It has a municipal market, where the local citizens can buy groceries, vegetables, dairy products, meat, pupusas, etc.

[citation needed] Because the average altitude of the city is around 600 meters above sea level, the climate is typically warm.

Indigenous allies and aborigines (Tlaxcaltecas, Aztecs, and Acolhuas) from the valley of Anahuac, a Mexican territory, arrived with them.

After conquering the land, they settled north of the capital, were known as "Mexicans” and founded three core groups: one group was to the north, which is now San Salvador, where the City of Mejicanos is located; the second was in Barrio de Sonsonate; and the third was Usulután, today Canton Santa Maria.

The Salvadorans were opposing the unconditional territory takeover by the Government of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide.