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Capital El Salvador : |
San Salvador .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country El Salvador :
| Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km .
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| Climate El Salvador :
| tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands .
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| Life expectancy El Salvador :
| 70.92 years .
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| Fertility rate El Salvador :
| 3.2 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type El Salvador :
| republic .
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| Population El Salvador :
| 6,587,541 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total El Salvador :
| 21,040 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use El Salvador :
| 752,600 (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular El Salvador :
| 1,149,800 (2003) .
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| International Country Code El Salvador :
| 503.
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| Sex ratio total El Salvador :
| 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex El Salvador ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex El Salvador ratio 15 64 :
| 0.91 male(s)/female .
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| Sex El Salvador ratio 65 :
| 0.81 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance El Salvador :
| $-734 million (2003) |
| HIV El Salvador :
| 0.7% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line El Salvador :
| 48% (1999 est.) |
| Literacy El Salvador :
| 80,20% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% El Salvador :
| 1,40% |
| House hold income highest than 10% El Salvador :
| 39.3% (2001) |
| Inflation El Salvador :
| 2.1% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate El Salvador :
| 6.5% - but the economy has much underemployment (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users El Salvador :
| 550,000 (2003) |
| Location El Salvador :
| Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras |
| Geographic Coordinates El Salvador :
| 13 50 N, 88 55 W |
| Religion El Salvador :
| Roman Catholic 83% |
| Administrative region El Salvador :
| 14 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, Santa Ana, San Vicente, Sonsonate, Usulutan |
| Terrain El Salvador :
| mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau |
| Elevation extremes lowest El Salvador :
| Pacific Ocean 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest El Salvador :
| Cerro El Pital 2,730 m |
| Natural resources El Salvador :
| hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land |
| Land use arable land El Salvador :
| 31,85% |
| Land use permanentcrops El Salvador :
| 12,07% |
| Irrigated land El Salvador :
| 360 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards El Salvador :
| known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes very destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to hurricanes |
| Environment current issues El Salvador :
| deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes |
| Geography note El Salvador :
| smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea |
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