Some Facts about El Salvador

• El Salvador is located in Central America, between Guatemala and Honduras and borders the Pacific Ocean.
• República de El Salvador ( "Republic of The Saviour") is the smallest, and also the most densely populated country in Central America.
• El Salvador has a total area of 21,040 km² (8,123 square miles)Population: 5,744,113 people, as of 2009.
• The capital city of San Salvador is the country's largest city.
• El Salvador is the only Central American country that does not have a Caribbean coastline.
• El Salvador first introduced its flag in 1909.
• The first time the el Salvadoran soccer team qualified for the FIFA world championship was in 1982.
• America super model Christy Turlington was originally from El Salvador
• El Salvador is known as the ‘Land of Volcanoes’, and is also called the "Tom Thumb of the Americas" ("Pulgarcito de America").
• El Salvador’s main Religion is Catholic.
• El Salvador is one of the only countries to go to war with Honduras over a soccer game.
• El Salvador experiences a tropical climate.
• The Santa Anna volcano or llamatepec is the highest volcano in the country (2,381 m above sea level).
• The highest point in the country is Cerro El Pital at 2,730 m (8,957 feet), which shares a border with Honduras.