Official Title: El Salvador General Information
Capital: San Salvador
Population: 6,878,000
Total Area: km2
Currency: 1 CAN$ =
National Holiday: September 15
Language(s): Political Information
Type of State:
Republic Type of Government:
Republic of El Salvador; unitary republic with an unicameral Legislative Assembly, 84 members, 64 elected locally, 20 elected nationally; president elected every 5 years, Assembly every 3 years. Head of State:
President Tony Saca González Head of Government:
President Tony Saca González Ministers:
Foreign Relations: Francisco Lainez Economy: Yolanda Mayora de Gavidia Finance: Guillermo López Suárez Main Political Parties:
(seats in Chamber) FMLN-Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional : 31 ARENA-Alianza Republicana Nacionalista : 27 PCN-Partido de Concilliacion Nacional :16 PDC-Partido Democrata Cristiano : 5 CDU-Centro Democrato Unido : 5 Elections:
2008 (Presidential), 2006 (Legislative Assembly) Economic Information
Please note that economic statistics reflect Canadian dollars and yearly averages for 2005. If blank, statistic unavailable. | | El Salvador | Canada |
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| GDP: | 20.57 billions | 1371.4 billions | | GDP per capita: | 2990 | 42460 | | GDP growth rate: | 2.8% | 2.9% | | Inflation: | 3.7% | 2.2% | | Unemployment: | % | 6.7% |
Trade and Investment
Canadian exports from country: $55,724,551
Canadian imports from country: $56,058,319
FDI in Canada: million
CDI in El Salvador: million Representation
Foreign Representation in Canada:
Ambassador Mauricio Rosales-Rivera Foreign Consulates in Canada:
Canadian Representation Abroad:
Ambassador Stéphanie Allard-Gomez Canadian Consulates Abroad:
January 2007
Sources include: Statistics Canada, IMF, EIU, Election World
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