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Republic of El Salvador
*República de El Salvador* (Spanish)
Republic of El Salvador República de El Salvador (Spanish)
	Flag Coat of arms
	Motto: "Dios, Unión, Libertad" (Spanish); English: "God, Union, Liberty"
	Anthem: Himno Nacional de El Salvador; (English: "National Anthem of El Salvador")
ISO 3166 code	SV

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El Salvador (/ɛl ˈsælvədɔːr/ ^ⓘ; Spanish: [el salβaˈðoɾ] ^ⓘ, meaning "The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador (Spanish: República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2023 was estimated to be 6.5 million.

Among the Mesoamerican nations that historically controlled the region are the Lenca (after 600 AD), the Mayans, and then the Cuzcatlecs. Archaeological monuments also suggest an early Olmec presence around the first millennium BC. In the beginning of the 16th century, the Spanish Empire conquered the Central American territory, incorporating it into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ruled from Mexico City. However the Viceroyalty of New Spain had little to no influence in the daily affairs of the isthmus, which was colonized in 1524. In 1609, the area was declared the Captaincy General of Guatemala by the Spanish, which included the territory that would become El Salvador until its independence from Spain in 1821. It was forcibly incorporated into the First Mexican Empire, then seceded, joining the Federal Republic of Central America in 1823. When the federation dissolved in 1841, El Salvador became a sovereign state, then formed a short-lived union with Honduras and Nicaragua called the Greater Republic of Central America, which lasted from 1895 to 1898. (Full article...)

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Transportes Aéreos del Continente Americano, S.A. (Spanish for "Air Transports of the American Continent", known and branded formerly as TACA International Airlines), operating as Avianca El Salvador, is an airline owned by Kingsland Holdings and based in San Salvador, El Salvador. It is one of the seven national branded airlines in the Avianca Group of Latin American airlines, and it serves as the flag carrier of El Salvador.

Founded in 1931, the airline owned and operated five other airlines in Central America. Its name was originally an acronym meaning Central American Air Transports (Transportes Aéreos Centroamericanos) but was later changed to Air Transport of the American Continent (Transportes Aéreos del Continente Americano) to reflect its expansion to North, Central, and South America. (Full article...)

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Image 1A landslide caused by one of the 2001 El Salvador earthquakes
Image 2Two lions at El Salvador's national zoo
Image 3Usulután, a stratovolcano in central El Salvador
Image 4Aerial view of Coatepeque Caldera
Image 5U.N. map of El Salvador
Image 6Llano del Muerto waterfall in Perquín municipality
Image 7A street view in Usulután
Image 8A view of San Miguel, El Salvador
Image 9A view of El Imposible National Park
Image 10Meanguera del Golfo island and Pirigallo island
Image 11The cathedral of Santa Ana, El Salvador
Image 12A view of Chinameca, a stratovolcano
Image 13A view of volcanoes near Usulután, El Salvador, by NASA Earth Observatory

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El Salvador news

February 4, 2024 – 2024 Salvadoran general election: Salvadorans vote to elect the president, vice president, and Legislative Assembly. (Reuters)
January 6, 2024 – 2024 Salvadoran general election: Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins. (El Mundo)
November 30, 2023 –: Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is granted a leave of absence prior to the 2024 general election and is succeeded by his private secretary Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara as acting president. (La Prensa Gráfica)
October 26, 2023 – 2024 Salvadoran general election: Incumbent Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele officially registers his 2024 re-election campaign with the Supreme Electoral Court. (Reuters)

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Did you know...

...that El Salvador is one of the most densely populated countries in Latin America, and also one of the most industrialized?
...that El Salvador uses the U.S. Dollar as its currency?
...that the department of Sonsonate is known for its coconuts?
...that Roque Dalton, one of El Salvador's most beloved writers, was imprisoned and persecuted by the Salvadoran Communist Guerrilla?
...that El Salvador and Honduras fought a war in 1969?