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San Salvador is located in the [[San Salvador Valley]] surrounded by the [[San Salvador Range]], the [[San Luís Range]], and [[Lake San Salvador]]. The city is located near two volcanoes, the [[San Salvador Volcano]] and the [[San Luís Volcano]]. The [[San Salvador River|San Salvador]] and [[Asambio River]]s flow through the center of the city, emptying into [[Lake Zapatista]] in the south of the city. The city, and department, border the [[Departments of Creeperopolis|departments]] of [[San Luís (department)|San Luís]], [[San Salvador del Norte (department)|San Salvador del Norte]], [[Santa Ana (department)|Santa Ana]], [[Senvar (department)|Senvar]], and [[Zapatista]], and it also borders the [[Second State of the Church|State of the Church]], a Creeperian client state that is the capital of the [[Creeperian Catholic Church]]. The city is encompassed by the Catholic [[Archdiocese of San Salvador]]. The San Salvador metropolitan area contains Creeperopolis' largest church, the [[Cathedral of Christ the King]], near central San Salvador.  
 
San Salvador is located in the [[San Salvador Valley]] surrounded by the [[San Salvador Range]], the [[San Luís Range]], and [[Lake San Salvador]]. The city is located near two volcanoes, the [[San Salvador Volcano]] and the [[San Luís Volcano]]. The [[San Salvador River|San Salvador]] and [[Asambio River]]s flow through the center of the city, emptying into [[Lake Zapatista]] in the south of the city. The city, and department, border the [[Departments of Creeperopolis|departments]] of [[San Luís (department)|San Luís]], [[San Salvador del Norte (department)|San Salvador del Norte]], [[Santa Ana (department)|Santa Ana]], [[Senvar (department)|Senvar]], and [[Zapatista]], and it also borders the [[Second State of the Church|State of the Church]], a Creeperian client state that is the capital of the [[Creeperian Catholic Church]]. The city is encompassed by the Catholic [[Archdiocese of San Salvador]]. The San Salvador metropolitan area contains Creeperopolis' largest church, the [[Cathedral of Christ the King]], near central San Salvador.  
  
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The city was founded in 1412 by King [[Miguel III of Creeperopolis|Miguel III]] and it was incorporated as a city in 1443. San Salvador only became the capital of Creeperopolis in 1778 following the [[1778 Creeperian coup d'état]] on the decree of Emperor [[Manuel III of Creeperopolis|Manuel III]]. The title of capital of Creeperopolis was challenged during the [[Creeperian Civil War]] by the [[National Council for Peace and Order]] who declared their capital in [[Adolfosburg (city)|Adolfosburg]], the second most populous city in Creepeorpolis. The city underwent a three year-long [[Siege of San Salvador|siege]] from 1946 to 1949, and following the civil war, the city's status of capital of Creeperopolis was secured by the [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]]. Since 1949, many coups and coup attempts have occurred in the city, most recently, the [[2020 Creeperian coup d'état attempt|coup attempt in February 2020]].
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The city was founded in 1412 by King [[Miguel III of Creeperopolis|Miguel III]] and it was incorporated as a city in 1443. San Salvador only became the capital of Creeperopolis in 1780, two years after the [[1778 Creeperian coup d'état]] on the decree of Emperor [[Manuel III of Creeperopolis|Manuel III]]. The title of capital of Creeperopolis was challenged during the [[Creeperian Civil War]] by the [[National Council for Peace and Order]] who declared their capital in [[Adolfosburg (city)|Adolfosburg]], the second most populous city in Creepeorpolis. The city underwent a three year-long [[Siege of San Salvador|siege]] from 1946 to 1949, and following the civil war, the city's status of capital of Creeperopolis was secured by the [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]]. Since 1949, many coups and coup attempts have occurred in the city, most recently, the [[2020 Creeperian coup d'état attempt|coup attempt in February 2020]].
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
  
