The Mayor of San Salvador (
Spanish
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: ) is the head of the municipal government of the city of
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 i ...
, the capital city of
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 b ...
.
History
The position of Mayor of
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 i ...
was established on 1 April 1525 with
Diego de Holguín
Diego de Holguín (1486 – 1556) was a Spanish '' conquistador'' and the first mayor of San Salvador, serving from 1525 to 1528. He participated in the conquest of many nations in the Caribbean islands, Central America and Mexico, where he bec ...
, a
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
''
conquistador
Conquistadors (, ) or conquistadores (, ; meaning 'conquerors') were the explorer-soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires of the 15th and 16th centuries. During the Age of Discovery, conquistadors sailed beyond Europe to the Americas, O ...
'', serving as its first mayor.
[García Granados 1924, p. 10] He served as mayor of the old city of San Salvador, now known as
Ciudad Vieja
Ciudad Vieja () is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. According to the 2018 census, the town has a population of 32,802 .
The city was refounded in 1528 in its modern location and
Diego de Alvarado
Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''.
E ...
assumed the mayorship of San Salvador.
List of mayors
Lieutenant Governors
Ordinary Mayors
Greater Mayors
Colonial Intendants
Modern Mayors
See also
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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 i ...
References
Bibliography
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*{{cite book, title=Alcaldes mayores: historia de los alcaldes mayores, justicias mayores, gobernadores intendentes, intendentes corregidores, y jefes políticos, de la Provincia de San Salvador, San Miguel y San Vicente, trans-title=Major mayors: history of the major mayors, senior justices, governors mayors, mayors corregidores, and political bosses, of the Province of San Salvador, San Miguel and San Vicente, volume=1, last1=Rubio Sánchez, first1=Manuel, date=1979, publisher=Ministerio de Educación
External links
Alcalde de San Salvador official website of the Mayor of San Salvador.
Mayors of San Salvador