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Republic of El Salvador

Republic of El Salvador
República de El Salvador
Flag of El Salvador
Coat of arms of El Salvador
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Dios, Unión, Libertad" (Spanish)
English: "God, Unity, Freedom"
Anthem: Himno Nacional de El Salvador
English: "National Anthem of El Salvador"
Location of El Salvador
Capital
and largest city
San Salvador
13°40′N 89°10′W / 13.667°N 89.167°W / 13.667; -89.167
Official languages Spanish
Ethnic groups
Demonym Salvadoran
Guanaco (Informal)
Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic
• President
Salvador Sánchez Cerén
Legislature Legislative Assembly
Independence
• Declared from Spain
15 September 1821
• Declared from the
First Mexican Empire
1 July 1823
• Becomes an independent nation
18 February 1841
Area
• Total
21,041 km2 (8,124 sq mi) (153rd)
• Water (%)
1.5
Population
• 2015 estimate
6,377,195 (99th)
• Density
303.1/km2 (785.0/sq mi) (47th)
GDP (PPP) 2015 estimate
• Total
$52.666 billion
• Per capita
$8,668
GDP (nominal) 2015 estimate
• Total
$28.986 billion
• Per capita
$4,776
Gini (2013) 43.5
medium
HDI (2014) Increase 0.686
medium · 116th
Currency United States dollara (USD)
Time zone CST (UTC−6)
Drives on the right
Calling code +503b
ISO 3166 code SV
Internet TLD .sv
  1. The United States dollar is the currency in use. Financial information can be expressed in U.S. dollars and in Salvadoran colón, but the colón is out of circulation.
  2. Telephone companies (market share): Tigo (45%), Claro (25%), Movistar (24%), Digicel (5.5%), Red (0.5%).

Coordinates: 13°50′N 88°55′W / 13.833°N 88.917°W / 13.833; -88.917

El Salvador (Listeni/ɛl ˈsælvədɔːr/; Spanish: [el salβaˈðor]), officially the Republic of El Salvador (Spanish: República de El Salvador, literally "Republic of The Savior"), is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. As of 2015, the country had a population of approximately 6.38 million, consisting largely of Mestizos of European and Indigenous American descent.


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