El Salvador

Official Name: República de El Salvador
Capitals: San Salvador
Population: 6,830,000 (2021 est.)
Size: 148th largest country in the world (21,041 km2)
• El Salvador means “The Saviour” in Spanish
• El Salvador is nicknamed the Land of Volcanoes
• Even though it’s the smallest country in Central America, it’s the most densely populated
• El Salvador’s mobile phone density is one of the largest in the world—125 per 100 people
• It’s one of the few countries in the world that still cultivates indigo
• It has one UNESCO World Heritage Site: Joya de Ceren—the site was buried in ashes by a volcanic eruption and it is considered the “Pompeii of the Americas”
• The flag’s blue represents the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the white represents peace, the Coat of Arms includes five volcanoes and its motto of “God, union, liberty”.