El Salvador

  

This is about the Federation of Central America state. For the former country, see Republic of El Salvador.

El Salvador
State of Central America
Flag Seal
Motto(s): Dios, Unión, Libertad God, Union, Liberty
Anthem: Himno Nacional de El Salvador National Anthem of El Salvador
Location of El Salvador (#3) in Central America
Capital	San Salvador
Government
• Governor	Armando Rodríguez (FA)
• Vice Governor	Orlando Alvarado (FA)
• Initiativators	Alfredo Rosales (U) Lorena Guevara (U) Danilo Ortiz (N) Mauricio Villalta (PSD) Danilo Ceren (PCD)
• Delegates	13 delegates
Area
• Total	19,815 km2 (7,651 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	6,416,120
• Density	Bad rounding here320/km2 (Bad rounding here840/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Salvadoran
Time zone	Central Time Zone (UTC-06:00)
Legislature	El Salvador State Legislature
Upper house	House of Councilors
Lower house	Legislative Assembly

El Salvador , officially the Federal State of El Salvador (Spanish: Estado Federal de El Salvador), is a state located in the Federation of Central America. It is the seventh largest Central American state in area and the third largest in population. The capital and largest city of El Salvador is San Salvador. It is bordered by Honduras in the north, Victoria in the east, Guatemala in the west, and Pacific Ocean in the south. Distrito Capital, the federal capital district, is a separately governed entity surrounded by El Salvador.

El Salvador was inhabited by the ancient cultures of Olmecs, Lenca, the Mayans, and then the Cuzcatlecs. The Spanish Empire conquered the territory in the 1500s AD and ruled it as part of the viceroyalty of New Spain, based out of Mexico City. The Spanish had little influence on the daily life of the people in the Central American isthmus. In 1821, it became part of independent Mexico, and in 1823 it seceded as the Federal Republic of Central America, becoming fully independent in 1841 as the Republic of El Salvador. The republic unified into the Federation of Central America in 1986 after the signing of Treaty of Sonsonate that indicates the end of Central American crisis. In 2002, the department of La Union became a part of the newly-created federal state of Victoria.

Government and politics

Administrative divisions

No	Name	Seat	Region
1	Ahuachapán	Ahuachapán	Occidental
2	Cabañas	Sensuntepeque	Centro
3	Chalatenango	Chalatenango	Occidental
4	Cuscatlán	Cojutepeque	Centro
5	La Libertad	Santa Tecla	Occidental
6	La Paz	Zacatecoluca	Centro
7	Morazán	San Francisco Gotera	Oriental
8	San Miguel	San Miguel	Oriental
9	San Salvador	Delgado	Centro
10	San Vicente	San Vicente	Centro
11	Santa Ana	Santa Ana	Occidental
12	Usulután	Usulután	Oriental
13	San Salvador Special City	N/A	Centro

Symbols

Insignia	Symbol	Binomial nomenclature
Official state bird
Official state fish
Official state flower
Official state song
Official state tree

See also

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