Full country name: Republic of El Salvador

Area: 21,040 sq. km. (land)

Population: 5.7 million people (according to 2007 census)

Capital City: San Salvador (population: 2.3 million in metro area)

People: 94% mestizo (Spanish/indigenous); 5% indigenous; 1% European descent

Language: Spanish, some Nahua

Religion: 75% Roman Catholic, 20% Protestant

Government: Republic

President: Elias Antonio Saca Gonzalez (Tony Saca)

GDP: US$29.4 billion

Major industries: Textiles, coffee, sugar, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals, cotton

Major trading partners: USA, Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rica, Germany (the recently passed Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) links El Salvador in tighter trade relationships with the United States, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua.

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