World Region Information --- El Salvador Information
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It borders Honduras to the northeast and Guatemala to the northwest. The south faces the Pacific Ocean.
Approx. 21,000 km2
Santa Ana(250,000), Soyapango(240,000), San Miguel(220,000), etc.
about 6.42 million
86% Mestizo, 13% Caucasian, Other
Spanish
84% Christian
It has a mixed culture of indigenous peoples, European settlers, and enslaved Africans.
- Volcan de Santa Ana
- Lago de Coatepeque
- Cerro Verde
- Parque Nacional El Boqueron
- Teatro Nacional de San Salvador
- Joya de Ceren
- Parque Nacional El Imposible
- Sitio Arqueologico San Andres
- Izalco
- La Puerta del Diablo
After nine years of basic education (elementary and junior high school), students can attend either a two-year high school or a three-year high school.
- Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Canas
- Universidad de El Salvador
- Universidad Francisco Gavidia
- Universidad Tecnologica de El Salvador
- Universidad Dr. Jose Matias Delgado
- Universidad Don Bosco
- Biblioteca Nacional Francisco Gavidia
1821 Independence from Spain
1823 Part of the Central American Union along with Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica
1840 Central American Union disbanded, full independence as El Salvador
1859 Introduction of coffee cultivation
1932 30,000 killed in suppression of peasant uprising
1961 military coup. National sports, etc. take power
1969 War with Honduras (football war), 300,000 El Salvador immigrants deported from Honduras
1977 Intensification of guerrilla activity by the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
1979 military coup. Provisional Government established by the Revolutionary Council
1979-81 Nearly 30,000 dead in military-backed far-right terror attacks
1980-92 Left-wing guerrilla organization raises a resistance movement (El Salvador Civil War)
1991 Government and FMLN sign UN-sponsored peace agreement
1992 end of civil war
2001 1,200 people died in the big earthquake. million people lose their homes
2003 360 Salvadoran troops are dispatched to Iraq. El Salvador, along with Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala sign free trade deal with US
2005 Thousands evacuated after volcano erupts
2006 Honduras and Newly Defined Border Launched
2009 Restored diplomatic relations with Cuba. Over 140 killed in floods, thousands left homeless
It is a presidential democratic republic. The president is the head of state and head of government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador.
- Casa Presidencial de El Salvador
- Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador
- Corte Suprema de Justicia de El Salvador
$4,041
Developing economies are challenged by low growth rates and large income disparities due to natural disasters and corruption.
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