EL SALVADOR
Country Researsh Project
El Salvador
Official Country Name: Republic of El Salvador
Capital City: San Salvador
Geography
- El Salvador is a just a little smaller than Massachusetts. The countries next to El Salvador are Guatemala and Honduras. The weather there is tropical and rainy in may - October and hot and dry in November - April.
- Sometimes people call El Salvador the "Land of Volcanoes" sometimes there is some volcanic activity and very rare earthquakes and hurricanes.
Goverment
Government Type: Republic
Chief of State: President Sanchez Ceren
Vice President: Oscar Ortiz
Head of Government: Sanchez Ceren
*the president is both Chief of State and Head of Government
Currency
Country's Population
El Salvador is the littlest and most crowded populated country in Central America.
-The total population is 6,125,512
Significance Of The Flag
-The blue bands on the flag symbolize the pacific ocean and the Caribbean sea.
-The white bands symbolize land between the two bodies of water also represents peace and prosperity.
-Inside the middle of the band it says REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL
Culture Activies and Entertanment
Events
Celebrations Of El Salvador is August 4- August 6
Children's Day is October 1
Singing of Accords is January 16
Foods
A lot of el Salvadorans enjoy cooking foods together such as mixing different types of food together for any meal of the day!
- Pupusas is a mixture of corn, cheese, beans, and chicharron (fried pork fat)
- A very popular drink is pretty much the same as every countries favorite drink.. Coffee and soft drinks
- casaamiento which is a mix of rice and beans ( basically what I eat at chipotle)
- huevos picados which is the basic eggs with vegetables.
San Salvador Vocanolo
This volcano is located in the capital of El Salvador, The San Salvador volcano is the most visited and active volcano many volcanos in el Salvador used to be very active now they are still active but not dangerously active! At 1,893 meters in height last erupted in the 1970.
Tazumel
The Tazumel is a historical Maya site. That visitors can visit and also learn more about the ancient mayan site. This would be a great place to visit!
Al Divino Salvador del Mondu
Al Divino Salvador del Mundo means To The Divine Savior Of The World it is a statue of Jesus standing on a globe which as the world on. The statue is important because it represents El Salvador and those that believe in Jesus Christ. (it honors everyone that believes in God but not the entire population).
http://photosecrets.com/monumento-al-divino-salvador-del-mundo