Central America is an isthmus connecting North and South America that includes 7 countries. The land is mountainous and volcanic. The climate is tropical across the region. Countries include Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Belize. Key features include volcanoes, lakes, rainforests, Mayan ruins, and biodiversity. Tourism is an important industry, focused on beaches, diving, hiking and cultural experiences.

1. CENTRAL AMERICA
WORLD TOURISM

3. DESCRIPTION OF CENTRAL AMERICA
• Central America, a part of North America, is a tropical isthmus that connects North
America to South America. It includes (7) countries and many small offshore
islands.
• Overall, the land is fertile and rugged, and dominated through its heart by a string
of volcanic mountain ranges that are punctuated by a few active and dangerous
volcanos.
• Positioned in the planet's northern and western hemispheres the Central America
isthmus is bordered in the northwest by the country of Mexico, and in the
southeast by the country of Colombia. In addition, it's bordered by the Caribbean
Sea, Pacific Ocean, and numerous bays, gulfs and inlets.

4. Area: 523,780 square kilometers
Population: 42,682,190
Languages: Spanish, English, Mayan
languages, Garifuna, Kriol, and other languages
of Mesoamerica
Religion: Christianity (95.6%)

5. FACT:
• Temperature and location greatly affect the physical geography of a
region. All of Central America lies in a region commonly known as
Tropical Zone. The Tropical Zone is the region that lies between the
Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The region is
generally quite hot, and can be both rainy and dry. Unlike most
places on Earth, in the Tropical Zone, the higher the elevation, the
higher the temperature.

6. GUATEMALA
(LAND OF ETERNAL SPRING)
• Guatemala, a Central American country south of Mexico, is
distinguished by its steep volcanoes, vast rainforests and ancient
Mayan sites. The capital, Guatemala City, is home to the stately
National Palace of Culture, institutions such as the National
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, and the lively Zona Viva
nightlife area. Antigua, west of the capital, contains cobblestone
streets and preserved Spanish colonial buildings.
• Capital: Guatemala City
• Currency: Guatemalan Quetzal
• Official language: Spanish

7. GUATEMALA
(LAND OF ETERNAL SPRING)
• President:
Jimmy Morales
• Trivia/Fact:
Violent crime is a serious
concern due to endemic poverty, an
abundance of weapons, a legacy of
societal violence, and weak law
enforcement and judicial systems.
Guatemala has one of the highest violent
crime rates in Central America. The
violent crime rate is considered “Critical”
by the U.S. Department of State.

8. CULTURE OF
GUATEMALA
• The culture of Guatemala reflects strong Mayan and
Spanish influences and continues to be defined as a
contrast between poor Mayan villagers in the rural
highlands, and the urbanized and relatively wealthy
mestizos population (known in Guatemala as ladinos) who
occupy the cities and surrounding agricultural plains.
• Religion
Roman Catholicism combined with the
indigenous Maya religion to form the unique syncretic
religion which prevailed throughout Guatemala and still
does in the rural regions. Beginning from negligible roots
prior to the 1960s, Protestant Pentecostalism has grown to
become the predominant religion of Guatemala City and
other urban centers and down to mid-sized towns.

9. MAIN GATEWAY - GUATEMALA
• Guatemala's main airport, La Aurora International
Airport (GUA), is in Guatemala City.
• Airport Code: GUA

10. ANTIGUA
Antigua is a small city surrounded by volcanoes in
southern Guatemala. It’s renowned for its Spanish
colonial buildings, many of them restored following
a 1773 earthquake that ended Antigua’s 200-year
reign as Guatemala’s colonial capital.

11. TIKAL NATIONAL
PARKTikal National Park encompasses 575 square kilometres
of jungle and thousands of ruined structures. The central
part of the ancient city alone contains 3,000 buildings and
covers about 16 square kilometres.

12. LAKE ATITLAN
Lake Atitlán is a lake in the Guatemalan Highlands of the
Sierra Madre mountain range. It is in the Sololá
Department of southwestern Guatemala. Atitlan means "at
the water" in Nahuatl.

