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Country Guide - El Salvador
San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, has approximately 1,882,719 inhabitants, being the second-largest city in Central America.
El Salvador is located in the Southwest of Central America and on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. It is the only country in the region that has no coast in the Ocean Atlantic. Its culture and language derive from Spain, and its official language is Spanish.
El Salvador has been officially dollarized since January 1, 2001, there so the U.S. dollar is the currency used in the financial market and business relationships.
Political System
The democratic government of El Salvador consists of three powers: Executive (President and Ministers); Legislative (Legislative Assembly); and Judicial (Supreme Court of Justice). The body in charge of issuing the laws that ruled the country is the Legislative Assembly.