revista san miguel

Editorial

THE FIRST MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN
MIGUEL WAS MR. GABRIEL DE CABRERA ,
DIRECTLY APPOINTED BY THE
CONQUISTADOR PEDRO DE ALVARADO.
IN 1912 THE RAILWAY LINE
BETWEEN SAN MIGUEL AND LA
UNION OPENS

San Miguel is a city in eastern El
Salvador. It is the country's third
most populous city after San
Salvador and Santa Ana. It is
located 138 km east of the capital,
San Salvador. It is also the capital of
the department of San Miguel and
a municipality. The population of
the city in (2007) was 218,410.
After the foundation of the Villa de
San Miguel, the Spaniards sent
Captain Luis de Moscoso east of
the Lempa River with the entrust of
the establishment of a new Spanish
village. Such event took place on
May 8, 1530, being the name given
to the new village San Miguel de la
Frontera (Saint Michael of the
Frontier). By 1586 the village had
obtained the title of city. The native
language is Spanish.

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