13. PACAYA
VOLCANOPacaya is an active complex volcano in Guatemala, which
first erupted approximately 23,000 years ago and has
erupted at least 23 times since the Spanish invasion of
Guatemala. Pacaya rises to an elevation of 2,552 metres.

14. CAHABON
The Río Cahabón (Cahabón River) is a 196-kilometre (122 mi) long
river in eastern Guatemala. From its sources in the Sierra de las
Minas range in Baja Verapaz it turns north and then east into Alta
Verapaz, running through Santa Cruz Verapaz Tactic Cobán, San
Pedro Carchá, Semuc Champey and Santa María Cahabón below
which it joins the smaller Polochic River.

15. HONDURAS
• Honduras is officially the Republic of Honduras is a republic
in Central America. It has at times been referred to as Spanish
Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became
modern-day Belize. Honduras is bordered to the west
by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast
by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of
Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet
of the Caribbean Sea.
• Capital: Tegucigalpa
• Currency: Honduran lempira
• Official language: Spanish

16. HONDURAS
• President:
Juan Orlando Hernández
• Trivia/Facts:
Hondurans are also called
“Catrachos” because of general Florence
Xatruch, who fought in Nicaragua
against the American filibuster William
Walker. “Catrachos” is a corruption of the
name Xatruch. “Here come the
Xatruches” they said in the beginning;
within a time they said: “Here come the
Catrachos”.

17. CULTURE OF
HONDURAS
• The history and culture of Honduras
started from the Mayan civilization
around fifth century AD. Copán was once
one of the most beautiful and important
cities of the Maya civilization. Today, the
ruins of Copán is one of the richest
archaeological sites to be found in the
entire American continent and is a major
tourist attraction in Honduras. There
are numerous stone monuments,
structures, and pyramids, and is
surrounded by the beautiful rain forest
and neighboring mountains.

18. HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS
• The people of Honduras celebrate their Independence Day on September 15th each
year. The festivities start early in the morning with marching bands, dancers, and
cheerleaders. Typical Honduran foods such as beans, tamales, baleadas, cassava
with chicharron, and tortillas are offered. It is a day of great joy, and pride for their
country
• Children's Day or Dia del Niño is celebrated on September 10th. On this day, children
receive presents and have parties similar to Christmas or birthday celebrations.
• Since Catholicism is the dominant religion in Honduras, Holy week is an important
occasion. From Palm Sunday to the crucifixion, Honduras honor and celebrate the
sacrifice Jesus Christ made for them by re-enacting the events. People decorate the
trail that Jesus will walk through with colorful sawdust designs to make the walk less
painful for Him.

19. MAIN GATEWAY - HONDURAS
• Toncontín International Airport or Teniente Coronel
Hernán Acosta Mejía Airport is the airport located 6 km
(4 mi) from the centre of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
• Airport Code: TGU

20. ROATAN
ISLANDRoatán is an island in the Caribbean, about 65 kilometres
off the northern coast of Honduras. It is located between
the islands of Útila and Guanaja, and is the largest of the
Bay Islands of Honduras.

21. RIO
The Cangrejal River or Río Cangrejal is a river that drains
several mountain tributaries and borders the rainforest of
Pico Bonito National Park near La Ceiba, Honduras.

22. GUANAJA
Guanaja is one of the Bay Islands of Honduras and is in
the Caribbean. The densely populated cay has been
described as the Venice of Honduras because of the
waterways that run through it.

23. COPAN
Copán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization
located in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not
far from the border with Guatemala. It was the capital city of
a major Classic period kingdom from the 5th to 9th centuries
AD.

24. LAGO DE
YOJOALake Yojoa is the largest lake in Honduras with a surface
area of 79 square kilometers and an average depth of 15
meters. At an altitude of 700 meters, it lies in a depression
formed by volcanoes.