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[[File:Santiago de Chile.jpg|thumb|left|Western San Salvador.]]
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=== Pre-capital status ===
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[[File:Santiago from sky costanera 2018.jpg|thumb|left|Southern San Salvador.]]
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In 1412, King [[Miguel III of Creeperopolis|Miguel III]] expanded the territories of [[Creeperopolis]] west, accomplishing what King [[Miguel I of Creeperopolis|Miguel I]] had aspired to do in the mid-1360s before he died as his [[Creeperian Crusade|campaign]] west began. In his expedition, he established the [[San Salvador (principality)|Principality of San Salvador]] as a Creeperian client state west of the kingdom's domain and south of [[Lake San Salvador]]. Miguel III established a city on the coast of [[Lake Zapatista]] at the mouth of the [[Asambio River]] and named the city ''Ciudad de Jesús Cristo, el San Salvador del Mundo'', translated as ''City of Jesus Christ, the Holy Savior of the World''. The city became the capital of the principality when it was established and its first Mayor was [[Antonio Herrera Rebollo]].
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[[File:CIUDAD VIEJA.jpg|thumb|left|Ruins of the original settlement of San Salvador, destroyed by an [[1488 San Salvador earthquake|earthquake]] in 1488.]]
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From 1440 to 1443, the [[Creeperian Peasants' War]] ravaged the country, and as a part of the peace treaty, the Principality of San Salvador was annexed by Creeperopolis. Following the annexation, Miguel III expressed his desire to make the city the [[List of Capitals of Creeperopolis|capital city]] of the kingdom, but was [[House of Martínez Massacre|assassinated]] along with other members of the [[House of Martínez|royal family]] on 1 January 1445 by [[Pánfilo Kassandro Rodríguez]] and thirty other co-conspirators in [[Salvador (city)|Salvador]]. His successor, [[Manuel II of Creeperopolis|Manuel II]], abandoned any plans to make the city Miguel III founded as the national capital, but he did unofficially shorten the name to simply ''San Salvador'' for practical purposes.
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The original settlement of San Salvador was destroyed in an [[1488 San Salvador earthquake|earthquake]] in 1488, toppling practically every building in the settlement. As a result of the destruction caused by the earthquake, which is currently estimated to have been a magnitude 8.6 earthquake, the city was abandoned and King [[Miguel IV of Creeperopolis|Miguel IV]] had the settlement relocated north along the banks of the [[San Salvador River]], approximately in the center of the modern-day [[San Salvador (department)|department]]. From that settlement emerged the modern-day city of San Salvador. In 1492, Miguel IV had a royal palace built in the city, which still stands today as the [[Old San Salvador Royal Palace]] located along the banks of the San Salvador River near the center of the city.
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In 1565, the [[Surian Revolutions of 1565]] lead to the establishment of the [[First Parliament of Creeperopolis|Parliament of Creeperopolis]] and [[1565 Creeperian general election|elections]] were held to elect members to Parliament. The [[Conservative Party (Creeperopolis)|Conservative Party]] won a majority of the seats with the [[Liberal Party (Creeperopolis)|Liberal Party]] winning only a minority of the seats. In 1565, several Conservatives and Liberals wanted to select a new capital for the country to symbolize the coming of a new era for Creeperopolis. Many Conservatives wished to make keep Salvador as the capital, but a minority of Conservatives wanted to make San Salvador the capital; meanwhile, the Liberals wanted to make [[Adolfosburg (city)|Adolfosburg]] the capital. Arguments that San Salvador not having ocean access swayed the Conservatives that supported San Salvador to continue to support Salvador, and the city remained the capital as the majority voted in favor of Salvador over Adolfosburg.
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From 1565 to 1729, the city was mostly ignored by the Parliament, even as the population reached two million in 1725, the first Creeperian city since Salvador in 1511 to do so. In 1729, King [[Carlos III of Creeperopolis|Carlos III]] attempted to [[Monarch's Revolution|overthrow]] the Parliament, but the attempt failed and the monarchy was abolished; the [[Republic of Creeperopolis]] was established by Prime Minister [[Orlando Moreno Hidalgo]] on 13 August 1729. Conservatives knew that Moreno Hidalgo would move the capital to Adolfosburg, and so they pleaded with him to not do so, or compromise by moving it to San Salvador. Moreno Hidalgo refused and moved the capital to Adolfosburg on 1 September 1729. The Republic was short-lived as it fell in the [[People's Revolution]] of 13 September 1730, leading to the restoration of the monarchy under King [[Adolfo II of Creeperopolis|Adolfo II]] on 15 September 1730.
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When the Republic fell, Conservatives wanted to move the capital back to Salvador, and Moreno Hidalgo accepted and had the capital returned to Salvador, however, the capital returned to Adolfosburg in 1732. Moreno Hidalgo committed suicide 1 November 1749 as a result of backlash from the [[Guazatancillo Affair]] when the [[Captaincy General of the San Carlos Islands]] was sold to [[Xusma]] and the threat of an impeachment and criminal trial. As a result, [[Francisco López Yagüe]] became Prime Minister and popularity of the Liberal party fell, leading to the Conservatives gaining a majority in the [[1750 Creeperian general election|1750 general election]]. The capital was moved back to Salvador by Prime Minister [[Salvador Funes Tafalla]] in 1750, but a larger minority of Conservatives wanted to move it to San Salvador. The capital returned to Adolfosburg in 1765 with the election of López Yagüe as Prime Minister for a second term. He died in 1766, however, and was succeeded by [[Fernando Moreno Juderías]], but the capital remained in Adolfosburg.
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On 4 July 1771, King [[Manuel III of Creeperopolis|Manuel III]] attempted to [[Revolution of Restoration|overthrow]] the Parliament like Carlos III had attempted to do in 1729, but this time, the attempt at a self coup was successful. Moreno Juderías was executed, as was the entire Liberal caucus in the Parliament, while the Conservative politicians were spared. Conservatives urged Manuel III to return the capital to Salvador, which he did, and hope for San Salvador to become the capital seemed dead. The [[Supreme Court of Creeperopolis|Supreme Court]] remained in existence in San Salvador and continue to impede on Manuel III's actions, and so in 1778, he [[1778 Creeperian coup d'état|dissolved]] the court and proclaimed himself Emperor of Creeperopolis. He decreed that he would move the capital away from Salvador and moved the capital to [[La'Victoria]], the former capital city of the [[Deltino (Caliphate)|Caliphate of Deltino]] from 875AD until 1326, when it was known as [[Almadinat Almuqadasa]], meaning "''The Sacred City''". The move was opposed by many, and in 1780, Miguel III announced that he would make San Salvador his new capital, and in doing so, he changed the name to the modern name it has today: ''Capital y Ciudad Nacional de Jesús Cristo, el San Salvador del Mundo''. In 1783, Manuel III completed the construction of the [[San Salvador Imperial Palace]].
