El Salvador is the smallest country of the Central American Republics and
is known as the Tom Thumb of the Americas.
It is also known as the Land of Volcanoes, causing many earthquakes.
San Salvador, the nation’s capital city, lies at the foot of the San Salvador
volcano.
Another popular name for the country is: “The 30-minute country”, a
name derived from its size, which favors commuting; tourists can enjoy a
morning on the top of a volcano and a sunset at the beach, in the same
day.
Pupusas are the Salvadoran cuisine symbol; made with corn or rice and
filled with cheese, red beans or pork meat. Locals eat this tortilla type
meal at breakfast accompanied with fried beans, scramble eggs, fried
plantains and coffee. Usually, pupusas are eaten with pickled cabbage
and tomato sauce.
Salvadoran coffee is considered among the best in the world. High
altitude coffee is the best; the higher coffee is grown, the better the crop
will be; the mineral-rich volcanic soil also enhances its quality.
Another typical dish is yucca with fried pepesca, a tiny anchovy-like fish.
This is another option for lovers of traditional food.
In 1939, during the government of General Maximiliano Hernández
Martinez, the “Izote” was declared the National flower of El Salvador and
the “Balsamo” and “Maquilishuat” the National trees.
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