drums, percussion, backing vocals * Robert Vilera – percussion * Edwin Santiago – trumpet, flugelhorn Former members * Adrian Lopez – keyboards, backing vocals * Art "Pescueeetz" Gonzales – drums * Eliot Torres – percussion, backing vocals * Pablo Gabaldon – trumpet, flugelhorn * Billy Griego – trombone * Damian Martin – guitars * Roberto Acuña – drums * Chamo Lopez – percussion * Joel Cavazos – guitars * Joseph Cavazos * Jared Solis – saxophones, trombone * John Morales * Jonathan Rangel * Mike Montañez Discography Studio albums Singles Awards 2004 *Dove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador (book)
''Salvador'' is a 1983 book-length essay by Joan Didion on American involvement in El Salvador. Didion wrote the book after visiting the country. Didion spent two weeks in El Salvador and has referred to the experience as "terrifying". She was in the country during the 1982 El Salvador earthquake. The ''New York Review of Books New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...'' published two "extended articles" by Didion about her visit to El Salvador which were later combined to form ''Salvador''. References External links * 1983 non-fiction books Books by Joan Didion 1983 essays Chatto & Windus books Simon & Schuster books Essays about politics Works about El Salvador Salvadoran Civil War Books about foreign relations of the United States {{ElSalvador-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador (Puig Antich)
''Salvador (Puig Antich)'' (or ''Salvador'') is a 2006 film directed by Manuel Huerga. It is based on the 2001 Francesc Escribano book , which depicts the time Salvador Puig Antich spent on death row prior to his execution by garrote (the last person to be executed by this method in Spain) in 1974, in the last rales of the Francoist dictatorship. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Cast *Daniel Brühl as Salvador Puig Antich *Tristán Ulloa as Oriol Arau *Leonardo Sbaraglia as Jesús Irurre *Leonor Watling as Cuca *Ingrid Rubio as Margalida *Celso Bugallo as Salvador's father *Mercedes Sampietro as Salvador's mother *Olalla Escribano as Imma Puig *Carlota Olcina as Carme Puig * Bea Segura as Montse Puig *Andrea Ros as Merçona Puig *Jacob Torres as Santi Soler *Joel Joan as Oriol Solé * Pau Derqui as Jordi Solé *Oriol Vila as Ignasi Solé *Raül Tortosa Raül Tortosa is a Spanish actor and director born in Terrassa (Barcelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
