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With a surface area of 756.19 square kilometres (291.97 sq mi), it is El Salvador's smallest department. Cuscatlán or Cuzcatlán was the name the original inhabitants of the Western part of the country gave to most of the territory that is now El Salvador. In their language it means "land of precious jewels". It was created on 22 May 1835.
The seal of Kuskatan based on the "Lienzo de Tlaxcala" with the symbol of an altepetl. Cuzcatlan (Pipil: Kuskatan; Nahuatl: Cuzcatlan) was a pre-Columbian Nahua state confederation of the Mesoamerican postclassical period that extended from the Paz river to the Lempa river (covering most of western El Salvador); this was the nation that Spanish chroniclers came to call the Pipils or Cuzcatlecos.
El Salvador 10 Colones banknote of 1959. On August 31, 1934, the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador put into circulation the first uniform family of banknotes, replacing banknotes issued by the Banco Agricola Comercial , the Banco Occidental , and the Banco Salvadoreño : the first banknote family consisted of six denominations: 1, 2, 5, 10 ...
MS-13 is more than twice the size of Barrio 18, the second-most prominent gang in El Salvador. Together, the two account for almost all of the nation's gang violence. [9]: 6 Other notable gangs in El Salvador include Mao Mao, Miranda Loca, and La Maquina. [10] MS-13 has been a central focus of the Salvadoran government's current crackdown.
Location of El Salvador. El Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America.El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador.As of 2015, the country had a population of approximately 6.83 million, consisting largely of Mestizos of European and Indigenous American descent.
The location of El Salvador An enlargeable map of the Republic of El Salvador The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to El Salvador:. El Salvador – sovereign country located on the Pacific Coast of Central America. [1]
This article shows a list of cities in El Salvador. Cities. City population figures below are from the World Population Review from 2024. [1]
The Comando Especial Anti-Terrorista (Special Counter-Terrorism Command, CEAT) is a special forces unit and executive branch security of El Salvador, created on July 6, 1985 during the El Salvadoran civil war, and trained by United States Special Operations Forces. Its main duties are counter-terrorism, hostage rescue and VIP protection.