25. NICARAGUA
(THE LAND OF LAKES &
VOLCANOES)
• Nicaragua, set between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, is a
Central American nation known for its dramatic terrain of lakes, volcanoes
and beaches. Officially the Republic of Nicaragua is the largest country in
the Central American isthmus. Nicaragua's capital, Managua, is the
country's largest city and the third-largest city in Central America. The multi-
ethnic population of six million includes indigenous peoples, Europeans,
Africans, and Asians. The main language is Spanish. Native tribes on the
eastern coast speak their own languages.
Capital: Managua
Currency: Nicaraguan Córdoba
Official language: Spanish

26. NICARAGUA
• President:
Daniel Ortega
• Trivia/Facts:
The name of the country is derived
from two words “Nicarao” and “Agua.” Nicarao is
the name of the indigenous people that lived on
the shores of Lake Nicaragua in the 15th century,
prior to the Spanish conquest of the
Americas. Agua is the Spanish word for water,
used due to the abundance of water in the
country, such as the large lakes, Lago de
Nicaragua (also known as Lake Cocibolca) and
Lago de Managua (Lake Xolotlán).

27. CULTURE OF
NICARAGUA
• The people of Nicaragua are mostly mestizos, and
Spanish is invariably their first language.
Nicaraguans mostly refer to themselves
as Nicas, Nicoyas & Pinoleros.
• The rest of Nicaragua was colonized by Spain and
has a similar culture to other Spanish-speaking
American countries. The eastern half of the
country, on the other hand, was once a
British protectorate, and English spoken
domestically along with Spanish and indigenous
languages. Its culture is similar to that of former
and present British colonies in the Caribbean, such
as Jamaica, Belize, the Cayman Islands, etc.

28. MAIN GATEWAY – NICARAGUA
• Augusto C. Sandino International Airport or ACS is
the main airport in Managua, Nicaragua. Named as Las
Mercedes Airport in 1968 it was later renamed Augusto
C. Sandino International Airport.P
• Airport Code: MGA

29. GRANADA
Granada is a Nicaraguan city on the shores of Lake Nicaragua. It’s
home to multiple Spanish colonial landmarks that have survived
repeated pirate invasions. The city’s main plaza, Central Park, is
dominated by the colorful, neoclassical facade of the Cathedral of
Granada, originally dating to 1583. The Centro Cultural Convento
San Francisco nearby is famed for its displays of pre-Columbian
statues.

30. SAN JUAN DEL
SUR
San Juan del Sur is a municipality and coastal town
on the Pacific Ocean, in the Rivas department in
southwest Nicaragua. It is located 140 kilometres
south of Managua.

31. MATAGALPA
Matagalpa is the second most important city in Nicaragua
and is known as the "Pearl of the North" and "Land of
Eternal Spring."

32. OMETEPE
Ometepe is an island formed by two volcanoes rising from
Lake Nicaragua in the Republic of Nicaragua. Its name
derives from the Nahuatl words ome and tepetl, meaning
two mountains. It is the largest island in Lake Nicaragua.

33. CERO NEGRO
Cerro Negro is an active volcano in the Cordillera de los
Maribios mountain range in Nicaragua, about 10 km from
the village of Malpaisillo. It is a very new volcano, the
youngest in Central America, having first appeared in April
1850.

34. PANAMA
(BRIDGE OF THE WORLD)
Panama is a country on the isthmus linking Central and South
America. The man-made Panama Canal cuts through its center,
linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to create an essential
shipping route. In the capital, Panama City, modern skyscrapers,
casinos and nightclubs contrast with colonial buildings in the
Casco Viejo district and the rainforest of Natural Metropolitan
Park.
• Capital: Panama City
• Currencies: United States Dollar, Panamanian balboa
• Official language: Spanish

35. PANAMA
• President:
Juan Carlos Varela
• Trivia/Facts:
Panama is the only place
in the world where you can see
the sun rise on the Pacific and
set on the Atlantic.

36. CULTURE OF PANAMA
• Panamanian culture is a hybrid
of African, Native Panamanian, and
European culture - specifically Spanish.
For example, the tamborito is a Spanish
dance that was blended with Native
American rhythms and dance moves.
Dance is a symbol of the diverse cultures
that have coupled in Panama. The local
folklore can be experienced through a
multitude of festivals, dances and traditions
that have been handed down from
generation to generation.

