Mejicanos | |
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Municipality | |
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Motto(s): Cultura, Paz, Progreso (Culture, Peace, Progress) | |
Coordinates: 13°44′N 89°13′W / 13.733°N 89.217°W | |
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Department | San Salvador Department |
Metro | San Salvador Metropolitan Area |
Founded as town | 7 October 1873 |
Founded as City | 11 October 1948 |
Government | |
• Type | Democratic Republic |
• Mayor | Saúl Meléndez |
Area | |
• Municipality | 22.12 km2 (13.74 sq mi) |
Elevation | 712 m (2,336 ft) |
Population (2020) | |
• Municipality | 141,352 |
• Density | 9,579/km2 (5,952/sq mi) |
• Urban | 141,352 |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central Standard Time) |
SV-SS | CP 1120 |
Area code | + 503 |
Website | Official in Wordpress |
Mejicanos is a San Salvador municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.
Mejicanos is a city located in San Salvador Department and part of the San Salvador metropolitan area. At the 2009 estimate it had 160,751 inhabitants. It has been characterized by its typical food "Yuca Frita con Merienda".
It has a municipal market, where the local citizens can buy groceries, vegetables, dairy products, meat, pupusas, etc. Many of the things available in the local market are produced in the surrounding villages, like vegetables.[citation needed]
It is located in a strategic point because is in the main route to other towns or municipalities, like Cuscatancingo, Mariona, San Ramon, San Salvador, etc. However it has-single lane roads, which accounts for the frequent traffic jams in the center of the city.[citation needed]
It has always been characterized by being a disorganized city, like other cities in El Salvador. Even though it has a municipal market people use the streets to sell their products.[citation needed]
Because the average altitude of the city is around 600 meters above sea level, the climate is typically warm.
As of February 2007 many bus routes go through Mejicanos.