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[[File:Recognition of the Duke of Anjou as King of Spain.png|thumb|right|The proclamation of [[Manuel IV of Creeperopolis|Manuel IV]] as Emperor of Creeperopolis in the [[San Salvador Imperial Palace]].]]
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Manuel III died in 1783, and immediately, a succession crisis began between supporters of his two sons. Both [[Manuel IV of Creeperopolis|Manuel IV]] and [[Salvador III of Creeperopolis|Salvador III]] declared themselves to be the legitimate Emperor of Creeperopolis, stemming from an argument on who was the older twin as they were born on the same day, but no record survived on who was actually born first. The dispute lead to a [[War of the Creeperian Succession|war of succession]] that lasted nearly seven years from 1783 until 1790. San Salvador was seen as the most important city of the nation and a [[Battle of San Salvador (1783)|battle]] occurred at the start of the war over control of the city which ended in a [[Manuelists|Manuelist]] victory. After fleeing the city, Salvador III and the [[Salvadorists]] declared Adolfosburg as their "temporary capital" while San Salvador was held by the Manuelists. A second attempt to capture the city in 1788 failed when the army sent to siege the city was ambushed by the Manuelists and its leader, [[Augusto Cabañeras Arámburu]], was executed. When Salvador III died in 1790, the war ended and San Salvador was solidified as the capital of Creeperopolis beginning the period of Creeperian history known as the ''[[Manuelisto]]''.
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[[File:13488 2 de abril de 1867. Entrada del general Porfirio Díaz a Puebla.jpg|thumb|left|A painting of the [[Revolution of 1833]] depicting the fighting in the streets of San Salvador.]]
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In 1833, the city was the site of the [[Revolution of 1833]] lead by [[Adolfo III of Creeperopolis|Adolfo III]], the grandson of Salvador III and grandnephew of Manuel IV. He was accompanied by [[Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez]], the son of Cabañeras Arámburu. The revolution witnessed Adolfo III's soldiers enter San Salvador and slay the royal family in the Imperial Palace. He assumed power as Emperor on 14 June 1833, beginning the period of Creeperian history known as the ''[[Adolfisto]]''. Under Adolfo III, San Salvador became the most important city of Creeperopolis and solidified itself as the most important city in [[Sur]]. The city also reached a population of ten million people in 1883, partly as a result of him decreeing that the cities of Salvador, Adolfosburg, and San Salvador encompass their entire departments, artificially inflating the populations of the cities. Adolfo III died on 1 December 1887 and his successor, [[Maximiliano II of Creeperopolis|Maximiliano II]], allowed the establishment of a [[Second Parliament of Creeperopolis|Second Parliament]] which took session on 31 December 1887 with a [[National Liberal Party (Creeperopolis)|National Liberal Party]] majority. Instead of moving the capital to Salvador or Adolfosburg, the Parliament agreed that San Salvador would remain the capital and passed the [[National Capital Act (Creeperopolis)|National Capital Act]] that established that precedence.
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B22081, Russland, Kampf um Stalingrad, Luftangriff.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial photo following heavy Miguelist bombings of San Salvador during [[Operation Torch]] of the [[Siege of San Salvador]].]]
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The city faced an attempt at revolution in 1923 with the [[Christmas Putsch]] on 25 December 1923 staged by [[Carlos Hernández Videla]] and the [[Creeperian Pro-Fatherland Front]] who sought a [[Creeperian Fascism|Fascist]] revolution. The revolution was put down by Prime Minister [[Antonio Sáenz Heredia]]. On 2 January 1933, Emperor [[Adolfo IV of Creeperopolis|Adolfo IV]] died, sparking a second succession crisis between his sons [[Miguel VII of Creeperopolis|Miguel VII]] and [[Romero I of Creeperopolis|Romero I]]. The engagement known as the [[San Salvador del Norte Incident]] began the [[Creeperian Civil War]] that lasted from 1933 until 1949. The civil war was the deadliest war, not only in Creeperian history, but world history. The civil war arrived to the city of San Salvador in 1946 when the [[National Council for Peace and Order]] began the [[Siege of San Salvador]], the deadliest military engagement in not only in Creeperian history, but world history. The siege witnessed the deaths of over four million people and ended in a victory for the [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]] in 1949.
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Following the civil war, San Salvador was again solidified as the capital of Creeperopolis, as the Miguelists proclaimed that they would revert the capital to Adolfosburg. San Salvador reached a population of twenty million people in 1959 after losing four million during the siege. In 1976, a [[1976 Creeperian coup d'état attempt|coup d'état was attempted]] against Emperor [[Romero II of Creeperopolis|Romero II]] which ended in failure and the deaths of [[Sergio Arellano Stark]] and [[Manuel Contreras Sepúlveda]], the coup's leaders. The coup did succeed, however, in assassinating the [[Minister of Defense of Creeperopolis|Minister of Defense]], [[Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno]], who was succeeded by [[Emmanuel Cabañeras Videla]].
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On 18 June 2003, the city came under attack by the [[Creeperian Armed Forces]] who moved in to [[2003 Creeperian coup d'état|oust]] Emperor [[Alfonso VI of Creeperopolis|Alfonso VI]]. The coup succeeded and his son ascended to the throne as Emperor [[Alexander II of Creeperopolis|Alexander II]]. The coup marked the end of the ''[[Alfonsisto]]'', a period of totalitarian rule from 1999 until 2003. Alexander II was almost assassinated on 18 June 2013 in a [[2013 San Salvador Attacks|bombing]] organized by [[Jacobo Graciani Juderías]] and again on 13 August 2019 in a [[2019 San Salvador Attacks|shooting]] organized by the [[Senvarian Liberation Front]]. The city most recently came under attack during the [[2020 Creeperian coup d'état attempt]] when the [[Revolutionary Government Junta for Creeperian Reorganization]] and the [[Free Creeperian Army (Junta)|Free Creeperian Army]] attempted to overthrow Minister of Defense [[Augusto Cabañeras Gutiérrez]] in February 2020. The coup failed in its goals but the coup conspirators did manage to assassinate [[Martín Gutiérrez Sánchez]], the [[Chief Senator of Creeperopolis]] and the [[Mayor of San Salvador]]. Since the coup, the city has recovered.
  
