EL SALVADOR EL SALVADOR REGION CENTRAL AMERICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 15 1821 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION DECEMBER 20 1983 POPULATION 5839079 1999 EST AREA 8124 SQ MI CAPITAL SAN SALVADOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES FOOD AND BEVERAGES TEXTILES PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TOBACCO AGRICULTURE COFFEE SUGAR CORN NATURAL RESOURCES HYDROELECTRIC POTENTIAL ARABLE LAND PETROLEUM CURRENCY COLON GDP 17.5 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 3000 1998 EST LANGUAGES SPANISH OFFICIAL RELIGIONS CHRISTIAN ROMAN CATHOLIC PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 72 LIFE EXPECTANCY 67 YEARS MALE 74 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 26 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 6 PER 1000 POPULATION
