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  2. Culture of El Salvador - Wikipedia

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    The culture of El Salvador is a Central American culture nation influenced by the clash of ancient Mesoamerica and medieval Iberian Peninsula. Salvadoran culture is influenced by Native American culture (Lenca people, Cacaopera people, Maya peoples, Pipil people) as well as Latin American culture (Latin America, Hispanic America, Ibero-America).

  3. Music of El Salvador - Wikipedia

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    Inspired by Ambient music, Indigenous music is influenced by the Native American indigenous Lenca, Cacaopera, and Pipil of El Salvador, and especially the Mayan people of the Mesoamerican region in Central America, are a staple in Salvadoran music. Many indigenous music groups such as (Talticpac), have risen in El Salvador, especially after the ...

  4. Pipil people - Wikipedia

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    The Pipil are an indigenous group of Mesoamerican people inhabiting the western and central areas of present-day El Salvador and Nicaragua.They are a subgroup of the larger Nahua ethnic group. They speak the Nawat language , which is a closely related but distinct language from the Nahuatl of Central Mexico.

  5. Lenca - Wikipedia

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    Map of El Salvador's Indigenous Peoples at the time of the Spanish conquest: 1. Pipil people, 2. Lenca people, 3. Kakawira o Cacaopera, 4. Xinca, 5. Maya Ch'orti' people, 6. Maya Poqomam people, 7. Mangue o Chorotega. Quelepa is a major site in eastern El Salvador. Its pottery shows strong similarities to ceramics found in central western El ...

  6. Panchimalco - Wikipedia

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    Panchimalco is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.. Panchimalco ("The Place of Flags and Shields," from the Nahuatl, "Pantli," meaning banner or flag; "Chimalli," meaning shield or herald, and "co," place) Its 35,000 inhabitants, sometimes called "Panchos," are descendants of Pipil Indians fleeing the Spanish takeover of San Salvador during the 16th century, into areas ...

  7. El Salvador - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  8. Salvadorans - Wikipedia

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    El Salvador belongs to both to the Mesoamerican region in the western part of the country, and to the Isthmo-Colombian Area in the eastern part of the country, where a myriad of indigenous societies have lived side by side for centuries with their unique cultures and speaking different indigenous languages of the Americas in the beginning of ...

  9. List of cities in El Salvador - Wikipedia

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    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]