El Salvador
Republic of El Salvador
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About El Salvador
El Salvador is a country with much natural beauty and known as the land of the volcanoes, with some 25 volcanoes three of which – the Izalco, San Miguel and Santa Ana – are still active. El Salvador is mostly mountainous with many rivers and ravines, a narrow coastal belt with marshes and beaches and the central volcanic plateau.
Tourism in El Salvador is not really developed and although visitors can be deterred by the country's reputation for violence, the country has many interesting destinations to offer, like the village of Joya de Ceren, a major Mayan archeological site that was buried under volcanic ash 1400 years ago, which today is on the Heritage for Humanity list of Unesco.
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General information
- Capital: San Salvador
- Language: Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
- Climate: Tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands
- Timezone: UTC -6
- Currency: US dollar (USD) = 100 cents; Salvadoran colon
- Electricity plugs: a b c d e f g i j l (show)
- No. of inhabitants: 6,704,932 (July 2005 est.)
- Interl. accesscode +503
- Toplevel domain .sv
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People of El Slavador can show initial cool reactions to tourists, however beyond the surface people are very enthusisatic and joyfull towards good friends.
Religion: Roman Catholic 83%, other 17%
National holiday: Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
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