El Salvador

Capital: San Salvador

Population: 5,700,000

Currency: US Dollar

Government: Presidential Republic

President: Mauricio Funes

Languages Spoken: Spanish

History of El Salvador:

1524 AD: First Spanish Expeditions into El Salvador

1528 AD – 1821 AD: Spanish Colonization of El Salvador

1821 AD: El Salvador declares its independence from New Spain

1898 AD: El Salvador joins the United States of Central America

1931 AD: Coup D’état against President Araujo led by General Maximiliano Hernandez Martínez

1932 AD: Coup D’état against General Maximiliano Hernandez Martínez led by Farabundo Martí

1960 AD: The Christian Democratic Party (PDC) and the National Conciliation Party (PCN) are formed

1979 AD: Coup D’état led by the Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador

1980 AD – 1992 AD: El Salvador collapses into Civil War

Communities We Serve in El Salvador: