El Salvador

Capitol-San Salvador

population-(1,670,000)

Leader-Maurico Funes (president)

Natural Attractions- Mountains, museums, churches, cultural attractions

 

Tazumal- Is anarchetechtural complex within the larger area of the ancient MesoAmerican city of Chalchuapa in Western El Salvador

CoatepequeCaldera- Also known as Lago De Coatepeque is a volcanic Caldera in El Salvador Central America. The caldera was formed during a series of major rhyolitic explosive eruptions between 72,000 and 57,000 years ago.

Lake Llopango- Is a crater lake which fills 8x11km volcanic caldera in Central El Salvador on the borders of the San Salvador, La Paz and Cruscatlan departments.

surface elevation:1,444(440m)

Area:27.8 sq mi(72km2)

Length:6.835mi(11km)

width:4,9721mi(8km)

Mounumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo- Is a monument located on plaza El Salvador del Mundo in San Slavador city.

Estadio Cuscatalan- Is a football stadium located in San Salvador. It is the largest stadium in central America with  the capacity of 53,400

Team:Ponte la Azul/Selecta

Casa Presidencial-)Presdients house): Moved from San Jacinto to San Benito due to the 2001 earthquakes in Jan/Feb(twin).

San Salvador Cathedral-Principal church of the Romans catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador and the seat of the Archbishop of San Salvador.    

Catherdral of Santa Ana- Saint Anne is a neo-gothic cathedral located in Santa Ana, El Salvador.

Mueseum of the Revolution- Commemorating events of the Salvadoran Civil War, which took place from 1980-1992. Located in Perquin, the Marazan department of El Salvador.   

Casa Blanca- Pre Columbian Maya archeological site chalchucupa El Salvador. The site posses several pyramids dating to the late preclassical period.

National Palace- Located in San Salvador the capitol replaced the Palace buil tin 1866-1870 which was destroyed by a fire on Dec. 19, 1889.

Teatro Naccional de El Salvador- The oldest theatre in Central Amerivca begun construction in Nov. 3rd 1911, be the Frenchy archeitect Daniel Beylard.

 

Popular dishes:

Pupusas-flour pasteries filled with meat,potatoes,cheese, can also refer to plaintains stuffed with sweet cream.

Tamales-boiled pockets of corn dough stuffed with meat sweet corn and served in a banana leaf

Sopa de pata-A popular soup made form corn plaintains and tripe.

Yuca frita-Fried yucca.

Plantanos fritos-deep friend plaitains.

Cerveza-Pilsner

Sugar Cane flavored sodaKolachampan      

Horchata- A sweet and spiced based drink.