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Pen Ink City Acajutla Pen Ink City Ahuachapán Pen Ink City Apopa Pen Ink City Chalatenango Pen Ink City Cojutepeque Pen Ink City La Unión Pen Ink City Mejicanos Pen Ink City Nejapa Pen Ink City San Miguel Pen Ink City San Salvador (capital) Pen Ink City San Vicente Pen Ink City Santa Ana Pen Ink City Santa Tecla Pen Ink City Santiago de María Pen Ink City Sonsonate Pen Ink City Soyapango Pen Ink City Tacuba Pen Ink City Usulután Pen Ink City Zacatecoluca England Description El Salvador 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. Location Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 13 50 N, 88 55 W Area - comparative slightly smaller than Massachusetts Coast line 307 km Climate tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands Terrain El Salvador mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau Natural Resources El Salvador hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land Irrigated land 450 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 25.2 cu km (2001) Natural Hazards known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to hurricanes Environment Currentissues deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes Geography Note smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline 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 children 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 mestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1% 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 republic Administrative Divisions 14 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vicente, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, Usulutan Independence 15 September 1821 (from Spain) National Holiday Independence Day, 15 September (1821) Constitution 20-Dec-83 Legal System based on civil and Roman law with traces of common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Legislative Branch unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (84 seats; members elected by direct, popular vote to serve three-year terms) Political Partie Sand Leaders Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (15 judges are selected by the Legislative Assembly; the 15 judges are assigned to four Supreme Court chambers - constitutional, civil, penal, and administrative conflict) Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders labor organizations - Electrical Industry Union of El Salvador or SIES; Federation of the Construction Industry, Similar Transport and 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 and Peasant Workers or USEPOC; Salvadoran Workers Central or CTS; Workers Union of Electrical Corporation or STCEL; business organizations - National Association of Small Enterprise or ANEP; Salvadoran Assembly Industry Association or ASIC; Salvadoran Industrial Association or ASI International Organization Participation 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 Flag Description three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL Economy Overview Despite being the smallest country geographically in Central America, El Salvador has the third largest economy with a per capita income that is roughly two-thirds that of Costa Rica and Panama, but more than double that of Nicaragua. Growth has been modest in recent years and the economy contracted nearly 3% in 2009. El Salvador leads the region in remittances per capita with inflows equivalent to nearly all export income and about a third of all households receive these financial inflows. In 2006 El Salvador was the first country to ratify the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement. CAFTA has bolstered exports of processed foods, sugar, and ethanol, and supported investment in the apparel sector, which faced Asian competition with the expiration of the Multi-Fiber Agreement in 2005. In anticipation of the declines in the apparel sector's competitiveness, the previous administration sought to diversify the economy by promoting the country as a regional distribution and logistics hub, and by promoting tourism investment through tax incentives. El Salvador has promoted an open trade and investment environment, and has embarked on a wave of privatizations extending to telecom, electricity distribution, banking, and pension funds. In late 2006, the government and the Millennium Challenge Corporation signed a five-year, $461 million compact to stimulate economic growth and reduce poverty in the country's northern region, the primary conflict zone during the civil war, through investments in education, public services, enterprise development, and transportation infrastructure. With the adoption of the US dollar as its currency in 2001, El Salvador lost control over monetary policy. Any counter-cyclical policy response to the downturn must be through fiscal policy, which is constrained by legislative requirements for a two-thirds majority to approve any international financing. GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) $42.92 billion (2009 est.) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) $22.43 billion (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate -3% (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) $7,100 (2009 est.) Labor Force 2.917 million (2009 est.) Unemployment Rate 7.2% (2009 est.) Population Below Poverty Line 30.7% (2006 est.) Distribution Of Family Income 52.4 (2002) Unvestment Gross Fixed 13.4% of GDP (2009 est.) Inflation Rrate 55.4% of GDP (2009 est.) Central Bank Discount Rate 1% (2009 est.) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate 12.33% (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $213.7 million (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $788.7 million (31 December 2008) Stock Of Domestic Credit $1.19 billion (31 December 2008) Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares $NA (31 December 2008) Agriculture - Products coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; beef, dairy products Industries food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals Industrial Production Growth Rate -3.3% (2009 est.) Electricity Production 5.559 billion kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Consumption 4.676 billion kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Exports 7 million kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Imports 38 million kWh (2007 est.) Oil Production 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Consumption 45,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Exports 1,927 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Imports 46,310 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Current Account Balance -$390 million (2009 est.) Exports $4.086 billion (2009 est.) Exports Commodities offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity, iron and steel manufactures Exports Partners US 48.1%, Guatemala 13.6%, Honduras 13%, Nicaragua 5.5% (2008) Imports $7.215 billion (2009 est.) Imports Commodities raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity Imports Partners US 35.4%, Mexico 9.2%, Guatemala 8.7%, China 5.1% (2008) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $3.391 billion (31 December 2009 est.) Debt - External $11.51 billion (31 December 2009 est.) Radio Broadcast Stations $565 million (31 December 2009 est.) Television Broadcast Stations the US dollar became El Salvador's currency in 2001 Internet Country Code 1.077 million (2008) Airports 5 (1997) Military Service Age and Obligation 1 (2009)

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