El Salvador
Sara Beshai - 4th Period
Language and It's History
Spanish is the main and official language that is spoken here. It's language originated from the conquering by Pedro de Alvarado which had resulted El Salavador as a Spanish colony.
GDP: 24.26 billion USD GDP Per Capita: 3,826.08 USD
USA GDP: 16.77 trillion USD GDP Per Capita: 53,041.98 USD
El Salvador is considered a developing country because..
El Salvador is still a poor country. There is a continuous growth of cities that have some urbanization but still there are cities that have a lot of agriculture and resources that are mainly because of their hard work.
Spatial inequality exists differently compared to the way it is in Mexico because..
instead of natives working under owners of businesses or a corporations. These Salvadorians have inequality with most of the gang members there. Recently, gang members have taken over power over most of the people who take public transportation. These gangs have shown their ability of how they can get whatever they want just with a simple threat.
Population dispersion - Rural: 2,138,179 Urban: 4,287,823
Most practiced religions - Catholicism (1 out of 2) and Christianity (2 out of 5)
HAVES
Houses
They usually have shelter that is made up with materials such as: clay, cement, and tin.
Markets
Markets are filled up with people that have brought their products to sell.
Factories
Most people that are in suburbs work here.
HAVE NOTS
Brick Houses
You will never see a house with a brick structure. Houses like this are not seen.
Supermarkets
It is very rare to see a place with already made products in this country.
Skyscrapers
El Salvador does not have structures like these. Businesses and organizations are usually on low ground.
Holiday
A major holiday in El Salvador is their Independence Day from Spain on September 15th. Spain began to grow weak as they continued in a Peninsular War in Europe and did not have enough control on El Salvador. In 1811, an Independence Movement became known and soon after, on the 15th of September, in 1821, El Salvador became it's own province.