37. MAIN GATEWAY - PANAMA
• Tocumen International Airport. Tocumen International
Airport is the international airport of Panama City, the
capital of Panama.
• Airport Code: PTY

38. PANAMA CANAL
The Panama Canal is an artificial 48-mile waterway in
Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific
Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and
is a key conduit for international maritime trade.

39. COIBA
Coiba is the largest island in Central America, with an
area of 503 km², off the Pacific coast of the Panamanian
province of Veraguas. It is part of the Montijo District of
that province.

40. • Panama City, Panama's capital, is a
modern city framed by the Pacific Ocean
and man-made Panama Canal. Casco
Viejo, its cobblestoned center, contains
colonial-era landmarks like the
neoclassical Palacio Presidencial (aka
Palacio de las Garzas) as well as
bougainvillea-filled plazas lined with
cafes and bars. From Miraflores Locks
one can watch ships pass through the
city's famed canal, linking the Atlantic
and Pacific.
PEARL ISLAND
The Pearl Islands are a group of 200 or more islands and
islets lying about 30 miles off the Pacific coast of Panama
in the Gulf of Panama.

41. • Bastimentos Island is an island with
eponymous town, and corregimiento
located in the Bocas del Toro District
and archipelage of Bocas del Toro
Province, Panama. The island is about
62 square kilometres, one of the
largest in Panama.
ISLA TABOGA
Taboga Island, also known as the "Island of Flowers", is a
volcanic island in the Gulf of Panama. It is a tourist
destination, about 20 km from Panama City, Panama.

42. • The Chagres National Park is located
between the Province of Panama and
Colon, in the Eastern sector of the
Panama Canal with a total surface area
of 129,000 hectares.
AMADOR CAUSEWAY
Amador Causeway, a narrow land bridge that connects
four islands by the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.
The Causeway was created using rock extracted during the
excavations of the canal.

43. BELIZE
(BRITISH HONDURAS)
• Belize is a nation on the eastern coast of Central America, with
Caribbean Sea shorelines to the east and dense jungle to the
west. It's known for its beaches, eco-lodges, scuba diving and
sport fishing. Offshore, the massive Belize Barrier Reef, dotted
with hundreds of cayes, hosts rich marine life. Belize’s jungle
areas are rich with Mayan ruins.
• Capital: Belmopan
• Currency: Belize dollar
• Official language: English

44. BELIZE
• President:
Dean Oliver Barrow
• Trivia/Facts:
Belize has the only
Jaguar reserve in the world,
otherwise known as
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife
sanctuary.

45. CULTURE OF BELIZE
• The Belizean culture is a mix of
influences and people from Kriol,
Maya, Garinagu (also known as
Garifuna), Mestizo (a mixture of
Spanish and Native Americans),
Mennonites who are of German
descent, with a blend of many other
cultures from Chinese to Lebanese. It
is a unique blend that emerged
through the country's long and
occasionally violent history.

46. MAIN GATEWAY - BELIZE
• BELIZE main airport is derived from the name of
Belize politician Philip Stanley Wilberforce Goldson.
• Airport Code: BZE

47. San Pedro is a town on the southern part of the island
of Ambergris Caye in the Belize District of the nation
of Belize, in Central America. According to 2015 mid-
year estimates, the town has a population of about
16,444. It is the second largest town in the Belize
District and largest in the Belize Rural South
constituency. The once sleepy fishing village was
granted the status of a town in 1984 and was
sometimes said to be the inspiration for the song "La
Isla Bonita", written by Madonna, Patrick Leonard and
Bruce Gaitsch. San Pedro's inhabitants are known as
San Pedranos. Most speak both Spanish and English
fluently. Due to the influence of Kriol, most San
Pedranos can speak it, as well as an intermediate form
that is known as "Kitchen Spanish".
CAYE CAULKER
Caye Caulker is a small Caribbean island off the coast of Belize. It’s
divided by a narrow channel called the Split, where there’s a bar
and a sandy beach. To the south is the island’s only settlement,
known as Caye Caulker Village. The north of the island is home to
dense mangrove forest and diverse birdlife, protected by a forest
reserve. The Caye Caulker Marine Reserve has dive sites on the
Belize Barrier Reef.

