Countries

El Salvador

El Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America, a strip of volcanic highlands and Pacific coast. Independent from Spain since 1821, it emerged from civil war in 1992 and has used the US dollar since 2001.

A pale green crater lake held inside the steep ash walls of the Santa Ana volcano, El Salvador

The crater lake of Santa Ana volcano

Photo: Dead.rabbit, CC BY-SA 4.0

The blue stripes stand for the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, white for peace. The coat of arms carries five volcanoes for the five nations of the old Central American federation.

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