1. EL Salvador By. Brian Olmedo

2. Geography El Salvador is located at Central America near Guatemala and Honduras. the height is about 2000 ft high and its about the same size as Massachusetts

3. Population In 2009 there about 7,185,218 people

4. The civil war It all started in the 1970s with a poor economy and other problems that led to war between the National Conciliation Party (PCN) who ruled since 1961 and the guerrilla units FarabundoMartí National Liberation Front (FMLN). The war started at 1980 and lasted for 12 years. A republician from ARENA called Alfredo Cristiani was elected around january 16 and he was one that made the peace treaty with the guerrilla units and ended the civil war leaving around 75,000 dead

5. Other info One of the tourist attraction is a place called Sushitoto The recent president of El Salvador is Mauricio Funes The capital of el Salvador is san Salvador There are two republics called ARENA, and FMLN November 2nd Is national Pupusa day