EL SALVADOR

By: Weston Bullins

4th period
 Quick Facts
 Capital: San Salvador
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 Location: In Central America

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 Country’s Flag:
Map Of El Salvador
 Religions
 83% percent of the people who live in El
Salvador are Roman Catholic
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 17% percent belong to other Christian

faiths
 Traditional Dress
 Because of the warm climate, summer
clothing is suitable to wear all year.
 Women wear dresses more commonly
then slacks.
 During the dry season, light jackets are
worn at night.
 Customs/Traditions
 El Salvador is really big into soccer, it is
tradition to play it when they get
together as a family or just for fun.
 Art is also really big.
El Salvador Art
 Typical Food
 Salvadoran food is much less spicy than
that of many Latin America Countries.
 Most locals eat red beans cooked in many
ways, baked for example.
 One of the most common dishes is
pupusas.
 Many middle class locals eat beef and
chicken if they can afford it.
El Salvador Food
 Family
 The nuclear Family is the basis of
Salvadoran society.
 The father is typically head of the family,
which has an average of five members.
 Single – parent families are very common.
 Housing
 El Salvador has problems with
overcrowding.
 In cities Salvadorans live very close to
each other, with many of them living in
a single house.
 House’s are really small.
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 Dating/Marriage
 Dating for both genders begins after the
fifteenth birthday.
 Many teenagers become pregnant at a
young age.
 It is improper for couples to date openly
unless engaged.
 Holidays, Festivals,
Celebrations
 The Salvadoran people have many
holidays that are some what fun.
 They have all the same holidays as the
US.
El Salvador Festival
 Government
 El Salvador is a democratic republic. The
executive branch is led by a president
and vice president.
 Antonio Saca was elected in 2004 as
president
 Serves a 5 year term.
 Economy
 El Salvador has a very low economy due
to war.
 One of the poorest counties in Latin
America.
 Economic growth is still low but inflation
remains under control.
 Currency
 1 colon = 100 centavos
El Salvador Currency
 Transportation
 Few Salvadorans own cars, most travel by
bus
 Rural people also travel on foot or by
pickup taxi.
 Roads in and around cities are mostly
pavement or gravel.
El Salvador Transportation
 Climate/Weather
 The climate is tropical in the lowland with
an average annual temperature of
around 85.
 Rainy Season from May to October.
 Also has a Dry Season.
Climate/Weather Chart
 Landscape/Terrain
 El Salvador is 8,124 square miles, it is
also just smaller then Massachusetts
 El Salvador is a narrow band of coastal
lowlands.
 Also known as the Land Of Volcanoes.
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Landscape
 History
 Various native civilization s inhabited the
area long before Spanish colonization.
 Ruins of their cultures remain at Tarzans,
Joyade Cesen, and Quad era.
 The indigenous people called their land
cuscatlm.
Gestures, Words, Slang
 Closing
 Thank You for looking at my slide, hope
you learned more about El Slavador.