It has 13,228 inhabitants per the 2010 census [INDEC], and is the head town of the San Salvador Department.

The name of the town was also a homage to her, as San Salvador is the Spanish literal translation of the French surname Saint-Sauveur.

Colonists brought agriculture to the area (wheat, linseed, corn, sunflower, and later sorghum).

The area also hosts industries producing truck chassis, agricultural machines, aluminium works, pumps, and rice mills.

[citation needed] The Museum displays the entire history of rice industry in Argentina.