El Salvador

República de El Salvador

National motto: Dios, Unión, Libertad (Spanish: God, Union, Liberty)
Official language	Spanish
Capital	San Salvador
Largest City	San Salvador
President	Mauricio Funes
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 149th 21,040 km² 1.5%
Population  - Total (Year)  - Density	Ranked 97th 6,704,932 318.7/km²
GDP (PPP)  - Total (Year)  - GDP/head	Ranked 91st 31.17 billion $ $4,600
Currency	US dollar ($) and Salvadoran colón
Time zone	UTC -6
Independence	From Spain: September 15, 1821 From the Central American Federation: 1842
National anthem	Saludemos la Patria orgullosos
Internet TLD	.sv
Calling Code	503

El Salvador is a country in Central America. Its name comes from the Spanish for "The Savior", the person who saves, referring to Jesus Christ.

About 6.7 million people live there.

El Salvador has more people per square kilometer than any other country in the Americas, except islands.

The country also has more industry than any other country in Central America.

In El Salvador there are only two seasons. The dry season starts in mid-October and it lasts until mid May. During the dry season, it hardly ever rains. The wet season starts in mid-May and ends in mid-October. In this season it rains every day. The dry season is called summer and the rainy season is called winter.

Most of the population is mestizo, a mixture of European and American people.

The land is divided into 14 political units called "departments." This list tells the name of each department and the name of the capital city of each department:

1. Ahuachapán (Ahuachapán)
2. Cabañas (Sensuntepeque)
3. Chalatenango (Chalatenango)
4. Cuscatlán (Cojutepeque)
5. La Libertad (Santa Tecla)
6. La Paz (Zacatecoluca)
7. La Unión (La Unión)
8. Morazán (San Francisco Gotera)
9. San Miguel (San Miguel)
10. San Salvador (San Salvador)
11. San Vicente (San Vicente)
12. Santa Ana (Santa Ana)
13. Sonsonate (Sonsonate)
14. Usulután (Usulután)

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