Place:El Salvador

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NameEl Salvador
Alt namesRepublic of El Salvadorsource: Wikipedia
República de El Salvadorsource: Britannica Book of the Year (1992) p 590
TypeCountry
Coordinates13.833°N 88.917°W
Contained Places
Department
Ahuachapán ( 1869 - )
Cabañas ( 1873 - )
Chalatenango ( 1855 - )
Cuscatlán ( 1853 - )
La Libertad ( 1865 - )
La Paz ( 1883 - )
La Unión ( 1865 - )
Morazán ( 1875 - )
San Miguel ( 1875 - )
San Salvador
San Vicente
Santa Ana ( 1855 - )
Sonsonate ( 1855 - )
Usulután
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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El Salvador (literally 'Republic of The Savior') is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country as well as Central America. El Salvador borders the Pacific Ocean on the south, and the countries of Guatemala to the west and Honduras to the north and east. Its easternmost region lies on the coast of the Gulf of Fonseca, opposite Nicaragua. As of 2009, El Salvador had a population of approximately 5,744,113 people, composed predominantly of Mestizos.[1]

The colón was the official currency of El Salvador from 1892 to 2001, when it adopted the U.S. Dollar.

In 2010 El Salvador ranked in the top 10 among Latin American countries in terms of the Human Development Index and in the top 3 in Central America (behind Costa Rica and Panama), due in part to ongoing rapid industrialization. In addition, tropical forests and overall forest cover has expanded by nearly 20% from the year 1992 to 2010, making it one of the few countries experiencing reforestation.

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