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Republic of El Salvador
*República de El Salvador* (Spanish)
Republic of El Salvador República de El Salvador (Spanish)
	Flag Coat of arms
	Motto: "Dios, Unión, Libertad" (Spanish); English: "God, Union, Liberty"
	Anthem: Himno Nacional de El Salvador; (English: "National Anthem of El Salvador")
ISO 3166 code	SV

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El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a sovereign nation in Central America. Situated along the Pacific coast, it is bounded by Guatemala to the northwest and Honduras to the northeast. The country's political, economic, and cultural center is its capital and largest municipality, San Salvador. As of 2024, El Salvador's population was estimated at approximately 6 million inhabitants.

Historically, the territory comprising modern-day El Salvador was inhabited by various Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Olmecs - whose presence around the first millennium BCE is attested by archeological monuments - followed by the Maya and later the Cuzcatlecs. In 1524, the region was conquered by the Spanish Empire and subsequently incorporated into the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Because the central administration in Mexico City exercised limited direct oversight over the Central American isthmus, Spain established the Captaincy General of Guatemala in 1609, an administrative division that included the territory of El Salvador throughout the colonial period. (Full article...)

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The Nationalist Republican Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Republicana Nacionalista, abbreviated ARENA) is a conservative, center-right to right-wing political party of El Salvador. It was founded on 30 September 1981 by retired Salvadoran Army Major Roberto D'Aubuisson. It defines itself as a political institution constituted to defend the democratic, republican, and representative system of government, the social market economy system and nationalism.

ARENA controlled the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador until 1985, and its party leader Alfredo Cristiani was elected to the presidency in 1989. ARENA controlled the presidency from 1989 until 2009. The party gained a plurality in the Legislative Assembly in 2012. (Full article...)

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Image 1U.N. map of El Salvador
Image 2A view of volcanoes near Usulután, El Salvador, by NASA Earth Observatory
Image 3A view of El Imposible National Park
Image 4A landslide caused by one of the 2001 El Salvador earthquakes
Image 5Llano del Muerto waterfall in Perquín municipality
Image 6Aerial view of Coatepeque Caldera
Image 7Meanguera del Golfo island and Pirigallo island
Image 8Usulután, a stratovolcano in central El Salvador
Image 9The cathedral of Santa Ana, El Salvador
Image 10A view of San Miguel, El Salvador
Image 11A view of Chinameca, a stratovolcano
Image 12A street view in Usulután
Image 13Two lions at El Salvador's national zoo

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August 25, 2026 –: El Salvador declares a nationwide red alert for meteorological and agricultural drought, while Panama declares an El Niño emergency as severe dry conditions damage crops and reduce traffic through the Panama Canal. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)
July 26, 2026 – 2027 Salvadoran presidential election: El Salvador's Nationalist Republican Alliance nominates former legislator Mayteé Iraheta for president, while the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front nominates physician Rafael Aguirre. (Reuters)
July 12, 2026 – 2027 Salvadoran presidential election: Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele is nominated by his political party, Nuevas Ideas, to run for a third presidential term. The Legislative Assembly previously approved amendments to abolish presidential term limits in 2025. (Reuters)
May 7, 2026 – 2027 Salvadoran legislative election, Right of Salvadoran expatriates to vote: The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approves a constitutional reform that establishes an overseas constituency for Salvadoran expatriates. The constituency is allocated 6 seats in the 60-seat legislature. (La Prensa Gráfica in Spanish)
March 17, 2026 –: The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador votes 59–1 to approve a constitutional amendment to permit courts to issue sentences of life imprisonment to individuals convicted of murder, rape, or terrorism where the limit was previously 60 years. (Reuters)
March 13, 2026 – El Salvador–United States relations, Nuclear power in El Salvador: El Salvador and the United States sign Agreement 123 under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to build a nuclear power plant in El Salvador that is planned to be operational by 2030. (El Mundo in Spanish)

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Did you know...

...that El Salvador is one of the most densely populated countries in Latin America, and also one of the most industrialized?
...that El Salvador uses the U.S. Dollar as its currency?
...that the department of Sonsonate is known for its coconuts?
...that Roque Dalton, one of El Salvador's most beloved writers, was imprisoned and persecuted by the Salvadoran Communist Guerrilla?
...that El Salvador and Honduras fought a war in 1969?