El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°50′N 88°55′W / 13.833°N 88.917°W
El Salvador (Spaingie: República de El Salvador, leeteral meanin "Republic o the Savior"), offeecially the Republic o El Salvador, is the smawest an the maist dense populatit kintra in Central Americae an aw. It borders the Pacific Ocean atween Guatemala an Honduras. It lees on the Gulf o Fonseca, as dae Honduras an Nicaragua forder sooth.
Republic o El Salvador República de El Salvador | |
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| Caipital and largest city | San Salvador 13°40′N 89°10′W / 13.667°N 89.167°W |
| Offeecial leids | Spaingie |
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| Demonym(s) | Salvadoran |
| Govrenment | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
• Preses | Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara |
| Legislatur | Legislative Assembly |
| Unthirldom | |
• Declared frae Spain | 15 September 1821 |
• Declared frae the First Mexican Empire | 1 Julie 1823 |
• Becomes an independent naition[2] | 18 February 1841 |
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• Total | 21,041 km2 (8,124 sq mi) (153rd) |
• Water (%) | 1.5 |
| Population | |
• 2015 estimate | 6,377,195 (99t) |
• Density | 303.1/km2 (785.0/sq mi) (47t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | $52.666 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $8,668[3] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2015 estimate |
• Tot | $28.986 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $4,776[3] |
| Gini (2013) | 43.5[4] medium |
| HDI (2014) |  0.686[5]medium · 116t |
| Currency | Unitit States dollara (USD) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +503b |
| ISO 3166 code | SV |
| Internet TLD | .sv |
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El Salvador wis for centuries inhabitit bi several Mesoamerican naitions, espeicial the Cuzcatlecs, as weel as the Lenca an Maya. In the early 16t yeirhunner, the Spaingie Empire conquered the territory, incorporatin it intae the Viceryalty o New Spain ruled frae Mexico Ceety. Houaniver the Viceryalty o Mexico haed little or nae influence in the daily affairs o the Central American isthmus, that wad be colonised in 1524. In 1609 the area becam the Caiptaincy General o Guatemala, frae that El Salvador wis pairt o till its unthirldom frae Spain, that teuk place in 1821, as pairt o the First Mexican Empire, then forder secedit, as pairt o the Federal Republic o Central Americae, in 1823. Whan the Republic dissolved in 1841, El Salvador becam a sovereign naition, then formit a short-leeved union wi Honduras an Nicaragua cried the Greater Republic o Central Americae, that lastit frae 1895 tae 1898.[7][8][9]
Frae the late 19t tae the mid-20t yeirhunner, El Salvador endured chronic poleetical an economic instability chairacterised bi coups, revolts, an a succession o authoritarian rulers. Persistent socioeconomic inequality an ceevil unrest culminatit in the devastatin Salvadoran Ceevil War (1979–1992), that wis focht atween the militar-led govrenment an a coaleetion o left-weeng guerrilla groups. The conflict endit wi the Chapultepec Peace Accords. This negotiatit settlement established a multipairty constitutional republic, that remeens in place tae this day.
El Salvador's economy haes historically been dominatit bi agricultur, beginnin wi the indigo plant (añil in Spaingie), the maist important crap in the colonial period,[10][11] an follaed thareefter bi coffee, that bi the early 20t yeirhunner accoontit for 90 percent o export earnins.[12][13] El Salvador haes sin reduced its dependence on coffee an embaurked on diversifyin the economy bi appenin up tred an financial airtins an expandin the manufacturin sector.[14] The colón, the offeecial siller o El Salvador syne 1892, wis replaced bi the U.S. dollar in 2001.
As o 2010[update], El Salvador ranks 12t amang Laitin American kintras in terms o the Human Development Index an fowerth in Central Americae (ahint Panama, Costa Rica, an Belize) due in pairt tae ongangin rapid industrialisation.[15] Houiver, the kintra conteenas tae struggle wi heich rates o poverty, inequality, an crime.
References
eedit- ↑ "CIA The World Factbook: People and Society – El Salavador". Archived frae the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 Mey 2016.
- ↑ David Scott FitzGerald (22 Apryle 2014). Culling the Masses. Harvard University Press. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-674-36967-2.
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- ↑ "Gini index". World Bank. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ↑ (PDF) http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr_2015_statistical_annex.pdf. Missing or empty
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- ↑ Roy Boland (1 Januar 2001). Culture and Customs of El Salvador. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-313-30620-4.
- ↑ Maureen Ihrie; Salvador Oropesa (20 October 2011). World Literature in Spanish: An Encyclopedia [3 volumes]: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-313-08083-8.
- ↑ Jeanne M. Haskin (2012). From Conflict to Crisis: The Danger of U.S. Actions. Algora Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-87586-961-2.
- ↑ Tommie Sue Montgomery (1995). Revolution in El Salvador: From Civil Strife to Civil Peace. Westview Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-8133-0071-9.
- ↑ Kevin Murray (1 Januar 1997). El Salvador: Peace on Trial. Oxfam. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-0-85598-361-1.
- ↑ Roy Boland (1 Januar 2001). Culture and Customs of El Salvador. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-313-30620-4.
- ↑ Thomas L. Pearcy (2006). The History of Central America. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-313-32293-8.
- ↑ Erin Foley; Rafiz Hapipi (2005). El Salvador. Marshall Cavendish. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-7614-1967-9.
- ↑ Jeni Klugman (2010). "Human Development Report 2010" (Report). Palgrave Macmillan. p. 152. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
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