El Salvador and San Jose
A corridor runs in both directions. The people, the trade and the institutions along it are shared, even though the communities at each end are not the same.
The two directions
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Diasporas have always done this informally — somebody flying home carries the medicine. This makes it visible inside a community that already knows each other.
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- Distance
- San Salvador → San Jose 4,168 km / 2,590 mi
- Soyapango → San Jose 4,167 km / 2,589 mi
- San Miguel → San Jose 4,261 km / 2,648 mi
- A region or country has no single location, so this is measured from its largest cities.
- Approximate flying time 6 h
- Based on the straight-line distance. Real journeys are longer.
About this corridor
El Salvador → San Jose
- Place of birth
- El Salvador
- 5,977
- US Census Bureau, ACS table B05006 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year
- Consulate in this city
- Not known
- Sister-city tie
- None
About this corridor
San Jose → El Salvador
- Consulate in this city
- Not known
- Sister-city tie
- None