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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, officially the Republic of 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. El Salvador's population in 2024 was estimated to be 6 million.

Among the Mesoamerican nations that historically controlled the region are the Maya and then the Cuzcatlecs. Archaeological monuments also suggest an early Olmec presence around the first millennium BC. In the early 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. It then formed a short-lived union with Honduras and Nicaragua, called the Greater Republic of Central America, which lasted from 1896 to 1898. (Full article...)

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Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo

San Salvador (Spanish pronunciation: [san salβaˈðoɾ]) is the capital and largest city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the country's largest agglomeration, serving as the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The municipality of San Salvador has 525,990 inhabitants (2024). The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, which comprises the capital itself and 13 of its municipalities, has a population of 2,404,097. The urban area of San Salvador has a population of 1,600,000 inhabitants.

The city is home to the Consejo de Ministros de El Salvador (Council of Ministries of El Salvador), the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, the Supreme Court of El Salvador, and other governmental institutions, as well as the official residence of the president of El Salvador. San Salvador is located in the Salvadoran highlands, surrounded by volcanoes and prone to earthquakes. The city is also home to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador, as well as many Protestant branches of Christianity, including Evangelicals, Baptists, and Pentecostals, and the restorationist Christian sect the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Full article...)

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

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El Salvador news

March 17, 2026 –: The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador votes 59–1 to approve a constitutional amendment to permit courts to issue sentences of life imprisonment to individuals convicted of murder, rape, or terrorism where the limit was previously 60 years. (Reuters)
March 13, 2026 – El Salvador–United States relations, Nuclear power in El Salvador: El Salvador and the United States sign Agreement 123 under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to build a nuclear power plant in El Salvador that is planned to be operational by 2030. (El Mundo in Spanish)
February 13, 2026 – 2027 Salvadoran legislative election: Milagro Navas, the mayor of La Libertad Este and El Salvador's only opposition-aligned mayor, announces that she will run for re-election in 2027. (El Mundo)
February 11, 2026 – Economy of El Salvador: The Inter-American Development Bank announces that it will provide US$1.3 billion in financing to El Salvador in 2026, targeting housing and tourism. (Reuters)
November 13, 2025 – Latin America–United States relations, Tariffs in the second Trump administration: The United States announces new trade agreements with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Guatemala that lower tariffs on selected goods and expand market access for U.S. products. (AFP via Buenos Aires Times)

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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?