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Access to drinking water and sanitation in El Salvador has been increased significantly. A 2015 conducted study by the University of North Carolina called El Salvador the country that has achieved the greatest progress in the world in terms of increased access to water supply and sanitation and the reduction of inequity in access between urban and rural areas. [2]
Quelepa is an important archaeological site located in eastern El Salvador.Generally considered to have been settled by the Lenca people, the site was founded around 400 BC in the Late Preclassic period (500 BC - AD 250). [1]
El Salvador also obtains about 7.5 km 3 of surface water per year from neighboring Honduras and Guatemala. [8] The Cerrón Grande Reservoir, known locally as Lake Suchitlán, is the largest body of fresh water in El Salvador. [9] The Lempa River watershed dominates El Salvador covering half of the country at 10, 255 km 2 and draining 6, 214 ...
El Salvador, [a] officially the Republic of El Salvador, [b] is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2024 was estimated to be 6 million according to a ...
July 30, 1839: The Federal District of San Salvador is dissolved, and San Salvador department is reconstituted, combining the former federal district with Opico district of Cuscatlan. [3] March 15, 1847: La Paz department is abolished and reincorporated into San Vicente. [3] February 21, 1852: La Paz department is restored. [3]
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Lempa River. El Salvador is a small nation, densely populated and very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. [11] The Lempa River is an integral water resource for the nation, and has been negatively impacted by both resource depletion and contamination, [12] affecting the livelihoods of those dependant on the river.
The economy of El Salvador has experienced relatively low rates of GDP growth, in comparison to other developing countries.Rates have not risen above the low single digits in nearly two decades – part of a broader environment of macroeconomic instability which the integration of the United States dollar has done little to improve. [14]