48. San Ignacio and Santa Elena are towns in western
Belize. San Ignacio serves as the cultural-economic
hub of Cayo District. It got its start from Mahogany
and chicle production during British colonialism. Over
time it attracted people from the surrounding areas,
which led to the diverse population of the town today.
San Ignacio is the largest settlement in Cayo District
and the second largest in the country, after Belize City.
The area around San Ignacio is one of the most
popular parts of the country for tourism. Nearby
attractions include the ancient Maya ruins of Caracol,
Xunantunich, Cahal Pech, and El Pilar, the Actun
Tunichil Muknal cave, Chaa Creek Nature Reserve, and
the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve. Barton Creek
Cave is another attraction that is popular among
tourists interested in cave tubing.
CARACOL
Caracol is the name given to a large ancient Maya
archaeological site, located in what is now the Cayo
District of Belize.

49. Ambergris Caye, Belize's largest island, is
known for its Caribbean beaches, water
sports and scuba diving. Off the eastern
shore, the Belize Barrier Reef features
famed snorkeling and dive sites like the
Hol Chan Marine Reserve, with an
abundance of sea life, and the 124m-
deep Great Blue Hole. The town of San
Pedro is the island's gateway and a
center for sailing and reef exploration.
COCKSCOMB BASIN
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
The Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in the Stann Creek District of
south-central Belize. It was established to protect the forests, fauna and watersheds of an
approximately 400 square kilometres (150 sq mi) area of the eastern slopes of the Maya
Mountains. The reserve was founded in 1990 as the first wilderness sanctuary for the Jaguar
(Panthera onca) and is regarded as a premier site for Jaguar preservation in the world.

50. • The Belize Barrier Reef is a series of
coral reefs straddling the coast of
Belize, roughly 300 meters offshore in
the north and 40 kilometers in the
south within the country limits.
AMBERGRIS CAYE
Ambergris Caye, Belize's largest island, is known for its Caribbean beaches, water
sports and scuba diving. Off the eastern shore, the Belize Barrier Reef features
famed snorkeling and dive sites like the Hol Chan Marine Reserve, with an
abundance of sea life, and the 124m-deep Great Blue Hole. The town of San Pedro
is the island's gateway and a center for sailing and reef exploration.

51. • San Pedro is a town on the southern
part of the island of Ambergris Caye in
the Belize District of the nation of
Belize, in Central America. According to
2015 mid-year estimates, the town has
a population of about 16,444.
BELIZE BARRIER REEF
The Belize Barrier Reef is a series of coral reefs straddling
the coast of Belize, roughly 300 meters offshore in the
north and 40 kilometers in the south within the country
limits.

52. COSTA RICA
Costa Rica officially The Republic of Costa Rica is a rugged, rain
forested Central American country with coastlines on the
Caribbean and Pacific. Though its capital, San Jose, is home to
cultural institutions like the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum, Costa
Rica is known for its beaches, volcanoes and immense
biodiversity. Roughly a quarter of its area is made up of protected
jungle, rich with wildlife including spider monkeys and quetzal
birds.
Capital: San José
Currency: Costa Rican Colón
Official language: Spanish

53. COSTA RICA
• President:
Luis Guillermo Solís
• Trivia/Facts:
For most of Costa Rica, the dry
season runs from December through April.
During these months, the Pacific coast and
most of the Central Valley receive little rain, or
the odd afternoon shower. May through mid-
November is considered the rainy season,
when days are marked by sunny mornings
and late afternoon thunderstorms. The
Caribbean coast, Monteverde and Arenal
areas are exceptions to this rule, and have no
distinct dry season. -

54. CULTURE OF COSTA
RICA
• Costa Rican culture has been heavily
influenced by Spanish culture ever since
the Spanish colonization of the
Americas including the territory which today
forms Costa Rica. Parts of the country have
other strong cultural influences, including
the Caribbean province of Limón and the
Cordillera de Talamanca which are
influenced by Jamaican immigrants and
indigenous native people, respectively.

