Life in El Salvador

Ilobasco El Salvador, a City Renowned for its Clay Pottery

Ilobasco El Salvador is a city and municipality in the department of Cabañas known for its renowned pottery made out of clay. Ilobasco is located in the central region of El Salvador, about 42 kilometers from San Salvador and about … Read more

What are the Main Highways in El Salvador?

The main highways in El Salvador are the Pan-American highway (CA-1) or Carretera Panamericana, the Litoral Highway (CA-2) or coastal highway, and the North Longitudinal Highway or Carretera Longitudinal del Norte. These highways are the main arteries that connect major … Read more

Forty years on, a locked-down El Salvador remembers the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero online

Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero Galdamez was born on August 15, 1917, in Ciudad Barrios, a municipality in the department of San Miguel, in the Republic of El Salvador. He was a Catholic priest, the fourth metropolitan archbishop of San Salvador … Read more

Santa Tecla El Salvador. Previously known as Nueva San Salvador

Santa Tecla El Salvador is the capital city of the department of La Libertad; it is a municipality and city founded in 1854. Santa Tecla is located in the southern part of the San Salvador Volcano, 12 kilometers west of … Read more