north america • SLV
El Salvador
Location marker · geographic overview
13.83° N / 88.92° WTHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- San Salvador
- Population
- 6,338,193 2024
- Area
- 21,041 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Spanish
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · El Salvador
El Salvador has many natural riches, such as beautiful and secluded beaches on the Pacific coast of Central America, majestic forests in the mountains and striking volcanoes. The countryside of El Salvador is breathtaking, with volcanoes and mountains offering "green" adventurers exactly what they are looking for. Many environmentally-oriented community-based organizations promote eco-tourism.
Landscape & landmarks
A well-maintained and practically deserted national park is found in the west at Bosque El Imposible. Additionally, there is Montecristo Cloud Forest, and a quaint fishing village with incredible local hospitality and remote coconut islands in La Isla de Méndez.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
The typical Salvadoran diet includes lots of rice and beans, seafood (particularly among those who live on the coast), and the most common Salvadoran dish, the famous Pupusa, a round corn tortilla filled with cheese and other elements, usually chicharon (shredded pork meat).Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-27. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Central America
- Calling code
- +503
- Internet domain
- .sv
- Land border codes
- GTM, HND
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .sv. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.