Facts About El Salvador
- OFFICIAL NAME
- -Republic of El Salvador
- LAND
- -Area: 21,040 sq km (8,124 sq mi.)
- -Capital and largest city: San Salvador (1991 est. pop., 972,810)
- -Elevations: Highest--Santa Ana, 2,381m (7,812 ft.; lowest--sea level.
- PEOPLE
- -Population (1993 est.): 5,636,524; desity: 256 per sq km (686 per sq mi.)
- -Distribution (1990): 44% urban, 56% rural.
- -Average growth (1992): 2.2%.
- -Official Language: Spanish
- -Major religion: Roman Catholicism.
- EDUCATION AND HEALTH
- -Literacy (1990 est.): 73% of adult population.
- -Unversities (1987): 4.
- -Hospital beds (1987): 7,394.
- -Physicians (1987): 1,720.
- -Life expectancy (1992): women--75; men--68.
- -Infant mortality (1992): 26 per 1,000 live births.
- ECONOMY
- -GDP (1992 est.): $5.9 billion; $1,060 per capita.
- -Labor distribution (1982): agriculture--40%; manufacturing--16%; commerce--16%; government--13%; finance--9%; transportation--6%.
- -Foreign trade (1990 est.): imports--$1.2 billion; exports--$580 million; principal trade partners--Guatemala, Venezuela, Mexico, Germany, and United States
- -Currency: 1 colon = 100 centavos
- GOVERNMENT
- -Type: republic
- -Legislature: Legistative Assembly.
- -Political subdivision: 14 departments.
- COMMUNICATIONS
- -Railroad: (1988): 602 km (374 mi) total.
- -Roads (1987): 12,164 km (7,558 mi).
- -Major ports: 2.
- -Major airfields: 1.
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