El Salvador
sovereign state in Central America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
El Salvador (Spanish: República de El Salvador) is the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital and largest city is San Salvador. Other important cities are: Santa Ana and Sonsonate. El Salvador borders the Pacific Ocean on the south, Guatemala to the west and Honduras to the north and east.
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Republic of El Salvador República de El Salvador | |
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Motto: "Dios, Unión, Libertad" (in Spanish) "God, Unity, Freedom" | |
Anthem: Himno Nacional de El Salvador National anthem of El Salvador | |
Capital and largest city | San Salvador 13°40′N 89°10′W |
Official languages | Spanish |
Recognised regional languages | Nahuatl |
Ethnic groups | Mestizo: 80%
White: 17% Black: 0% Native American: 1% Other: 2% |
Demonym(s) | Salvadoran or Salvadorian |
Government | Federal presidential constitutional republic |
Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara | |
• Speaker of the Assembly | Norman Quijano |
• Supreme Court President | José Salomón Padilla |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly |
Independence | |
• from Spain | September 15, 1821 |
• Recognized by Spain | June 24, 1865 |
• from the Greater Republic of Central America | November 13, 1898 |
Area | |
• Total | 21,040 km2 (8,120 sq mi) (153rd) |
• Water (%) | 1.4 |
Population | |
• 2009 census | 5,744,113[1] |
• Density | 341.5/km2 (884.5/sq mi) (47th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate |
• Total | $43.567 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $7,429[2] |
GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
• Total | $21.700 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $3,700[2] |
Gini (2002) | 52.4 high |
HDI (2015) | 0.704[3] high · 90th |
Currency | United States dollar (USD ) Bitcoin ( BTC, XBT )[4] (USD, BTC) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +5031 |
ISO 3166 code | SV |
Internet TLD | .sv |
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