 
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|Feb record high F=114.9
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|Mar record high F=107.6
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|year record high F=127.8
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|Jan high F = 100.8
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|Feb high F = 93.9
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|Mar high F = 90.7
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|Apr high F = 79.4
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|Sep high F = 74.1
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|Aug record low F=2.1
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|Oct record low F=25.3
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|Nov record low F=32.2
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|May precipitation inch = 10.45
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|Jul precipitation inch = 3.42
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|Aug precipitation inch = 7.78
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Creeperopolis is one of the most earthquake-prone countries on the [[Portal:Terraconserva|planet]]. Creeperopolis experiences hundreds to thousands of earthquakes every year, but only two to three are serious on average per year. Creeperopolis experienced the world's largest earthquake in recorded history when a magnitude 10.3 earthquake shook the city of San Salvador in [[1986 San Salvador earthquake|1986]]. Other severe earthquakes to hit the city occurred in [[1488 San Salvador earthquake|1488]], [[1576 San Salvador earthquake|1576]], [[1659 San Salvador earthquake|1659]], [[1798 San Salvador earthquake|1798]], [[1839 San Salvador earthquake|1839]], [[1854 San Salvador earthquake|1854]], [[1873 San Salvador earthquake|1873]], [[1880 San Salvador earthquake|1880]], [[1917 San Salvador earthquake|1917]] [[1919 San Salvador earthquake|1919]], [[1965 San Salvador earthquake|1965]], [[1982 San Salvador earthquake|1982]], [[2001 San Salvador earthquake|2001]], and [[2005 San Salvador earthquake|2005]].
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The city of San Salvador is mostly contained inside of the [[San Salvador Valley]]. The valley is bounded to the north by Lake San Salvador, to the east by Lake Zapatista and the [[San Luísian Range]], to the south by the [[San Salvador Volcano]] and the San Salvador River, and to the west by the [[Santa Anan Range]]. The average elevation of the city is 3,231 feet (985 meters) and the terrain is generally flat.
  
