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● History of El Salvador Prehistoric indigenous populations • Cuzcatlecs . Lenca • . · Olmecs Pyramids in western El Salvador Mayans • Chased out by volcanic eruptions Pipil migrated from Mexico. 1522-25 Spanish incurred resistance but ultimately prevailed • 1522 Spanish admiral Andres Nino landed on Meanguera Island • 1524 Captain Pedro de Alvarado of Spain launched a war to capture Cuzcatlán • 1525 Alvarado conquered El Salvador and formed village of San Salvador • Colonial period: El Salvador part of Captaincy General of Guatemala ● 1811 independence movement • 1821 independence granted • Joined Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua in Federal Republic of Central America

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