Essay On El Salvador

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El Salvador (The republic of The Savior) is known to be the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America. San Salvador has been announced as the Capital City. It is considered to an important cultural and commercial center for the whole Central America. It borders with Guatemala, Honduras, The Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Fonseca. It’s the only country in this region not on the Caribbean Sea.
El Salvador has a large presence of mountains and is also known as the Land of Volcanoes. Hence, most part of it is on a fertile volcanic plateau about 2,000 ft (607 m) high.
5,744,113 people composed predominantly of Mestizos. Mestizo is a term traditionally used in Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America to mean a person of combined European and Amerindian descent. Other include 12% white, 1% Indigenous.
The colon was the official currency of El Salvador from 1892 to 2001, when it adopted the U.S. Dollar. Based on the research carried out in 2010, El Salvador ranked 12th among the Latin American countries in the category of Human Development Index and fourth in Central America and is increasing rapidly when it comes to the industrial sector.
Government:
• President – Maruicio Funes
• Vice president – Salvador Ceren
• Speaker Of the Assembly – Sigfrido Morales
• Supreme Court President – Jose Balermino Jaime
Legislature:
• Legislative Assembly - A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws.

Area:
• Total – 21,040 Sq Km (153rd in the world)
• Water – 1.4%
Gross Domestic Product (GDP):
• According to an estimate from 2012, the GDP of El Salvador stands at 23.79 billion USD.
• Per Capita accordingly is 3,855$‎
Gross National Product (GNP):
• According to an estimate from...

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...ed a lot of wars and revolutions against other Central American republics.
• In 1969, El Salvador went on a war with the Honduras as the Honduran’s were deporting several thousands of Salvadorans. The four day war was later named as the ‘Football War’ as it broke out during a football match between the two countries.
• The 12 year Civil War, which was fought between the Military-led government and the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). This War dated from 1979 – 1992.
• El Salvador also had its fair share in World War II, War on Terror and the United States Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965- 66).
Independence
• El Salvador achieved its independence on September 15th, 1821 from Spain and was recognized by Spain as a separate nation in 1865. Whereas, recognition from the Greater Republic of Central America was achieved in November 13, 1898.

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