 
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File:Santiago de Chile.jpg|Western San Salvador.
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File:Santiago from sky costanera 2018.jpg|Southern San Salvador.
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== See also ==
 
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*[[San Salvador (department)]]
 
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{{Creeperopolis Cities}}
 
{{Creeperopolis Cities}}

Revision as of 19:39, 12 December 2020

San Salvador

Capital y Ciudad Nacional de Jesús Cristo,
el San Salvador del Mundo
National capital
National Capital and City of Jesus Christ,
the Holy Savior of the World
San Salvador, San Salvador.jpg
Flag of San Salvador
Flag
Official logo of San Salvador
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Ciudad del San Salvador del Mundo
(City of the Holy Savior of the World)
City limits of San Salvador.
City limits of San Salvador.
Country Creeperopolis
Department San Salvador
Founded1412
Incorporated1443
Capital city1780
Founded byMiguel III of Creeperopolis
Named forJesús Cristo
Government
 • TypeAppointed Mayor-Council
 • MayorJeremías Dueñas Cañas (IC)
Elevation
985 m (3,231 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total49,120,404
 • Rank1st
Demonym(s)San Salvadoran
Time zoneAMT–4 (SST)
Area code(s)20
Major airport(s)Emperor Saint Romero I Adolfo Martínez Galdámez International Airport, Miguel Martín Cabañeras Gutiérrez International Airport
Major port(s)Leónidas Rafael Trujillo Molina Port
Creeperian Highways30px Creeperian Highway 3.png
San Salvador HighwaysSan Salvador Highway 1.png San Salvador Highway 2.png San Salvador Highway 3.png San Salvador Highway 4.png San Salvador Highway 5.png San Salvador Highway 6.png San Salvador Highway 7.png San Salvador Highway 8.png San Salvador Highway 9.png
Websiteciudaddesansalvador.gov

San Salvador (Creeperian Spanish: for Holy Savior, officially known as Capital y Ciudad Nacional de Jesús Cristo, el San Salvador del Mundo, Creeperian Spanish for National Capital and City of Jesus Christ, the Holy Savior of the World) is the capital and most populous city Creeperopolis and the department of San Salvador. It is the political, cultural, educational, financial, and military center of the country. The city proper has an estimated 4 million people, while the San Salvador metropolitan area, covering the entire department of San Salvador, consists of over 49 million people, making San Salvador to most populous city on Terraconserva, surpassing second place, Ankarabad, by 4 million people.

The Imperial Palace of San Salvador, the Emperor of Creeperopolis' residence, is contained within the city's metropolitan area. San Salvador also contained the seat of the Council of Mayors and Council of Senators until both were abolished in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The city is currently the seat of the Creeperian National Military Tribunal and was formerly the seat of the Supreme Court and High Court until 1778 and 1949, respectively. San Salvador is governed by a Mayor who formerly was automatically the Chief Mayor, and later the Chief Senator. The incumbent Mayor is Jeremías Dueñas Cañas of the Creeperian Initiative and he has been serving as mayor since 9 February 2020.

San Salvador is located in the San Salvador Valley surrounded by the San Salvador Range, the San Luís Range, and Lake San Salvador. The city is located near two volcanoes, the San Salvador Volcano and the San Luís Volcano. The San Salvador and Asambio Rivers flow through the center of the city, emptying into Lake Zapatista in the south of the city. The city, and department, border the departments of San Luís, San Salvador del Norte, Santa Ana, Senvar, and Zapatista, and it also borders the State of the Church, a Creeperian client state that is the capital of the Creeperian Catholic Church. The city is encompassed by the Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador. The San Salvador metropolitan area contains Creeperopolis' largest church, the Cathedral of Christ the King, near central San Salvador.

The city was founded in 1412 by King Miguel III and it was incorporated as a city in 1443. San Salvador only became the capital of Creeperopolis in 1780, two years after the 1778 Creeperian coup d'état on the decree of Emperor Manuel III. The title of capital of Creeperopolis was challenged during the Creeperian Civil War by the National Council for Peace and Order who declared their capital in Adolfosburg, the second most populous city in Creepeorpolis. The city underwent a three year-long siege from 1946 to 1949, and following the civil war, the city's status of capital of Creeperopolis was secured by the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council. Since 1949, many coups and coup attempts have occurred in the city, most recently, the coup attempt in February 2020.

History

Pre-capital status

In 1412, King Miguel III expanded the territories of Creeperopolis west, accomplishing what King Miguel I had aspired to do in the mid-1360s before he died as his campaign west began. In his expedition, he established the Principality of San Salvador as a Creeperian client state west of the kingdom's domain and south of Lake San Salvador. Miguel III established a city on the coast of Lake Zapatista at the mouth of the Asambio River and named the city Ciudad de Jesús Cristo, el San Salvador del Mundo, translated as City of Jesus Christ, the Holy Savior of the World. The city became the capital of the principality when it was established and its first Mayor was Antonio Herrera Rebollo.

