Outline of El Salvador
The location of El Salvador
An enlargeable map of the Republic of El Salvador
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to El Salvador:
El Salvador – sovereign country located on the Pacific Coast of Central America.[1] The area was originally called by the Pipil "Cuzhcatl", in Spanish "Cuzcatlan", which in Nahuatl means "The Land Of Precious Things". After the Spanish conquest, the land was baptized by Spanish conquistadors as "Provincia De Nuestro Señor Jesucristo El Salvador Del Mundo" ("Province of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Savior Of The World"), now abbreviated as "República de El Salvador". The country borders the Pacific Ocean between Guatemala and Honduras. With a population of approximately 5.8 million people, it is the most densely populated nation in Central America and is undergoing rapid industrialization.
General reference
An enlargeable relief map of El Salvador
- Pronunciation: /ɛlˈsælvədɔːr/
- Common English country name: El Salvador
- Official English country name: The Republic of El Salvador
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Salvadoran
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: In the early sixteenth century, Spanish conquistadors named this region "Provincia De Nuestro Señor Jesus Cristo, El Salvador Del Mundo" ("Province Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Savior Of The World"), which was subsequently abbreviated to "El Salvador".
- International rankings of El Salvador
- ISO country codes: SV, SLV, 222
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:SV
- Internet country code top-level domain: .sv
Geography of El Salvador
An enlargeable topographic map of El Salvador
- El Salvador is: a country
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
- Latin America
- Time zone: Central Standard Time (UTC-06)
- Extreme points of El Salvador
- High: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m (8,957 ft)
- Low: North Pacific Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: 545 km
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- Coastline: North Pacific Ocean 307 km
- Population of El Salvador: 6,857,000 - 98th most populous country
- Area of El Salvador: 21,040 km2
- Atlas of El Salvador
Environment of El Salvador
An enlargeable satellite image of El Salvador
- Climate of El Salvador
- Wildlife of El Salvador
- Fauna of El Salvador
Natural geographic features of El Salvador
Regions of El Salvador
Administrative divisions of El Salvador
Departments of El Salvador
Departments of El Salvador
El Salvador is divided into 14 Departments. Their names, abbreviations, (and capitals) are:
- AH Ahuachapán (Ahuachapán)
- CA Cabañas (Sensuntepeque)
- CH Chalatenango (Chalatenango)
- CU Cuscatlán (Cojutepeque)
- LI La Libertad (Santa Tecla)
- PA La Paz (Zacatecoluca)
- UN La Unión (La Unión)
- MO Morazán (San Francisco Gotera)
- SM San Miguel (San Miguel)
- SS San Salvador (San Salvador)
- SV San Vicente (San Vicente)
- SA Santa Ana (Santa Ana)
- SO Sonsonate (Sonsonate)
- US Usulután (Usulután)
Municipalities of El Salvador
- Capital of El Salvador: San Salvador
- Cities of El Salvador
Demography of El Salvador
Government and politics of El Salvador
- Form of government: presidential representative democratic republic
- Capital of El Salvador: San Salvador
- Elections in El Salvador
- Political parties in El Salvador
Branches of the government of El Salvador
Executive branch of the government of El Salvador
- Head of state: President of El Salvador,
- Head of government: Prime Minister of El Salvador,
- Cabinet of El Salvador
Legislative branch of the government of El Salvador
Judicial branch of the government of El Salvador
Foreign relations of El Salvador
Foreign relations of El Salvador
International organization membership
The Republic of El Salvador is a member of:[1]
Law and order in El Salvador
- Constitution of El Salvador
- Crime in El Salvador
- Human rights in El Salvador (see Category:Human rights in El Salvador
- Law enforcement in El Salvador
Military of El Salvador
History of El Salvador
Culture of El Salvador
- Cuisine of El Salvador
- Languages of El Salvador
- National symbols of El Salvador
- Prostitution in El Salvador
- Religion in El Salvador
- Buddhism in El Salvador
- Christianity in El Salvador
- Islam in El Salvador
- Judaism in El Salvador
- World Heritage Sites in El Salvador
Art in El Salvador
Sports in El Salvador
Specific sports
- Baseball in El Salvador
- Cricket in El Salvador
- El Salvador national cricket team
- Football in El Salvador
- El Salvador national beach soccer team
- El Salvador national football team
- El Salvador national football team kit
- El Salvador national under-17 football team
- El Salvador national under-20 football team
- El Salvador national under-21 football team
- El Salvador national under-23 football team
- El Salvador women's national football team
- Rugby League in El Salvador
- Rugby Union in El Salvador
General sports competitions
- El Salvador at the Olympics
- El Salvador at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- El Salvador at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- El Salvador at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- El Salvador at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- El Salvador at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- El Salvador at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- El Salvador at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- El Salvador at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- El Salvador at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- El Salvador at the Pan American Games
- El Salvador at the Paralympics
- El Salvador at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games
- El Salvador at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
- El Salvador at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
- El Salvador at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Economy and infrastructure of El Salvador
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 93rd (ninety-third)
- Agriculture in El Salvador
- Banking in El Salvador
- Communications in El Salvador
- Companies of El Salvador
- Energy in El Salvador
- Currency of El Salvador: Dollar
- El Salvador Stock Exchange
- Transportation in El Salvador
- Water supply and sanitation in El Salvador
Education in El Salvador
See also
 |
Spanish language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
- All pages beginning with El Salvador
- All pages with a title containing El Salvador
- All pages beginning with Salvadoran
- All pages with a title containing Salvadoran
- Index of El Salvador-related articles
- List of El Salvador-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of geography
- Outline of North America
References
- 1 2 "El Salvador". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
External links
- Outline of El Salvador at Curlie (based on DMOZ)
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