Timeline of San Salvador explained
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of San Salvador, El Salvador.
Prior to 20th century
20th century
1900s–1960s
See also: History of El Salvador (1931–79).
1970s–1990s
See also: Salvadoran Civil War.
- 1970
- Metrocentro shopping mall in business.
- Carlos Antonio Herrera Rebollo becomes mayor.
- 1971
- opens.
- Population: 337,171.[7]
- 1972 – in business.
- 1974 – José Antonio Morales Ehrlich becomes mayor.
- 1975 – opens.
- 1976
- 1977 – February 28: Political demonstration; crackdown.
- 1978 – Hugo Guerra becomes mayor.
- 1979 – Julio Adolfo Rey Prendes becomes mayor.
- 1980
- 1981 – October 24: Bombing.
- 1982 – Alejandro Duarte becomes mayor.
- 1985 – José Antonio Morales Ehrlich becomes mayor again.
- 1986 – October 10: 1986 San Salvador earthquake.
- 1988
- 1989
- 1992 – Population: 415,346.[10]
- 1994 – Mario Valiente becomes mayor.
- 1995 – Centro Comercial Galerias shopping mall in business.
- 1996 – Homies Unidos (community group) founded.http://homiesunidos.org/about/history/
- 1997
- 1999 – Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen opens.
21st century
- 2002
- 2003
- and building open.
- Carlos Rivas Zamora becomes mayor.
- 2005 – Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.[12]
- 2006 – Violeta Menjívar becomes mayor.
- 2007 – Population: 316,090.[13]
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011 – (park) established.
- 2014 – Air pollution in San Salvador reaches annual mean of 42 PM2.5 and 77 PM10, more than recommended.
See also
References
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Book: Catholic Encyclopedia . San Salvador . A.A. MacErlean . Catholic Encyclopedia . https://archive.org/stream/catholicencyclop13herbuoft#page/450/mode/1up . New York . 1912 . .
- Book: 1928 . Collier's Encyclopedia . Collier's Encyclopedia . New York . P.F. Collier & Son . San Salvador . 2027/mdp.39015073301890?urlappend=%3Bseq=285 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015073301890?urlappend=%3Bseq=285 . .
- Book: Mario Polèse and Richard E. Stren. The Social Sustainability of Cities: Diversity and the Management of Change. 2000. University of Toronto Press. 978-0-8020-8320-3. Downtown San Salvador: housing, public spaces, and economic transformation. Mario Lungo. https://books.google.com/books?id=KQOi063YxiAC&pg=PA228. . registration.
External links
Notes and References
- Book: . Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism . 1991. Greenwood . 978-0-313-26257-9 . El Salvador . https://books.google.com/books?id=uyqepNdgUWkC&pg=PA199 .
- Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: El Salvador . www.katolsk.no . . Norway . December 30, 2014 .
- Book: Europa World Year Book . 2003. . 978-1-85743-227-5 . El Salvador: Directory . https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&pg=PA1521 .
- Web site: San Salvador (El Salvador) – Newspapers . . Chicago, USA . Global Resources Network . December 30, 2014 .
- Web site: Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 1955 . . New York .
- Web site: Movie Theaters in San Salvador . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . December 30, 2014 .
- Book: Demographic Yearbook 1975 . 1976 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 253–279 .
- Book: Political Chronology of the Americas. 2003. Routledge. 978-1-135-35653-8 . El Salvador . https://books.google.com/books?id=XiOPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA109 .
- Book: Elisabeth Jean Wood. Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador. 2003. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-139-93656-9 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=dgIMBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT288 .
- Book: 1995 Demographic Yearbook . 1997 . United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 262–321 .
- News: El Salvador Profile: Timeline . 16 August 2012 . BBC News . December 30, 2014 .
- Web site: Sister Cities of Los Angeles . City of Los Angeles . USA . December 30, 2015 .
- Web site: Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2012 . .