El Salvador

Not to be confused with Salvador or San Salvador.

Imperial Republic of El Salvador República Imperial d'El Salvador
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Déu, Unió, Llibertat" (Salvadoran) "God Union Liberty"
Anthem: Himne Imperial ("Imperial Anthem")
The location of El Salvador in central Sur Lighter green: Northern Territories, territory of El Salvador under the de facto administration of Creeperopolis
Location	Sur
Capital and largest city	Ciutat dels Àngels
Official languages	Salvadoran
Recognised national languages	Creeperian
Ethnic groups (2022)	79.89% Salvadorans 18.39% Creeperans 1.59% Castillianans 0.13% Others
Religion	Catholicism (state religion)
Demonym(s)	Salvadoran
Government	Unitary presidential republic under a one party state
• President	Orlando Pareja Palau (INSAL)
• Vice President	Zèfir Cladera Mirambell (INSAL)
Legislature	Tribunals Generals
Establishment
• Kingdom	1680
• Captaincy General	10 July 1858
• Republic	1 November 1888
• Civil War	4 January 1933 – 16 July 1935
• 1956 Revolution	13 July 1956 – 11 November 1956
• Current constitution	1 January 1980
Area
• Total	451,980 sq mi (1,170,600 km2)
Population
• 2023 estimate	12,220,355
• 2020 census	12,110,395
• Density	27.88/sq mi (10.8/km2)
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	CQS₵33.9 billion
• Per capita	CQS₵2,708
Gini (2022)	48.6 high
HDI (2022)	.601 medium
Currency	Salvadoran peseta (¢) (SPS)
Time zone	TMB–5 (HES)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+502
ISO 3166 code	SV
Internet TLD	.sv

El Salvador, officially the Imperial Republic of El Salvador (Salvadoran: República Imperial d'El Salvador), is a country located in Sur. It is a landlocked country, bordered by Creeperopolis to the south and east and by Salisford to the north and west. Additionally, the Salvadoran government recognizes the self-declared independent country of Noundures as being located on its northern border. With a land area of 457,503 sq mi (1,184,926 km²) divided into 9 viceroyalties, El Salvador is the second smallest country in mainland Sur after the State of the Church (excluding Noundures). El Salvador's capital city is Ciutat dels Àngels, and as of 2023, the country has a population of 12.5 million.

El Salvador is heavily dependent on Creeperopolis for military and financial support and has been characterized as a Creeperian client state. El Salvador is a member of the Cooperation and Development Coalition (CODECO), a global military and economic alliance of which Creeperopolis is the de facto leading member. The Salvadoran language is the country's official language, while Creeperian is a nationally recognized language. Salvadorans compose 80 percent of the country's populations; Creeperans compose 18 percent, Castillianans compose 1.5 percent, and the remaining 0.5 percent is composed of other groups such as Hondurans, Sabotans, Salisfordians, and Sequoyans. The country's GDP is CQS₵33.9 billion and its currency is the peseta, however, the Creeperian colón is also unofficially used.

Etymology

El Salvador in the Salvadoran language means "The Savior", in reference to Jesus Christ, the central figure of Christianity. The earliest mention of El Salvador in reference to the country appears on a 15th century Creeperian map. The exact date when the country began to refer to itself as El Salvador is unknown; prior to being known as El Salvador, it was known as Pasorgen, meaning "homeland country".

During the late-19th and early-20th centuries, some left-wing Salvadoran politicians proposed renaming the country back to Pasorgen to remove the references to Jesus from the country's name. Other politicians, both left and right-wing, wanted to rename the country Granada after the Granada River which flows through the country. The origin of the name Granada is unknown. From 1933 to 1935, the country was briefly renamed to the State of Granada.

History

Captaincy general

Main article: Captaincy General of Nuevo Honduras

Republican era and civil war

During the Creeperian Civil War, the National Council for Peace and Order established the State of Granada in 1933 beginning the Salvadoran Civil War. It was defeated by the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council in 1935.

Modern period

• Kingdom of El Salvador (1680–1858)
• Captaincy General of Nuevo Honduras (1858–1888)
• Republic of El Salvador (1888–1933)
• State of Granada (1933–1935)
• Imperial Republic of El Salvador (1935–present)

Geography

Main article: Geography of El Salvador

Government and politics

Administrative divisions

The viceroyalties of El Salvador

• Vallepital – 464,443 (northwest) capital: Cazan
• Nou Hondures – 643,558 (northeast) capital: Sonsochapan
• Ñancahuazú – 337,333 (southwest) capital: Nuedina
• Santa Ana del Nord – 331,850 (southeast) capital: Guatacate
• Els Àngels – 4,550,467 (southernmost city) capital: Ciutat dels Àngels
• El Calabozo – 955,779 (next upper) capital: El Calabozo
• El Mozote – 1,214,683 (next upper) capital: El Mozote
• El Congo – 1,574,338 (northernmost city) capital: El Congo
• El Paraíso – 1,090,422 (enclaved by Nuevo Honduras) capital: El Paraíso
• Tarragona – 947,522 capital: Solsona

Demographics

Population

Census population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1826 997,427 —     1831 1,088,768 +1.77% 1835 1,060,777 −0.65% 1845 1,378,896 +2.66% 1854 1,326,126 −0.43% 1882 1,172,156 −0.44% 1900 1,555,818 +1.59%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1950 2,704,165 +1.11% 1976 4,613,486 +2.08% 1992 6,420,792 +2.09% 2001 8,274,325 +2.86% 2011 10,027,254 +1.94% 2020 12,110,395 +2.12% 2023 12,220,355 +0.30%

Further reading

• Creeperopolis (20 December 2019). "El Salvador". IIWiki (in Jackian). Retrieved 18 August 2023.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

Media related to El Salvador at LCN Wiki