Ruins of the original settlement of San Salvador, destroyed by an earthquake in 1488.

From 1440 to 1443, the Creeperian Peasants' War ravaged the country, and as a part of the peace treaty, the Principality of San Salvador was annexed by Creeperopolis. Following the annexation, Miguel III expressed his desire to make the city the capital city of the kingdom, but was assassinated along with other members of the royal family on 1 January 1445 by Pánfilo Kassandro Rodríguez and thirty other co-conspirators in Salvador. His successor, Manuel II, abandoned any plans to make the city Miguel III founded as the national capital, but he did unofficially shorten the name to simply San Salvador for practical purposes.

The original settlement of San Salvador was destroyed in an earthquake in 1488, toppling practically every building in the settlement. As a result of the destruction caused by the earthquake, which is currently estimated to have been a magnitude 8.6 earthquake, the city was abandoned and King Miguel IV had the settlement relocated north along the banks of the San Salvador River, approximately in the center of the modern-day department. From that settlement emerged the modern-day city of San Salvador. In 1492, Miguel IV had a royal palace built in the city, which still stands today as the Old San Salvador Royal Palace located along the banks of the San Salvador River near the center of the city.

In 1565, the Surian Revolutions of 1565 lead to the establishment of the Parliament of Creeperopolis and elections were held to elect members to Parliament. The Conservative Party won a majority of the seats with the Liberal Party winning only a minority of the seats. In 1565, several Conservatives and Liberals wanted to select a new capital for the country to symbolize the coming of a new era for Creeperopolis. Many Conservatives wished to make keep Salvador as the capital, but a minority of Conservatives wanted to make San Salvador the capital; meanwhile, the Liberals wanted to make Adolfosburg the capital. Arguments that San Salvador not having ocean access swayed the Conservatives that supported San Salvador to continue to support Salvador, and the city remained the capital as the majority voted in favor of Salvador over Adolfosburg.

From 1565 to 1729, the city was mostly ignored by the Parliament, even as the population reached two million in 1725, the first Creeperian city since Salvador in 1511 to do so. In 1729, King Carlos III attempted to overthrow the Parliament, but the attempt failed and the monarchy was abolished; the Republic of Creeperopolis was established by Prime Minister Orlando Moreno Hidalgo on 13 August 1729. Conservatives knew that Moreno Hidalgo would move the capital to Adolfosburg, and so they pleaded with him to not do so, or compromise by moving it to San Salvador. Moreno Hidalgo refused and moved the capital to Adolfosburg on 1 September 1729. The Republic was short-lived as it fell in the People's Revolution of 13 September 1730, leading to the restoration of the monarchy under King Adolfo II on 15 September 1730.

When the Republic fell, Conservatives wanted to move the capital back to Salvador, and Moreno Hidalgo accepted and had the capital returned to Salvador, however, the capital returned to Adolfosburg in 1732. Moreno Hidalgo committed suicide 1 November 1749 as a result of backlash from the Guazatancillo Affair when the Captaincy General of the San Carlos Islands was sold to Xusma and the threat of an impeachment and criminal trial. As a result, Francisco López Yagüe became Prime Minister and popularity of the Liberal party fell, leading to the Conservatives gaining a majority in the 1750 general election. The capital was moved back to Salvador by Prime Minister Salvador Funes Tafalla in 1750, but a larger minority of Conservatives wanted to move it to San Salvador. The capital returned to Adolfosburg in 1765 with the election of López Yagüe as Prime Minister for a second term. He died in 1766, however, and was succeeded by Fernando Moreno Juderías, but the capital remained in Adolfosburg.

On 4 July 1771, King Manuel III attempted to overthrow the Parliament like Carlos III had attempted to do in 1729, but this time, the attempt at a self coup was successful. Moreno Juderías was executed, as was the entire Liberal caucus in the Parliament, while the Conservative politicians were spared. Conservatives urged Manuel III to return the capital to Salvador, which he did, and hope for San Salvador to become the capital seemed dead. The Supreme Court remained in existence in San Salvador and continue to impede on Manuel III's actions, and so in 1778, he dissolved the court and proclaimed himself Emperor of Creeperopolis. He decreed that he would move the capital away from Salvador and moved the capital to La'Victoria, the former capital city of the Caliphate of Deltino from 875AD until 1326, when it was known as Almadinat Almuqadasa, meaning "The Sacred City". The move was opposed by many, and in 1780, Miguel III announced that he would make San Salvador his new capital, and in doing so, he changed the name to the modern name it has today: Capital y Ciudad Nacional de Jesús Cristo, el San Salvador del Mundo. In 1783, Manuel III completed the construction of the San Salvador Imperial Palace.

