Municipal districts of San Salvador

District 1 is home to the El Salvador National University (UES), the largest and only public university in the country, with campuses in San Salvador, and in other important cities in the country such as Santa Ana, and San Miguel.

District 1 is also home to the Colonia Medica or the Medical Borough, which is the largest center in the country for hospitals, clinics, and access to doctors.

The district was originally started at the Colonia Flor Blanca and the Construction of the Metrocentro Mall in 1968, and it was not until the late 1970s when development there began in earnest.

The district is also home to one of the largest financial centers, the CFG (Centro Financiero Gigante), which is made up of two towers and four business buildings.

Major occupants of the CFG building include Tigo, Telefónica, RED, Banco Azteca, Movistar, Stream Global Services, and the Israeli Embassy.

District 2 is famously home to Metrocentro, the largest shopping mall in Central America, with a total of 190,000 square meters of space, and an average of 1.8 million monthly visitors, with a peak of an average 2.4 million visitors in December.

District 2 is also home to Plaza Las Americas, or El Salvador del Mundo, as it is known locally; the plaza is located at one of the largest intersections in the city, where Paseo Escalón, Constitution Boulevard, Alameda Manuel Enrique Araujo, and Roosevelt Avenue meet.

It is bordered by Mejicanos to the north, Antiguo Cuscatlán to the south and the west, and by the Manuel Enrique Araujo Alameda to the East.

The district has many monuments, most notably the statue of Jesus Christ, El Salvador del Mundo, at the Plaza Las Americas.

The most important landmark in the district is the Estadio Cuscatlán, with a capacity of over 45,000, is the largest soccer venue not only in Central America, but in the Caribbean as well.

It was announced on November 16, 2007, that Estadio Cuscatlán would become the first soccer stadium in Central America and the Caribbean to have a large LED screen, on which spectators can view the action.

District 4 is also home to the Monumento Hermano Bienvenido a Casa, the monument was decorated with the artwork of the Salvadoran artist Fernando Llort.