El Salvador is a small country in Central America which is about the size of Massachusetts. It is located due south of Mississippi on the Pacific Ocean and its neighbors are Guatemala and Honduras.  The capital is San Salvador.

Full country name: Republic of El Salvador
Area: 20,752 sq km (8093 sq mi)
Population: 6,122,515 (growth rate 2.3%)
Capital city: San Salvador (pop 1 million)
People: 94% mestizo (Spanish-Indian), 5% Indian, 1% European descent
Language: Spanish, some Nahua
Religion: 75% Roman Catholic, 20% Protestant
Government: Republic
President: Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez