On El Salvador

OVERVIEW

Official Name: Republic of El Salvador
Capital: San Salvador
Type of Government: Republic
Head of State: President Elias Antonio SACA Gonzales
Head of Government: President Elias Antonio SACA Gonzales
Foreign Minister: Marisol ARGUETA de Barillas
Population: 7,066,403 (July 2008 estimate)
Land Area: 20,720 sq. km
Gross Domestic Product (GDP):
Purchasing power parity (PPP): $41.65 billion (2007 Estimate)
Per capita PPP: $5,800 (2007 Estimate)
Government Website: www.casapres.gob.sv
Ambassador to the U.S.: Rene Antonio LEON Rodriguez
Washington Embassy Address:
1400 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Deputy Chief of Mission (in Washington): Carmen TOBAR
Washington Embassy Website: www.elsalvador.org/embajadas/eeuu/home.nsf/home
U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador: Charles L. GLAZER
U.S. Embassy website in El Salvador: sansalvador.usembassy.gov

Source: CIA World Factbook.