Formal name in Spanish: Rep?blica de El Salvador
Capital: San Salvador
Head of state: Mauricio Funes
Languages: Spanish, Nahua, Pipil and English
Population: 5.824Millions
Surface area: 21,040km2
Currency: Salvadoran col?n, U.S. dollar (SVC, USD)
GDP: US$22.166Billions
GDP per capital: US$3,806.179

Inflation: 5.49%
Exports of percentage of GDP: 20.60%
Value of exports (2008): 4.566Billions
Largest companies: TACA Grupo, CTE, Kriete Roberto,
Top business school: University of El Salvador, UES, Universidad Aut?noma de Santa Ana
Literacy rate: 80.1%
Human development index (2009): 106
Large share of total imports: oil Because El Salvador has no known oil deposits
Energy sources: thermal sources
Electricity coverage (2006): 83.4% (total), 72% (rural), 97% (urban)

Contact: El Salvador Export Promotion Agency www.exporta.gob.sv