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The flag of El Salvador features a horizontal triband of cobalt blue-white-cobalt blue, with the coat of arms centered and entirely contained within the central white stripe. This design of a triband of blue-white-blue is commonly used among Central American countries.
Flag Duration Use Description 1912-present: Flag of El Salvador: A horizontal triband of cobalt blue (top and bottom) and white with the National Coat of Arms in the center and occupying the entire height of the white stripe with its top touching the upper blue strip and its base touching the lower blue stripe. [1] [2] 1912-present: Flag of El ...
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 ...
El Salvador: 1525 1717 1785 1821 1823 1826 1827 1842 1850 1854 1860 1864 1865 1869 1873 1875 1896 1898 1900 1912 1916 1921 1923 El Salvador: Equatorial Guinea: 1667 1707 1750 1778 1785 1931 1936 1938 1945 1968 1973 1979 Equatorial Guinea: Eritrea: 1890 1941 1941 1952 1975 1987 1991 1993 1995 Eritrea: Estonia: 1918 1940 1941 1944 1953 1990 ...
Abridged version played before a football game at RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., in 2011. In 1866, at the initiative of doctor Francisco Dueñas, who at the time was President of the Republic, the first national anthem of El Salvador was created by Cuban doctor Tomás M. Muñoz, who wrote the lyrics, and Salvadoran musician Rafael Orozco, who composed the music.
The five volcanoes are modeled after the Cordillera de Apaneca and symbolize the fellowship of the five original isthmian member states of the United Provinces of Central America—Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. The volcanoes are all illuminated yellow on their right sides by sunshine.
The history of El Salvador begins with several distinct groups of Mesoamerican people, especially the Pipil, the Lenca and the Maya. In the early 16th century, the Spanish Empire conquered the territory, incorporating it into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ruled from Mexico City .
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