El Salvador

By: Alex D. and Matt R.

Geography of El Salvador

• Cities• Rivers• Muddy in places• Many hills• On the coast of the Pacific Ocean• They get lots of floods• Small spots with great farmland

Sports

• Soccer• Baseball• Boxing• Hiking• Surfing• Kayaking• Fishing• First competed in the Olympics in 1968

Famous people

• Carlos Hernadez (boxing)• Alfoso Molina• President Francisco Flores• José Cortéz (49ER’S football)• Omar Moreno• Alison Iraheta (4th American Idol 8th season)• Alvaro Torres

Weather

• Hot • Rainy• Average (low) 65F• Average (high) 88F• April is the warmest month• January is the coldest month

Holidays/Customs/Festivals

• Independence Day, September 15th

• Balls of Fire Festival, August 31st

• Celebration of San Salvador, on the first week of August

Population

• 5.986 million people live in El Salvador• They are called Salvadorans• They have many religions, Roman Catholic

57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah’s Witness 1.9%, Mormon .7%, other 23%, none 16.8%

• Average age is 24.7 years old• Male 23.4 years old• Female 26.2 years old

History

• Before it was 2 large Indian States• They had independence from Spain in 1812• The earliest people included the Magov, the

Lenca, and the Pipil

General information

• An earthquake destroyed many homes, businesses, and the economy

• Women had fought on the front line during the Civil War, many died

• The is no official religion• It was founded in 1847• Currency is the U.S. dollar• GDP $43,570,000,000

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Where We Got Our Info.

• http://www.fromers.com/slideshow/indet/.cfm?=2853

• http://www.countryreports.org/country/ElSalvador.htm

• http://www.everyculture.com• http://www.world66.com/centralamericathec

arribbean/elsalvadors/fiestas• Magazine El Salvador pages 3 -37• El Salvador REF 904 WOR