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Nueva San Salvador

(Encyclopedia) Nueva San SalvadorNueva San Salvadornwāˈvä [key]Nueva San Salvadorsän sälväᵺōrˈ [key] or Santa TeclaSanta Teclasänˈtä tāˈklä [key], city (1993 est. pop. 96,113), central El Salvador.…

San Salvador, city, El Salvador

(Encyclopedia) San SalvadorSan Salvadorsän sälväᵺōrˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 402,448), central El Salvador, capital and largest city of the country. It is the center of El Salvador's trade and…

Calderón Sol, Armando

(Encyclopedia) Calderón Sol, Armando, 1948–2017, Salvadoran political leader, , b. San Salvador, J.D. Univ. of El Salvador, 1977. A member of the right-wing National Republican Alliance, he held…

Guanahani

(Encyclopedia) Guanahani: see San Salvador, island.

Romero, Saint Óscar

(Encyclopedia) Romero, Saint Óscar (Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez), 1917–80, Salvadoran bishop and human rights advocate. He studied at the Gregorian Univ. in Rome and was ordained in 1942.…

Cat Island

(Encyclopedia) Cat Island: see San Salvador, island.

Santa Tecla

(Encyclopedia) Santa Tecla: see Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador.

Watling Island

(Encyclopedia) Watling Island or Watlings Island: see San Salvador.

Villaviciosa

(Encyclopedia) VillaviciosaVillaviciosavēˌlyävēthēōˈsä [key], town (1990 pop. 15,389), Oviedo prov., NW Spain, in Asturias, on the Bay of Biscay. It is a fishing port and tourism center with cider…

San Salvador, island, Bahamas

(Encyclopedia) San Salvador, island of the Bahamas, West Indies. Many historians believe that it was the first land sighted by Columbus in the New World in 1492. The indigenous population called it…