El Salvador Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
sovereign state in Central America
About El Salvador
The country sits betweenGuatemala, to the northwest, andHonduras, to the northeast. Although El Salvador only covers an area of about 21,040 km(the smallest country in Central America), it is the most densely populated. El Salvador is home to more than 6,500,000 people. It is divided into 14 sections calleddepartamentos. It has 25 volcanoes, 14 lakes, and four large cities and is divided in to East, Central and West with the capitalSan Salvadorin the central region,Santa Anain the west, andSan Miguel, the largest city in the east. The civilization of El Salvador dates from the pre-Columbian time, around 1500 B.C., according to evidence provided by the ancient structures ofTazumalin Chalchuapa. The Spanish Admiral Andrés Niño led an expedition to Central America and disembarked on the Isl
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