Finding your way around El Salvador's cities
Orientation in Salvadorean cities is initially confusing but
logical. Streets running north-south are avenidas ; those
running east-west are calles . The main avenida and calle
will have individual names (along with a few of the others) and the
heart of any city is at their intersection. North or south of this
intersection avenidas are Norte or Sur, while east or west calles
are Oriente or Poniente. Avenidas lying to the east of the main
avenida are numbered evenly, rising the further out you go; west of
the main avenida, the numbers are odd. Similarly, calles have even
numbers south of the main calle and odd numbers to the north. Named
avenidas/calles sometimes (though not always) change name either
side of the intersection.
Addresses can be given either as the street name/number,
followed by the building number, or as the intersection of two
streets. So: "12 C Pte #2330, Col Flor Blanca" is number 2330, 12
Calle Poniente in the district ( colonia ) of Flor Blanca,
while "10 Av Sur y 3 C Pte" is the intersection of 10 Avenida Sur
and 3 Calle Poniente.
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