Capital of Creeperopolis

The proclamation of Manuel IV as Emperor of Creeperopolis in the San Salvador Imperial Palace.

Manuel III died in 1783, and immediately, a succession crisis began between supporters of his two sons. Both Manuel IV and Salvador III declared themselves to be the legitimate Emperor of Creeperopolis, stemming from an argument on who was the older twin as they were born on the same day, but no record survived on who was actually born first. The dispute lead to a war of succession that lasted nearly seven years from 1783 until 1790. San Salvador was seen as the most important city of the nation and a battle occurred at the start of the war over control of the city which ended in a Manuelist victory. After fleeing the city, Salvador III and the Salvadorists declared Adolfosburg as their "temporary capital" while San Salvador was held by the Manuelists. A second attempt to capture the city in 1788 failed when the army sent to siege the city was ambushed by the Manuelists and its leader, Augusto Cabañeras Arámburu, was executed. When Salvador III died in 1790, the war ended and San Salvador was solidified as the capital of Creeperopolis beginning the period of Creeperian history known as the Manuelisto.

A painting of the Revolution of 1833 depicting the fighting in the streets of San Salvador.

In 1833, the city was the site of the Revolution of 1833 lead by Adolfo III, the grandson of Salvador III and grandnephew of Manuel IV. He was accompanied by Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez, the son of Cabañeras Arámburu. The revolution witnessed Adolfo III's soldiers enter San Salvador and slay the royal family in the Imperial Palace. He assumed power as Emperor on 14 June 1833, beginning the period of Creeperian history known as the Adolfisto. Under Adolfo III, San Salvador became the most important city of Creeperopolis and solidified itself as the most important city in Sur. The city also reached a population of ten million people in 1883, partly as a result of him decreeing that the cities of Salvador, Adolfosburg, and San Salvador encompass their entire departments, artificially inflating the populations of the cities. Adolfo III died on 1 December 1887 and his successor, Maximiliano II, allowed the establishment of a Second Parliament which took session on 31 December 1887 with a National Liberal Party majority. Instead of moving the capital to Salvador or Adolfosburg, the Parliament agreed that San Salvador would remain the capital and passed the National Capital Act that established that precedence.

Aerial photo following heavy Miguelist bombings of San Salvador during Operation Torch of the Siege of San Salvador.

The city faced an attempt at revolution in 1923 with the Christmas Putsch on 25 December 1923 staged by Carlos Hernández Videla and the Creeperian Pro-Fatherland Front who sought a Fascist revolution. The revolution was put down by Prime Minister Antonio Sáenz Heredia. On 2 January 1933, Emperor Adolfo IV died, sparking a second succession crisis between his sons Miguel VII and Romero I. The engagement known as the San Salvador del Norte Incident began the Creeperian Civil War that lasted from 1933 until 1949. The civil war was the deadliest war, not only in Creeperian history, but world history. The civil war arrived to the city of San Salvador in 1946 when the National Council for Peace and Order began the Siege of San Salvador, the deadliest military engagement in not only in Creeperian history, but world history. The siege witnessed the deaths of over four million people and ended in a victory for the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council in 1949.

Following the civil war, San Salvador was again solidified as the capital of Creeperopolis, as the Miguelists proclaimed that they would revert the capital to Adolfosburg. San Salvador reached a population of twenty million people in 1959 after losing four million during the siege. In 1976, a coup d'état was attempted against Emperor Romero II which ended in failure and the deaths of Sergio Arellano Stark and Manuel Contreras Sepúlveda, the coup's leaders. The coup did succeed, however, in assassinating the Minister of Defense, Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno, who was succeeded by Emmanuel Cabañeras Videla.

On 18 June 2003, the city came under attack by the Creeperian Armed Forces who moved in to oust Emperor Alfonso VI. The coup succeeded and his son ascended to the throne as Emperor Alexander II. The coup marked the end of the Alfonsisto, a period of totalitarian rule from 1999 until 2003. Alexander II was almost assassinated on 18 June 2013 in a bombing organized by Jacobo Graciani Juderías and again on 13 August 2019 in a shooting organized by the Senvarian Liberation Front. The city most recently came under attack during the 2020 Creeperian coup d'état attempt when the Revolutionary Government Junta for Creeperian Reorganization and the Free Creeperian Army attempted to overthrow Minister of Defense Augusto Cabañeras Gutiérrez in February 2020. The coup failed in its goals but the coup conspirators did manage to assassinate Martín Gutiérrez Sánchez, the Chief Senator of Creeperopolis and the Mayor of San Salvador. Since the coup, the city has recovered.

