Republic of El Salvador República de El Salvador (Spanish)
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Capital and largest city |
San Salvador 13°40′N 89°10′W / 13.667°N 89.167°W |
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Official languages | Spanish | ||||
Ethnic groups |
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Demonym |
Salvadoran Guanaco (Informal) |
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Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic | ||||
Salvador Sánchez Cerén | |||||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||||
Independence | |||||
• Declared from Spain
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15 September 1821 | ||||
• Declared from the
First Mexican Empire |
1 July 1823 | ||||
• Becomes an independent nation
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18 February 1841 | ||||
Area | |||||
• Total
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21,041 km2 (8,124 sq mi) (153rd) | ||||
• Water (%)
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1.5 | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2015 estimate
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6,377,195 (99th) | ||||
• Density
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303.1/km2 (785.0/sq mi) (47th) | ||||
GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$52.666 billion | ||||
• Per capita
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$8,668 | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2015 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$28.986 billion | ||||
• Per capita
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$4,776 | ||||
Gini (2013) | 43.5 medium |
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HDI (2014) |
0.686 medium · 116th |
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Currency | United States dollara (USD) | ||||
Time zone | CST (UTC−6) | ||||
Drives on the | right | ||||
Calling code | +503b | ||||
ISO 3166 code | SV | ||||
Internet TLD | .sv | ||||
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Coordinates: 13°50′N 88°55′W / 13.833°N 88.917°W
El Salvador (i/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[update], the country had a population of approximately 6.38 million, consisting largely of Mestizos of European and Indigenous American descent.