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Nayid Armando
Bukele Ortez
46thPresident
Republic of
El Salvador
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Nayid Armando Bukele Ortez

 Born on 24th of July 1981

 Businessman
 Politician
 Mayor before he was
elected president

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FAMOUS ATHLETES

Rodolfo Fito Zelaya

Andres Flores Carlos Romeo Monteagudo

Eliseo Quintanilla Mark Lester Blanco 5

FAMOUS ENTERTAINERS

Ana Villafañe Sabi

Crooked Stilo

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Alvaro Torres DJ Keoki Crooked Stilo
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The Ancient Ruins Joya de Ceren

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The City of San Salvador
The City of Santa Ana

The Great volcano of Santa Ana

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The Spectacular Lake of
Coatepeque

Ruins of Tazumal 10
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Pupusa (tortilla dish)

Tamales (steamed cakes)

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 Panes Rellenos (sub
sandwich)

Quesadilla
Salvadorena
(desserted cake) 13
Sopa de Pata (soup)

Sopa de Pescado
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(fish soup)
Yuca Frita (fried 15
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Known as the land of volcanoes,
EL Salvador has frequent
earthquakes and volcanic activity.
It is the only country in central
America that does not have a
coastline on the Caribbean sea.
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Republica de El Salvador
The country was named after
the Spanish word for “The
Savior”, in honour of Jesus
Christ.

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1540- Indigenous resistance finally crushed and El
Salvador becomes a Spanish colony.
1821- El Salvador gains independence from Spain.
Conflict ensues over territory's incorporation into
Mexican empire under Creole general Augustin de
Iturbide.
1823- El Salvador becomes part of the United
Provinces of Central America , which includes
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
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Independence
1840- El Salvador becomes fully independent
following the dissolutions of the United provinces
of Central America.
1859-63- President Gerardo Barrios introduces
coffee growing.
1932- Some 30,000 people are killed during the
suppression of a peasant uprising led by Augustin
Farabundo Marti.
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Civil War
1961- Right-wing National Conciliation Party comes
to power after a military coup.
1969- El Salvador attacks and fights a brief war with
Honduras following the eviction of thousands of
Salvadoran illegal immigrants from Honduras.
1982- Extreme right-wing National Republican
Alliance wins parliamentary elections marked by
violence.
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Peace and natural disasters
1993- Government declares amnesty for those implicated by
UN-sponsored commission in human rights atrocities.
1994- Arena candidate Armando Calderon Sol elected
president.
1999- Arena candidate Francisco Flores beats former
guerrilla Facundo Guardado in presidential election.
2003 December- El Salvador-along with Honduras,
Nicaragua, Guatemala – agrees on a free-trade agreement
with the US. The government ratifies the pact in December
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 The population of El Salvador is 6, 464,322, with
global rank of 108th largest country by
population.
 It is the smallest but most densely populated
country of Central America.
 El Salvador is comprised mostly of mestizos
(European and Native American)
 88% Mediterranean, Afro-Salvadoran and Native Indigenous.
 12% Spanish descent German, Swiss, English, Irish, Italian and
Danish.
 1% completely indigenous 25
Components of Population Change
 One birth every 5 minutes
 One death every 12 minutes
 One net migrant every 13 minutes

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List of Organizations
1. Business
2. Cultural
3. Defunct
4. Educational
5. Law enforcement
6. Medical and health
7. Music
8. Political
9. Religious
10. Sports
11. Transport
12. Youth Organization

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Despite El Salvador having the smallest land
area in all Central America, the country has he
third largest economy in the region. Its main
industries include food processing, beverages,
petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles,
furniture and light metals. When El Salvador
was still under the Spanish colony, the
country’s main export was indigo, but after
inception of synthetic dyes, the country turned
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Job Market
 58 % employed in service sector
 21% agriculture
 20% industry
Wage/Salary monthly
 Textiles/clothing $202.80
 Industry $ 237
 Agriculture $113.70
 Coffee Collection $123.90
 Sugar Collection $ 105
 Cotton Collection $ 94.80
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The Colon, the official
currency of El Salvador
since 1892 was replaced by
the U.S dollar in 2001.

Official Languages:
Spanish

Currency : United States

Dollar
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