The Province of San Salvador (
Spanish
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: ''Provincia de San Salvador'') was a short-lived government established in what is today present
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
. This came following the
Central American Act of Independence and dissolution of the
Intendancy of San Salvador
The Intendancy of San Salvador () was an administrative division of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, itself an administrative division of the Viceroyalty of New Spain which was a part of the Spanish Empire.
The intendancy was formed in 17 ...
.
Pedro Barriere
Pedro Ortiz de la Barriere Castro (1768 – 18 May 1827) was a Spanish politician, military officer, and lawyer who served as the colonial intendant of the Intendancy of San Salvador from 1819 until 1821. He also served the first head of sta ...
was appointed as the First
Political Chief of San Salvador on September 21 after swearing allegiance to the new republic.
History
Barriere was succeeded on 28 November, 1821 by
José Matías Delgado
José Matías Delgado y de León (24 February 1767 – 12 November 1832) was a Salvadoran priest and doctor known as ''El Padre de la Patria Salvadoreña'' (The Father of the Salvadoran Fatherland).
He was a prominent leader in the independen ...
, a prominent figure in the
1811 independence movement. El Salvador ceded from the
Mexican Empire Mexican Empire may refer to:
* First Mexican Empire
The Mexican Empire (, ) was a constitutional monarchy and the first independent government of Mexico. It was also the only former viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire to establish a monarchy af ...
and soon after, the city's of
Sonsonate
Sonsonate () is a city and district of El Salvador, of which it is also its municipal seat. It has an estimated population of 71,980 inhabitants for the year 2020. Sonsonate is the second most important city in western El Salvador. The town was ...
and
Santa Ana were occupied by the
Guatemalan Army
The Guatemalan Armed Forces () is the unified military organization comprising the Guatemalan Army, Navy, Air Force, and Presidential Honor Guard. The president of Guatemala is the commander-in-chief of the military, and formulates policy, tra ...
. Colonel
Manuel José Arce
Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga (1 January 1787 – 14 December 1847) was a Salvadoran statesman and military officer who served as the first president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1825 to 1829.
Background
Manuel José Arce wa ...
was one of the commanders who
repelled the Guatemalans in 1822.
Delgado was overthrown in February 1823, following the
Mexican annexation of El Salvador. In June 1823, the government was reestablished with
Mariano Prado appointed ''Provisional Political Chief'' until the government was abolished in 1824.
The Province of San Salvador was succeeded by the State of El Salvador (1824–1841) as part of the
Federal Republic of Central America
The Federal Republic of Central America (), initially known as the United Provinces of Central America (), was a sovereign state in Central America that existed between 1823 and 1839/1841. The republic was composed of five states (Costa Rica ...
.
See also
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Act of Independence of Central America
The Act of Independence of Central America (), also known as the Act of Independence of Guatemala, is the legal document by which the Provincial Council of the Province of Guatemala proclaimed the independence of Central America from the Spanish ...
*
History of El Salvador
The history of El Salvador begins with several distinct groups of Mesoamerican people, especially the Pipil people, Pipil, the Lenca and the Maya people, Maya. In the early 16th century, the Spanish Empire conquered the territory, incorporating ...
*
History of Central America
Central America is commonly said to include Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. This definition matches modern political borders. Central America begins geographically in Mexico, at the Isthmus of Tehuan ...
References
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Government of El Salvador