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El Salvador, [a] officially the Republic of El Salvador, [b] is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2024 was estimated to be 6 million according to a ...
The population of El Salvador increased from 482,400 in 1879 to 1,168,000 in 1920, with immigration, including immigration from the late Ottoman Empire, substantially driving growth. Arab immigration in El Salvador began at the end of the 19th century in the wake of the repressive policies applied by the Ottoman Empire against Maronite ...
City population figures below are from the World Population Review from 2024. [1] Over 100,000 or a High Human Development Index, and a high urbanization. AMSS = San Salvador Metropolitan Area Acajutla – Pop. 22,763; Apopa – Pop. 112,158 (AMSS) Antiguo Cuscatlán – Pop. 33,767 (AMSS); [1] highest HDI in the country [citation needed]
3 March – 2024 Salvadoran general election (local offices). [4] 24 March – President Nayib Bukele announces the beginning of a blockade of four municipalities in northern El Salvador, mobilizing 5,000 soldiers and 1,000 police officers to arrest suspected gang members. [5]
Later, in the post-colonial era, the country received several groups of European immigrants, mainly from Spain and Italy, mainly between 1880 and 1930, when several Europeans emigrated to the country, immigration had a great demographic impact, the population of El Salvador went from 480 thousand to 1.2 million inhabitants [21] [22] [23] [24]
By arresting more than 1% of his country's population, Bukele, who won reelection to a second five-year term Sunday, is trying to break the chain of violence that has ravaged El Salvador for ...
El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2024 was estimated to be 6 million according to a government census. The country's population in 2024 was estimated to be 6 million according to a government census.
The Census Bureau says it is conducting the 2024 Census Survey under the authority of Title 13, U.S. Code, Sections 141, 193 and 221, and that the selected recipients are required to respond.