Geography

Climate

Climate data for Creeperopolis (San Salvador)
1973–2018, extremes 1973–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 127.8
(53.2) 		114.9
(46.1) 		107.6
(42.0) 		98.2
(36.8) 		86.4
(30.2) 		73.1
(22.8) 		71.2
(21.8) 		81.4
(27.4) 		87.1
(30.6) 		93.2
(34.0) 		100.3
(37.9) 		111.4
(44.1) 		127.8
(53.2)
Average high °F (°C) 100.8
(38.2) 		93.9
(34.4) 		90.7
(32.6) 		79.4
(26.3) 		69.9
(21.1) 		67.9
(19.9) 		66.7
(19.3) 		71.7
(22.1) 		74.1
(23.4) 		79.2
(26.2) 		82.3
(27.9) 		97.9
(36.6) 		81.2
(27.3)
Daily mean °F (°C) 83.8
(28.8) 		79.1
(26.2) 		73.7
(23.2) 		62.7
(17.1) 		52.9
(11.6) 		51.9
(11.1) 		48.9
(9.4) 		53.0
(11.7) 		56.7
(13.7) 		62.1
(16.7) 		68.2
(20.1) 		79.6
(26.4) 		64.2
(17.9)
Average low °F (°C) 66.8
(19.3) 		64.3
(17.9) 		56.6
(13.7) 		45.9
(7.7) 		35.9
(2.2) 		29.7
(−1.3) 		31.1
(−0.5) 		34.9
(1.6) 		39.3
(4.1) 		44.9
(7.2) 		54.0
(12.2) 		61.3
(16.3) 		47.1
(8.4)
Record low °F (°C) 47.8
(8.8) 		39.3
(4.1) 		29.5
(−1.4) 		14.4
(−9.8) 		8.6
(−13.0) 		−3.4
(−19.7) 		−12.1
(−24.5) 		2.1
(−16.6) 		13.8
(−10.1) 		25.3
(−3.7) 		32.2
(0.1) 		40.5
(4.7) 		−12.1
(−24.5)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 0.01
(0.25) 		0.11
(2.8) 		1.45
(37) 		6.93
(176) 		10.45
(265) 		4.45
(113) 		3.42
(87) 		7.78
(198) 		12.91
(328) 		5.32
(135) 		1.12
(28) 		0.05
(1.3) 		54
(1,400)
Source: San Salvador Weather Service (Servicio Meteorológico de San Salvador, SMSS)

Geology

Creeperopolis is one of the most earthquake-prone countries on the planet. Creeperopolis experiences hundreds to thousands of earthquakes every year, but only two to three are serious on average per year. Creeperopolis experienced the world's largest earthquake in recorded history when a magnitude 10.3 earthquake shook the city of San Salvador in 1986. Other severe earthquakes to hit the city occurred in 1488, 1576, 1659, 1798, 1839, 1854, 1873, 1880, 1917 1919, 1965, 1982, 2001, and 2005.

Topography

The city of San Salvador is mostly contained inside of the San Salvador Valley. The valley is bounded to the north by Lake San Salvador, to the east by Lake Zapatista and the San Luísian Range, to the south by the San Salvador Volcano and the San Salvador River, and to the west by the Santa Anan Range. The average elevation of the city is 3,231 feet (985 meters) and the terrain is generally flat.

Demographics

Ethnicity

Religion

Government

Economy

Culture

Gallery

  • Western San Salvador.

  • Southern San Salvador.

See also


 
Largest cities in Creeperopolis
Rank Department Pop. Rank Department Pop.
San Salvador
San Salvador
Adolfosburg
Adolfosburg 		1 San Salvador San Salvador 12,432,429 11 San Salvador del Norte San Salvador del Norte 3,963,185 Salvador
Salvador
La'Libertad
La'Libertad
2 Adolfosburg Adolfosburg 9,338,138 12 San Pedro San Pedro 3,770,428
3 Salvador Salvador 7,539,128 13 Puerto Atlántida Atlántida del Sur 3,684,249
4 La'Libertad La'Libertad del Norte 5,819,239 14 Denshire Jakiz 3,512,429
5 Chalatenango Castilliano 4,777,439 15 Panachor Zapatista 3,329,144
6 Tuxtla Martínez Zapatista 4,329,125 16 Teguracoa Adolfosburg 3,210,410
7 Bautista San Salvador 4,176,539 17 Pasadena San Salvador 3,083,568
8 Nuevo Xichútepa Xichútepa 4,124,697 18 Sonsonate Sonsonsate 2,975,569
9 Victoria Atlántida 4,106,739 19 Citalá Xichútepa 2,910,355
10 Santa María Santa María 4,097,295 20 La'Victoria San Luís 2,894,219
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