Santo Domingo, San Vicente

Santo Domingo is a municipality in the San Vicente department of El Salvador.

"Santo Domingo" is a small town located about thirty miles East of San Vicente. The town has two main schools, were all the underage children attend. The schools are Ana Guerra de Jesus, which is a Catholic founded, religious school. The teachers are nuns and the students must attend mass everyday to follow the guidelines of the school. Also, the siminar in the South part of the school is composed of students who want to follow a career as a teacher in a Catholic school. The sencond school, Escuela Municipal, called Esteban Castro is a smaller school were a general education is provided to the students attending. In boths schools a uniform is required. The uniform for the school, Ana Guerra de Jesus, has a more conservative look than the Escuela Mucnicipal. The colors depend on the school and the guidelines for waring them, too. The town is composed of about 97% Catholic , less that 3% is protestant or Christian. That's the reason why the town has a huge church beside Ana Guerra de Jesus. The 3% of the protestants attend home churches or gather in small dining areas. As the rest of the country the religious customs are the same. Santo Domingo is known for it's peaceful surroundings. The population is about 17,000. Santo Domingo celebrates it's annual festivities from July 28 through August 4 in honor of the towns patron saint Santo Domingo De Guzman.