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	El Salvador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		El Salvador is the most densely populated nation on the American mainland (especially in its capital, San Salvador), and also the most industrialized country in Central America.
		From 1872 to 1898 El Salvador was a prime mover in attempts to reestablish an isthmian federation.
		El Salvador shares borders with Guatemala—126 miles (203 km) and Honduras—212.5 miles (342 km), and is the only Central American country that does not have a Caribbean coastline.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Culture_of_El_Salvador (3903 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : El Salvador (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		El Salvador is a democratic republic governed by a president and an 84-member unicameral Legislative Assembly.
		El Salvador is the smallest Central American country (roughly the size of the U.S. state of Massachusetts) and the only one without a coastline on the Caribbean Sea.
		El Salvador is located between the North Pacific Ocean to the south and southwest, with Guatemala in the north-northwest and Honduras to the north-northeast.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /El_Salvador (2875 words)

	Where - El Salvador
		El Salvador's name still evokes images of the brutal civil war fought throughout the 1980s – that for 12 years scorched through the tangle of mountains and farmlands that quilt this smallest country of Central America.
		El Salvador is a struggling Central American economy, which has been suffering from a weak tax collection system, factory closings, the aftermaths of Hurricane Mitch of 1998 and the devastating earthquakes of early 2001, and weak world coffee prices.
		El Salvador: The Face of Revolution, by Robert Armstrong and Janet Shenk, is a very readable history of the country, focusing on the roots and reasons behind the recent civil war.
	www.bridgebuilders.org /where_elsalvador.htm (3555 words)

	Travel to El Salvador hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Travel to El Salvador hotel and you'll enjoy the best vacation, it is the smallest country of Central America, very populated and the only one that does not have coasts on the Caribbean Sea.
		El Salvador offers the possibility of knowing something more on the folklore, with a mysterious and exotic past, that thanks to the Mayans, emerges with volcano names in the center of America.
		Now in El Salvador, the beaches, archaeological sites, towns of craftsmen and cities of great patrimonial value receive thousands of visitors, national as much foreign, and the mighty tourist industry is a faithful witness of the changes who experiences the country.
	www.caribeinsider.com /country.do?country=203 (686 words)

	Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange: page name
		El Salvador achieved its independence from Spain in 1821 along with the rest of Central America, which remained a single nation for a short period of time.
		In El Salvador most of the households are headed by women according to CRLP (2000), that studied abortion among women.
		Most of the population of El Salvador is traditionally Catholic but it is best to remember that "Catholicism has multiple faces, but it is primarily based in simple and profound faith that has it roots in the world of the indigenous" (Roggenbuck, 1994, page 4).
	cirrie.buffalo.edu /monographs/elsalvador.html (8118 words)

	El Salvador (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		El Salvador's civilization dates back to the pre-Columbian epoch, some 1500 years B.C. as it has been evidenced by the relics found in the Tazumal ruins of Chalchuapa.
		El Salvador is also the only producer of balsam used for the manufacturing of medicine and cosmetics.
		El Tazumal is El Salvador's most significant Mayan ceremonial center, featuring a step pyramid, ball courts (a game in which the losing team or its captain was sacrificed) and temples; it was built between the fifth and ninth centuries.
	www.colivu.com /ElSalvador.htm (1479 words)

	El Salvador History & El Salvador Culture \| iExplore.com
		Nonetheless, it was several decades before El Salvador was able to rid itself of the overwhelming influence of Guatemala.
		Abroad, El Salvador’s sole territorial dispute – with Honduras, over the ownership of three islands in the Gulf of Fonseca – was finally resolved in January 1998.
		El Salvador still relies heavily on aid from the US and the EU, as well as loans from the International Monetary Fund.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/El+Salvador/History (935 words)

	SOS Children's Villages - Country Information on El Salvador
		El Salvador consists mainly of a central plateau, which is dissected by river valleys.
		El Salvador is frequently afflicted by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
		The people of El Salvador are mainly a mixture of Indians and Spaniards, and their culture reflects this heritage.
	www.sos-childrensvillages.org /html/country_information_salvador.html (1071 words)

	The Unesco Culture of Peace Programme in El Salvador: An Initial Report - Parajon, Lourenco, and Adams
		The El Salvador Culture of Peace Programme was established following a Forum for Education and Culture of Peace held in San Salvador in April 1993 which was sponsored by the El Salvador Ministry of Education and UNESCO and which included participation of non-governmental organizations (NGO's) from the civil society, including representatives from the FMLN.
		In the course of development of the El Salvador Programme, and especially the project of radio and non-formal education campaigns for poor women, general principles and priorities have emerged which may be applicable for national culture of peace programmes in general.
		The vision of a culture of peace extends beyond that of a single national culture of peace programme and embraces the development of a global culture of peace movement that shares values and characteristics with other social movements such as those for human development and social justice, women's equality and preservation of the global environment.
	www.gmu.edu /academic/ijps/vol1_2/UNESCO.htm (8409 words)

