The organization of the Salvadoran municipality between 1840 and 1869 .An approximation to the state construction from de local ambit.

Abstract

This article presents an attempt to the rapprochement of El Salvador State building process from a municipal point of view, in the mid 19th century It is based on the premise that the local body contributed, however possible, im- portant human and nancial resources for building El Salvador as a nineteenth century liberal state Working on this assumption, it introduces the nancial re- lations between the Salvadoran State and its municipalities The delegation of responsibilities to municipalities was a strategy of ruling groups, who controlled the central government, to implement a political project, which aimed to achieve a centralized State politically and nancially