El Salvador

El Salvador (/ɛl ˈsælvədɔːr/ (About this soundlisten); Spanish: [el salβaˈðoɾ] (About this soundlisten), literally "The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador (Spanish: República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. As of 2021, the country had a population of approximately 6,825,935.[11] For millennia, the region was controlled by several Mesoamerican nations, especially Lenca,[12] Mayans,[13] then later the Cuzcatlecs.[14] Archaeological monuments also suggest an early Olmec presence around the fir...View all