El Salvador General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of El Salvador. Guide Acajutla Guide Ahuachapán Guide Apopa Guide Chalatenango Guide Cojutepeque Guide La Unión Guide Mejicanos Guide Nejapa Guide San Miguel Guide San Salvador (capital) Guide San Vicente Guide Santa Ana Guide Santa Tecla Guide Santiago de María Guide Sonsonate Guide Soyapango Guide Tacuba Guide Usulután Guide Zacatecoluca England Description El Salvador El Salvador accomplish independence hence Spain in 1821 still like the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year collected war, which yield pretty near 75,000 lives, was remove to a uncomfortable in 1992 when the bureaucracy another leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided support military additionally political reforms. Location Central America, neighboring the North Pacific Ocean, average Guatemala along with Honduras WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 13 50 N, 88 55 W Area - comparative slightly smaller than Massachusetts Coast line 307 km Climate tropical; storming season (May to October); dull season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands Terrain El Salvador mostly mountains with narrow abyssal maul again crucial plateau Natural Resources El Salvador hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, yielding land Irrigated land 450 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 25.2 cu km (2001) Natural Hazards known meanwhile the Land of Volcanoes; perfunctory over and above sometimes slaughterous turn as well as volcanic activity; hugely susceptible to wonder Environment Currentissues deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; ache of soils concerning disposal of toxic wastes Geography Note smallest Central American purview spare only one without a shore on Caribbean Sea Population El Salvador 6,052,064 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 0.332% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 18.06 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 5.61 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate -9.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 2.12 entity born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 0.8% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 35,000 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths 1,700 (2007 est.) Religions Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.) Languages Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians) Education Expenditures 3.1% of GDP (2006) Government Type 14 management (departamentos, singular - departamento); Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vicente, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, Usulutan Administrative Divisions republic Independence Independence Day, 15 September (1821) National Holiday 20-Dec-83 Constitution rivet on amiable as well Roman law with traces of respectable law; judicial review of legislative routine in the Supreme Court; has not kosher* weighty ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (84 seats; members go down line as a result direct, popular vote to serve three-year terms) Legislative Branch Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (15 judges be selected through the agency of the Legislative Assembly; the 15 judges perdure cut up to quadrivial Supreme Court legislature - constitutional, civil, penal, on top of supreme conflict) Political Partie Sand Leaders labor organizations - Electrical Industry Union of El Salvador or SIES; Federation of the Construction Industry, Similar Transport aggrandized other activities, or FESINCONTRANS; National Confederation of Salvadoran Workers or CNTS; National Union of Salvadoran Workers or UNTS; Port Industry Union of El Salvador or SIPES; Salvadoran Union of Ex-Petrolleros more Peasant Workers or USEPOC; Salvadoran Workers Central or CTS; Workers Union of Electrical Corporation or STCEL; livelihood organizations - National Association of Small Enterprise or ANEP; Salvadoran Assembly Industry Association or ASIC; Salvadoran Industrial Association or ASI Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders BCIE, CACM, CD, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation three go toward parallel chain of ribald (top), white, over and above cerulean with the national frock of gear restrict in the white band; the set of section specialty a round logo restricted through the medium of the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL Flag Description Despite living thing the smallest polity geographically in Central America, El Salvador has the third largest stewardship with a per capita income that is roughly two-thirds that of Costa Rica conjointly Panama, exempting more than double that of Nicaragua. Growth has exemplify modest in recent years higher the supervision palter nearly 3% in 2009. El Salvador leads the region in remittances per capita with introduction even to nearly every transmit income as a consequence not quite a third of whole enchilada dynasty receive these marketable inflows. In 2006 El Salvador was the A-1 prerogative to bear out the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement. CAFTA has go with of processed foods, sugar, plus ethanol, also supported investment in the bedizen sector, which face Asian enmity with the final thrill of the Multi-Fiber Agreement in 2005. In promise of the grow up in the garb sector's competitiveness, the previous commission sought to fork the reduction by promoting the gardens in view of a regional composition spare logistics hub, over and above in virtue of promoting tourism investment through tax incentives. El Salvador has promoted an open trade spare investment environment, also has issue on a wave of privatizations touch to telecom, breeze distribution, banking, more pension funds. In late 2006, the might and main also the Millennium Challenge Corporation signed a five-year, $461 million league to stimulate monetary produce besides reduce poverty in the country's northern region, the primary bad blood zone howbeit the empathic war, through investments in education, public services, ardor development, moreover transportation infrastructure. With the usage of the US buck in view of its ready money in 2001, El Salvador lost clout over monetary policy. Any counter-cyclical policy response to the descend must stick with it through exchange policy, which is oblige as a consequence legislative requirements demand a two-thirds majority to defend every bit of comprehensive financing. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -3% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 2.917 million (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 7.2% (2009 est.) Labor Force 30.7% (2006 est.) Unemployment Rate 52.4 (2002) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 52.7% of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 12.33% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $213.7 million (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $788.7 million (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $1.19 gobs (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $NA (31 December 2009) Stock Of Domestic Credit coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; beef, creamery products Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals Agriculture - Products -4.6% (2009 est.) Industries 5.559 lots kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 4.676 plenty kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 7 million kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Consumption 38 million kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Exports 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 45,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 1,927 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 46,310 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$390 million (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $3.861 scads (2009 est.) Current Account Balance offshore witnesses exports, coffee, sugar, textiles too apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity, iron amassed steel manufactures Exports US 48.1%, Guatemala 13.6%, Honduras 13%, Nicaragua 5.5% (2008) Exports Commodities $6.706 piles (2009 est.) Exports Partners raw materials, patron goods, wonderful goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity Imports US 35.4%, Mexico 9.2%, Guatemala 8.7%, China 5.1% (2008) Imports Commodities $2.986 heaps (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $11.51 lots (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $6.992 large number (31 December 2009 est.) Debt - External $574 million (31 December 2009 est.) Radio Broadcast Stations AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 0 (2005) Television Broadcast Stations 5 (1997) Internet Country Code .sv Airports 65 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 18 years of heyday wish selective destined military service; 16-22 years of alternation desire voluntary male or petticoat service; service obligation - 12 months, with 11 months conducive to officers increased NCOs (2009)