	El Salvador
		El Salvador, the smallest country on the American mainland, came to be known in the U.S. during the fierce civil war of the 1980s, in which the U.S. was a major participant through its sponsorship of the Army and allied political parties.
		The roots of El Salvador’s music, however, are largely Hispanic, with later influences from Cuba and Mexico, the latter especially in the form of rancheras, whose name denotes the country origins of the genre.
		The music of El pulgarcito, the Thumbellina of America, has been largely defined by that of larger and more influential countries, from colonial Spain to Mexico and the U.S. The coming of globalization and mass-market culture, and the current ongoing integration of El Salvador into those trends, foretells a continuation of that history.
	www.lafi.org /magazine/articles/salvador.html (986 words)

	El Salvador Culture
		In contrast to several of its Central American neighbors, El Salvador is densely populated and virtually all of its arable land is under cultivation.
		The cultural wealth of El Salvador combines indigenous folk traditions, some of which are linked to Mayan forebears, with those of the Spanish colonialists.
		Dalton did much of his writing in exile, but he is emblematic of El Salvador in such literary activities as the organization of the University of El Salvador Literary Circle, as well as in his tragic death during the civil war.
	www.traveldocs.com /sv/culture.htm (652 words)

	El Salvador Flag,El Salvador Map, El Salvador Culture : SphereInfo.com
		El Salvador is located Middle America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras.
		The terrain of El Salvador is mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau.
		When this federation was dissolved in 1838 El Salvador became an independent republic.From 1931 to 1979 El Salvador was ruled by a series of military dictatorships.
	www.sphereinfo.com /el_salvador (600 words)

	BBCF - Life and Elections in El Salvador
		So we were not prepared for the intensity and excitement of elections in El Salvador when we joined an international election observers’ delegation for the 2006 elections for national deputies and mayors in El Salvador.
		El Salvador is densely populated with 7 million people; it has more industry than its neighbours, mainly textile; now much of it is in maquilas that lack labour and health standards.
		Our Canadian delegation of election observers was organized by the FMLN, (El Frente Farbundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional), the Salvadorian left wing party that was created by the guerrillas after the peace accords – many FMLN members and politicians were fighters and have passionate memories and stories of their experiences in the civil war.
	www.islandnet.com /~bbcf/_articles/2006/may/elections/life_and_elections_el_salvador.htm (2024 words)

	El Salvador, 1980-1992
		El Salvador is small country, with heavy population pressure which grows more serious annually.
		The US advisors in El Salvador soon found themselves experiencing the same as their predecessors in Vietnam: the FMLN strongholds along the Honduran border and in the south of the country were simply too strong for the government forces to attack directly.
		The USA continued providing additional aircraft and helicopters to El Salvador in 1986, rising the number of UH-1s to 63 intact airframes, while the competence of the army in counterinsurgency warfare continued to improve.
	www.acig.org /artman/publish/printer_158.shtml (8030 words)

	National Programmes for a Culture of Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The initial pilot project for a culture of peace, launched in 1993 in El Salvador, was evaluated in the First International Forum on the Culture of Peace held a year later in San Salvador 16-18 February 1994.
		When the UN peacekeeping forces withdrew from El Salvador, a ceremony was held at UN headquarters in San Salvador to pass the responsibility for peace to the culture of peace programme.
		However, in the long run, the international funding for culture of peace in El Salvador was not continued, and the programme was discontinued by the end of the decade.
	www.culture-of-peace.info /COPOJ/national.html (490 words)

	El Salvador Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The area where the borders of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala converge receives 200cm (80in) of annual precipitation, experiences 100% humidity and...
		El Salvador's name still evokes images of the brutal civil war fought throughout the 1980s.
		But the war is long over, and the most turbulent aspect of El Salvador today is its volcanic landscape.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /destinations/central_america/el_salvador/culture.htm (135 words)

	El Salvador - República de El Salvador - Country Profile
		El Salvador is the smallest Central American country it achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839.
		A 12-year civil war, which cost the lives of some 75 000 people, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a United Nations-brokered peace agreement that provided for military and political reforms.
		A brief biography of the Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, a well-known critic of violence and injustice in El Salvador.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/el_salvador.htm (659 words)

	El Salvador Modules Main Page
		El Salvador, the "Land of the volcanoes" offers an incredible variety of attractions: 300 km of coastline with great sandy beached and hot-spots for surfers, monumental volcanic peaks covered by mystifying cloud forests and ancient Mayan ritual sacrifice sites bearing testimony to the central significance of El Salvador in a past era.
		Includes transfers airport – hotel in San Salvador – airport, 3 nights / 4 days lodging at selected hotel, daily breakfast; half day tour to the archeological site of Joya De Ceren with lunch and entrance; tour to the hand crafting city of Ilobasco and the colonial town of Suchitoto with lunch and entrances.
		Includes transfers airport – hotel in San Salvador – airport, 3 nights / 4 days lodging at selected hotel, daily breakfast; tour to Cerro Verde National Park and Pyramids of San Andres with lunch and entrances; tour to Pyramids of Casa Blanca, Pyramids of EL Tazumal and colonial city of Chalchuapa with lunch and entrances.
	www.travelvantage.com /tou_salvador_modules.html (535 words)

