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MAPS AND FACTS

EL SALVADOR

W A N D E R I N G

AXEL MAASS

AREA

  • Total 21,040 km2

  • Water (%) 1.4

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POPULATION

  • 5,744,000

 

CURRENCY

  • United States dollar (USD)

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BIGGEST CITY

  • San Salvador - 540,000

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BORDERS

  • Guatemala

  • Honduras

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INTINERARY

BORDER CROSSINGS

  • La Hachadura - Guatemala / El Salvador

  • El Amatillo - El Salvador / Honduras

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DISTANCE BY BICYCLE

  • 44 KM

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DISTANCE BY BUS

  • 380 KM

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CAPITAL

  • San Salvador

 

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

  • Spanish

 

ETHNIC GROUPS

  • 86% Mestizo

  • 12% White

  • 1% Indigenous

 

INDEPENDENCE

  • from Spain - September 15, 1821

  • Recognized by Spain - June 24, 1865

  • from the Greater Republic of Central America - November 13, 1898

 

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