![]() This of course has had a positive and negative affect on In the last decade, and reached an all-time high of USD 3.32 billion in 2006 which accounted for approximately 16.2% of the country’s GDP. They are sent to family members in El Salvador and are a major source of foreign income offsetting the substantial trade deficit of USD 4.12 billion. Nearly all export income! How crazy! What da! Apparently about one third of all households receive these financial inflows, which are remittances from Salvadorans living / working in the United When the Federal Republic of Central America dissolved in 1841, El Salvador maintained its own government until it joined Honduras and Nicaragua in 1896 to form the Greater Republic of CentralĪnother interesting fact that our CouchSurfing friend alerted us to, was that El Salvador leads the region in remittances per capita with inflows equivalent to ![]() This insurrection was suppressed and many of its leaders were arrested and served jail sentences. Merced in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement. On 5 November 1811, Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado rang the bells of Iglesia La The Salvadoran territory was administered by the Mayor of Sonsonate. This was the first known visit by Spaniards to what is now Salvadoran territory.ĭuring the colonial period, El Salvador was part of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, also known as the Kingdom of Guatemala created in 1609 as anĪdministrative division of New Spain. Jiquilisco Bay on the mouth of Lempa River. The SpanishĪdmiral, Andres Nino, led an expedition to Central America and disembarked on Meanguera island, which he named Petronila, in the Gulf of Fonseca, on. In 1520 the indigenous population of the territory had been reduced by 80% due to the smallpox epidemic that affected the Mesoamerican area. Native american people, including the Pipil, a Nahuatl speaking population that occupied the central and western regions of the territory, and the Lenca, who settled in the east of the In pre-Columbian times the territory was inhabited by various The people ofĮl Salvador are referred to as Salvadoran, while the name Cuzcatleco is commonly used to identify someone of Salvadoran heritage. El Salvador has a population ofĪround 6 million people and according to the International Monetary Fund it has the third largest economy in the region, behind Costa Rica and Panama!Įl Salvador's origins of human civilization date back to the Pipil people of Cuzcatlan, which means “The Place of Precious Diamonds and Jewels”. ![]() El Salvador, literally “Republic of the Savior” is the smallest, but most densely populated country in all of Central America. ![]()
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