El Salvador

El Salvador is located on the Central America Isthmus. The country has a southern coastline along the North Pacific Ocean, and shares land borders with Guatemala and Honduras. El Salvador is located on one of the world’s volcanic plates and has a history of destructive earthquakes. 

Salvadoran Population in Canada

66,215

Since the end of the civil war in 1992, El Salvador has enjoyed a period of peace and stability. Today, the most significant social issue in El Salvador is the rising income gap between the rich and the poor. However, remittances from Salvadorans working abroad do much to help mitigate the effects of poverty. El Salvador’s constitution recognizes the Catholic Church, but there is freedom of religion for other denominations. Some of Latin America’s largest megachurches are in El Salvador, where there is a very large evangelical population.

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