	Travel in Santa Ana, El Salvador - Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Santa Ana El Salvador is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region.
		When the Spanish entered El Salvador, they encountered a dense population of Indians.
		Santa Ana, El Salvador's highest volcano, is a massive strato volcano immediately west of Coatepeque caldera.
	www.americatravelling.net /el_salvador/santa_ana/santa_ana_culture.htm (295 words)

	El Salvador Culture
		El Salvador is predominantly a Roman Catholic country.
		During the war the government assumed that the Catholic Church supported communism because it sympathized with the poor, and it targeted the Church for violence.
		El Salvadorans chow down on a standard daily fare of casamiento, a mixture of rice and beans.
	www.donquijote.org /tourist/profiles/paises/elsalvador/culture.asp (310 words)

	NCRLC \| Culture Club November 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		When I told a Nicaraguan friend of mine that I was going to San Salvador, he excitedly exclaimed, "Oh, you MUST try pupusas." On the plane I sat next to a couple from El Salvador.
		In Kongo culture, figurative sculptures delineate and concretize the threshold between the worlds of the living and the dead.
		E.L. Easton: The main focus appears to be teaching English as a Second Language, but there is in fact a plethora of foreign language resources.
	www.nclrc.org /profdev/cultureclub0410.html (9491 words)

	El Salvador Business Etiquette, Manners, Cross Cultural Communication, and Geert Hofstede El Salvadorian dimensions
		El Salvador, a population of 5.5 million, is composed of three ethnic groups: Mestizo (a mixture of European and Indian)89 percent, Amerindian 10 percent, and European 1 percent.
		During the 1980s, the United States poured $4 Billion into El Salvador in an effort to support the government and stop the Communist guerrillas.
		The Geert Hofstede analysis for El Salvador is similar to it’s Latin American neighbors.
	www.cyborlink.com /besite/el_salvador.htm (706 words)

	Project El Salvador
		Project El Salvador is a University of Denver International Service Learning Program that combines service work with academic study in El Salvador during the winter interterm.
		Project El Salvador 2006 will be open to all undergraduate and graduate students regardless of their prior travel, academic or work experience.
		Taught by Zulema Lopez, Department of Languages and Literatures, Project El Salvador will offer students an opportunity to gain cultural awareness and knowledge of the rich and polemical history of El Salvador, from pre-Columbian cultures to the 21st century.
	www.du.edu /intl/isl/elsalvador.html (708 words)

	Peace Corps
		l Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated of the Central American countries.
		Volunteers coming to El Salvador will experience the richness of its culture and the warmth of its people.
		Peace Corps/ El Salvador, which began in 1962, was one of the agency's earliest efforts.
	peacecorps.gov /index.cfm?shell=learn.wherepc.LatinAmerica.Elsalvador... (242 words)

	Culture and history travel packages and vacations in El Salvador (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Culture and History Travel Packages and Vacations in El Salvador
		We have compiled a list of culture and history travel packages and vacations in El Salvador.
		If you are interested in any of these culture and history travel packages or vacations, please contact the operator directly with any questions for ordering free brochures or booking.
	www.infohub.com /travel_packages/culture_history_el_salvador_177.html (84 words)

	Search: El Salvador
		Salvador is a country in Central America with a population of approximately...
		Comprehensive facts and advice for traveling along with background material on the culture and history of the country.
		Salvador vacation deals and guides you directly to the quality companies providing them.
	www.dogpile.com /info.dogpl/search/web/El+Salvador (193 words)

	El Museo Del Barrio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The selection will attest to the stylistic and iconographic diversity of painters born between 1900 and 1960 and, for the first time, promote their achievements to the New York public.
		Gods, Spirits, and Legends has been organized by Friends for El Salvador, a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting Salvadorean culture in the United States.
		We are grateful for the support of El Consejo Nacional de Culture de El Salvador (CONCULTURA), El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, GRUPO TACA, and an anonymous donor.
	www.elmuseo.org /elsalvador.html (124 words)

	EL SALVADOR
		El Salvador's coffee industry reports $157 million in losses
		El Salvador deals with disaster in relative obscurity
		El Salvador Hoy - El Diario de Hoy
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /elsalvador.htm (272 words)

	Ethnologue report for El Salvador
		Republic of El Salvador, República de El Salvador.
		[len] Ethnic population: 36,858 in El Salvador (1987).
		Municipio of Dolores, Ocotepeque Department, near the El Salvador border.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=El+Salvador (114 words)

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