San Alejo (San Alejo)
San Alejo is a municipality in the La Unión department of El Salvador.
A mid-eighteenth century, in the parish of Conchagua, there was the San Alejo de Pedregal, rocky site known as Queiquín native Lenca. These natives had yayantiques neighbors as its rivals. Shortly after a brawl that took place in 1771 among such enemies, the Supreme Head of the Province of San Miguel ordered to organize a village in the land donated by the owners of the property. With the creation of the Municipality of San Salvador in 1785, the town went on to become the capital of one of the fifteen games.
On June 9, 1809, the Court of Fidelity, based in San Miguel, imprisoned and confiscated the property of Just Zaldivar (originally from San Alejo) and Valentin Porras, being promoters of "subversive ideas" against the authorities of the Spanish crown. These facts suggest that both were the first subjects to suffer persecution in the Central American territory by the colonial power. Also, in December 1811 there was another follow-up sedition November independence movement, but was put out. Amid the events Zaldivar tried to flee to Honduras, but was imprisoned in San Miguel where he died.
On March 11, 1827, the village officially received the title of "villa". In 1854 he joined the district of La Union and in 1865 was established as a municipality in the department. On February 3, 1870, obtained the title of "city" under the administration of Francisco Dueñas. By 1890 in San Alejo lived around 2880 people. Rafael Zaldivar, president of El Salvador in the second half of the nineteenth century, was born in this place.
A mid-eighteenth century, in the parish of Conchagua, there was the San Alejo de Pedregal, rocky site known as Queiquín native Lenca. These natives had yayantiques neighbors as its rivals. Shortly after a brawl that took place in 1771 among such enemies, the Supreme Head of the Province of San Miguel ordered to organize a village in the land donated by the owners of the property. With the creation of the Municipality of San Salvador in 1785, the town went on to become the capital of one of the fifteen games.
On June 9, 1809, the Court of Fidelity, based in San Miguel, imprisoned and confiscated the property of Just Zaldivar (originally from San Alejo) and Valentin Porras, being promoters of "subversive ideas" against the authorities of the Spanish crown. These facts suggest that both were the first subjects to suffer persecution in the Central American territory by the colonial power. Also, in December 1811 there was another follow-up sedition November independence movement, but was put out. Amid the events Zaldivar tried to flee to Honduras, but was imprisoned in San Miguel where he died.
On March 11, 1827, the village officially received the title of "villa". In 1854 he joined the district of La Union and in 1865 was established as a municipality in the department. On February 3, 1870, obtained the title of "city" under the administration of Francisco Dueñas. By 1890 in San Alejo lived around 2880 people. Rafael Zaldivar, president of El Salvador in the second half of the nineteenth century, was born in this place.
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Among the Mesoamerican nations that historically controlled the region are the Lenca (after 600 AD), the Mayans, and then the Cuzcatlecs. Archaeological monuments also suggest an early Olmec presence around the first millennium BC. In the beginning of the 16th century, the Spanish Empire conquered the Central American territory, incorporating it into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ruled from Mexico City. However the Viceroyalty of New Spain had little to no influence in the daily affairs of the isthmus, which was colonized in 1524. In 1609, the area was declared the Captaincy General of Guatemala by the Spanish, which included the territory that would become El Salvador until its independence from Spain in 1821. It was forcibly incorporated into the First Mexican Empire, then seceded, joining the Federal Republic of Central America in 1823. When the federation dissolved in 1841, El Salvador became a sovereign state, then formed a short-lived union with Honduras and Nicaragua called the Greater Republic of Central America, which lasted from 1895 to 1898.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
|---|---|---|---|
| SVC | Salvadoran colón | 2 | |
| USD | United States dollar | $ | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
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| ES | Spanish language |