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Taca Airlines was the major airline and flag carrier of El Salvador. In 2013 Taca Airlines merged with Colombian flag carrier Avianca . Comalapa International Airport is still one of Avianca's hubs, connecting North America, South America, the Caribbean and parts of Europe like Spain .
[14] [15] [16] In June 1969, El Salvador played three games against Honduras in the qualifying rounds of the World Cup. [5]: 64 Then, on 26 June 1969, El Salvador won a play-off game 3 goals to 2 against Haiti, taking a place in the cup finals. [17] On 14 July 1969, armed hostilities began between El Salvador and Honduras.
The Football War (also called The Soccer War or 100-hours War) was a term coined by Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuściński to describe a brief conflict between El Salvador and neighbouring Honduras. He argued that the war began after the rival nations traded wins during the qualifying round for the 1970 FIFA World Cup .
The municipalities of El Salvador, called municipios are composed by 262 in total. Each one having its own capital and a variable number of cantons; these are conformed of caseríos. In June 2023, President Nayib Bukele proposed the reduction of municipal councils to 44, with former municipalities becoming districts.
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. [1]
Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. 2021 "Listado de Diputados Propietarios y Suplentes – Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional" [List of Primary and Substitute Deputies – Grand Alliance for National Unity]. asamblea.gob.sv (in Spanish). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. 2021
Visa requirements for Salvadoran citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of El Salvador.. As of 2024, El Salvador citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 137 countries and territories, ranking the El Salvador passport 38th in the world, tied with Guatemalan passport according to the Henley Passport Index.
The first enslaved person arrived in El Salvador to work in the haciendas, in cocoa and indigo mills, and in the gold mines. In San Salvador and San Miguel , many people enslaved African people, some of whom were sent to wash gold in Honduran rivers, which was a major industry in the sixteenth century.