How do you consider El Salvador? 10 points!!!?

Question

How do you consider this country? Is it different then the others? Dangerous? Safe? Better??....

Tell me everything you wanna say about this country!... "Everything"!!....

Answer 1

Well i was born and lived 19 years there i consider my country as a most beautiful ever.  I know there is not place 100% safe but it is not 100% dangerous as well.

Answer 2

I'ts a nice country with alot of nice people.

Answer 3

El Salvador has a bad reputation... yep... Sometimes what we see on TV or read is scary.... it has its dangers just like any other country.  There are many cool places to visit. I can give you further detail in email if you want.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/e...

Answer 4

El Salvador is as dangerous as any city in the US, and as safe.  It's a great place where the people are friendly and everyone is caring.  

Here's some info on El Salvador:

Had a civil war which lasted 12 years (1980-1992). Peace Accords were signed in Mexico on January 16, 1992

Its the smallest country in Central America (slightly smaller than the US state of Massachusetts)

Despite its small size, it has the third largest economy in Central America

El Salvador's offical language is Spanish

Its the only Latin American country that has troops in Iraq

It has used the US dollar as its main currency since 2001

Prior to this El Salvador's currency was the Colon

The Colon is/was worth 8.75 for ever 1 US dollar

The country's minumum wage is US$120-150 a month

It's made up of 14 States/Departments

It's the only Central American country that does not have a Caribbean coastline

The biggest Shopping centre in all of of Central America is located in El Salvador's capital, San Salvador

It was involved in an infamous 100 hour war with neighbouring Honduras in 1969, after a soccer game

It has a total of 21 active Volcanos

One of these Volcanos had a minor eruption on October 1, 2005. Spewing up clouds of ash and rocks, its effect reached nearby villages and caused two deaths

El Salvador has the largest airport in all of Central America

Gained its independace from Spain on September 15, 1821

Is frequently hit by earthqakes, the last big one being on January 13, 2001. Earthquake was marked at 7.6 on the Richter Scale

Is part of CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement) which has trade with the USA

Has some of the best surfing beaches in the world

90% of Salvadorans are mestizo (mixed Amerindian and Spanish/European)

Oliver Stone directed a movie called "Salvador" and focus on its 12 year Civil war. The movie is critically acclaimed as one of Stone's best, and was nominated for an Oscar (BTW - nobody calls it Salvador. It's El Salvador.)

Many Salvadoreans have fled for various reasons to the United States. Its estimated that around 2-3 million live in the US

Its the most densely populated country in all of the Americas

Unlike many countries that have four season ever year, El Salvador only has 2. The wet and dry seasons, which run from May to October and November to April, respectively

Many notable Salvadorean people are from Palastinan decent

The country name, El Salvador, literally means "the savior" (as in our Lord The Savior, Jesus Christ) in spanish

El Salvador is part of what was the Mayan Empire. The Mayan Empire didn't go any further south after El Salvador

It has many Mayan and Pipil ruins including some pyramids

El Salvador's national dish is called a "Pupusa"