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COUNTRY PROFILE
Official name
Capital City
Government system
President
Geographical Location
Main cities
Area
Population
Population Growth
Population density
Religion
Unemployment rate
GDP per capita
External debt
Composition of GDP by Sector
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Required Vaccines
El Salvador
San Salvador (1.5 million inhabitants)
Republic with an elected president
for a 5-year period.
Mauricio Funes Cartagena.
Central America Isthmus, the smallest country of
Central America and the only one with no coast on
the Caribbean Sea; its borders to the North and
East are with Honduras; to the South the Pacific
Ocean (300 kilometers of coastline) and
to the West with Guatemala.
San Salvador, Santa Ana, San Miguel, Sonsonate,
La Libertad and Usulután.
21,041 km
2
5,744,000 (July 2007 EST.)
1,656% (2009 EST.)
273 inhabitants per km
2
Mainly Roman Catholic with significant Evangelical
presence
6.3% (2008 EST.)
3.610 USD
10,000 million USD (2007)
Agriculture 10.7%
Industry 28.8%
Services 60.6% (2008 EST.)
Agriculture 16.6%
Industry 15.8%
Services 37.6%
Trade 22.3%
Construction 7.6%
Spanish
US Dollar
UTC -6
Tropical; Rainy season from May to October and
dry season from November to April;
Average temperature in San Salvador 24° Celsius
There are no compulsory vaccines