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Country (long form)	Republic of El Salvador
Capital	San Salvador
Total Area	8,123.59 sq mi 21,040.00 sq km (slightly smaller than Massachusetts)
Population	6,237,662 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	12,039,149
Languages	Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
Literacy	71.5% total, 73.5% male, 69.8% female (1995 est.)
Religions	Roman Catholic 86% note: there is extensive activity by Protestant groups throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there were an estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador
Life Expectancy	66.43 male, 73.81 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	republic
Currency	1 Salvadoran colon (C) = 100 centavos
GDP (per capita)	$4,000 (2000 est.)
Industry	food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals
Agriculture	coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; shrimp; beef, dairy products
Arable Land	27%
Natural Resources	hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land

El Salvador, or Republic of El Salvador, a country in Central America. It lies along the Pacific Ocean and borders Honduras and Guatemala.

El Salvador was first occupied, by prehistoric peoples, around the second millennium B.C.