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El Salvador Location : Middle America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras
Capital City : San Salvador
Curreny : Salvadoran colon (SVC); US dollar (USD)
Languages Spoken : Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
Climate : tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands
National Holiday : Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
Background Information
El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided for military and political reforms.
Geographical Note
smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea
Economy
El Salvador is a struggling Central American economy which has been suffering from a weak tax collection system, factory closings, the aftermaths of Hurricane Mitch of 1998 and the devastating earthquakes of early 2001, and weak world coffee prices. On the bright side, in recent years inflation has fallen to single digit levels, and total exports have grown substantially. The trade deficit has been offset by remittances (an estimated $1.6 billion in 2000) from Salvadorans living abroad and by external aid. As of 1 January 2001, the US dollar was made legal tender alongside the colon. Growth in 2002 will depend largely on the speed of recovery in the US.
Religions
Roman Catholic 83% note: there is extensive activity by Protestant groups throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there were an estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador
Ports : Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco, La Libertad, La Union, Puerto El Triunfo
International Disputes - Risks to travellers
: El Salvador claims tiny Conejo Island off Honduras in the Golfo de Fonseca; many of the "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary remain undemarcated despite ICJ adjudication in 1992; with respect to the maritime boundary in the Golfo de Fonseca, the ICJ referred to the line determined by the 1900 Honduras-Nicaragua Mixed Boundary Commission and advised that some tripartite resolution among El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua likely would be required
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