Soyapango

Worth seeing in and around Soyapango

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   University of El Salvador

   The University of El Salvador is the oldest and the most prominent university institution in El Salvador. It serves as the national university of the country.

   6 km · public university of El Salvador · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador

   The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Savior is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador in San Salvador, El Salvador.

   5.9 km · catholic cathedral in El Salvador · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Teatro Nacional de San Salvador

   Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, or National Theatre of El Salvador began construction on November 3, 1911, by the French architect Daniel Beylard; and inaugurated March 1, 1917. It is of French Renaissance style with modern touches.

   5.8 km · theatre located in the Historic Downtown San Salvador, El Salvador · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Estadio Universitario (UES)

   Estadio Universitario is a multi-use stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of C.D. UES. The stadium holds 10,000 people.

   5.8 km · multi-use stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Student massacre of July 30, 1975

   The 1975 Salvadoran student massacre occurred during the waning years of El Salvador's military dictatorships and was an important event in the buildup to the country's civil war. This massacre of an unknown number of student demonstrators was led by then-President Colonel Arturo Armando Molina and General Carlos Humberto Romero and took place in San Salvador, the country's capital, during the events of the Miss Universe beauty pageant.

   5.2 km · March of students of the University of El Salvador against the military government in 1975 · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Plaza Gerardo Barrios

   The Plaza Gerardo Barrios is a plaza in the historic center of the city of San Salvador, El Salvador. The monumental statue in the center of the plaza, dedicated to president Gerardo Barrios, was made by Francisco Durini and inaugurated in 1909.

   6 km · plaza and cultural heritage site in San Salvador, El Salvador · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Plaza Mundo

   Plaza Mundo is a chain of shopping malls owned by real estate group Grupo Agrisal, which is headquartered in El Salvador. As of 2023, Plaza Mundo has two shopping malls located in Soyapango, Apopa and Usulután.

   3.9 km · shopping mall chain · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Soyapango

Airports

El Salvador Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (SAL), 34 km · La Aurora (GUA), 176 km · Palmerola (XPL), 180 km

Stations

Ilopango International Airport, 5.6 km

• Guatemala City → Soyapango

  181 km · quickest by road, 5h 2m · $20–27
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• Palmerola → Soyapango

  182 km · quickest by road, 5h 10m · $23–32
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• San Pedro Sula → Soyapango

  233 km · quickest by road, 6h 56m · $28–39
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