55. MAIN GATEWAY – COSTA RICA
• There are currently two international airports in Costa
Rica. The largest, Juan Santamaria Airport (SJO) in
Alajuela, is located within the Central Valley region north of
San Jose. The other airport, Daniel Oduber Airport (LIR) in
Liberia, facilitates access to destinations in the
northwestern Guanacaste region.
• Airport Code: SJO, LIR

56. MONTEVERDE
CLOUD FOREST
RESERVE
The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is a Costa Rican
reserve located along the Cordillera de Tilarán within the
Puntarenas and Alajuela provinces.

57. Tortuguero National Park is a National Park
in the Limón Province of Costa Rica. It is
situated within the Tortuguero Conservation
Area of the northeastern part of the
country.[1] Despite its remote location, it is
the third-most visited park in Costa Rica,
reached only by airplane or boat.[2] The park
has a large variety of biological diversity due
to the existence within the reserve of eleven
different habitats, including rainforest,
mangrove forests, swamps, beaches, and
lagoons. Located in a tropical climate, it is
very humid, and receives up to 250 inches
(6,400 mm) of rain a year.
MANUEL ANTONIO
NATIONAL PARK
Manuel Antonio National Park, on Costa Rica’s central Pacific coast,
encompasses rugged rainforest, white-sand beaches and coral reefs. It’s
renowned for its vast diversity of tropical plants and wildlife, from three-toed
sloths and endangered white-faced capuchin monkeys to hundreds of bird
species. The park’s roughly 680 hectares are crossed with hiking trails, which
meander from the coast up into the mountains.

58. SAN JOSE
San Jose, Costa Rica’s capital, sits in the Central Valley region
with the Talamanca Mountains to the south and volcanoes to the
north. The city is distinguished by its Spanish colonial buildings,
like the ornate, neoclassical National Theatre of Costa Rica
overlooking downtown’s Plaza de la Cultura, a popular gathering
spot. Below the plaza, the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum displays
hundreds of gleaming artifacts.

59. Manuel Antonio National Park, on Costa
Rica’s central Pacific coast, encompasses
rugged rainforest, white-sand beaches
and coral reefs. It’s renowned for its vast
diversity of tropical plants and wildlife,
from three-toed sloths and endangered
white-faced capuchin monkeys to
hundreds of bird species. The park’s
roughly 680 hectares are crossed with
hiking trails, which meander from the
coast up into the mountains.
TAMARINDO
Tamarindo is a town and distrito located on the Nicoya
Peninsula on the Northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica in
the Province of Guanacaste. The district has a population
of 6,869, although the town itself is about 500.

60. La Fortuna is the name of a district and
a small city located in San Carlos, in the
province of Alajuela, Costa Rica. "La
Fortuna" is Spanish for "The Fortune",
and aptly named due its ample supply
of tourist attractions and extremely
fertile lands.
ARENAL VOLCANO
Arenal Volcano, in Spanish Volcán Arenal, is an active
andesitic stratovolcano in north-western Costa Rica
around 90 km northwest of San José, in the province of
Alajuela, canton of San Carlos, and district of La Fortuna.

61. EL SALVADOR
• El Salvador is a tiny Central American nation
known for its Pacific Ocean beaches, surfing and
mountainous landscape. Its Ruta de Las Flores
is a winding journey past flowering coffee farms,
rainforest zip-line sites and towns like Juayúa,
with its weekend food festival, and Ataco, home
to vivid murals. The capital, San Salvador, with a
dramatic backdrop of volcanoes, has vibrant
nightlife and arts scenes.
• Capital: San Salvador
• Official language: Spanish

62. EL SALVADOR
• President:
Salvador Sánchez Cerén
• Trivia/Facts:
Various indigenous groups
such as the Mayas and the Lencas
inhabited El Salvador’s territory during
pre-Columbian times. However, the
country was “conquered” when the
Spaniards took control of the Kingdom of
Cuzcatlan inhabited by the Pipiles (a
group descending from the Aztecs).

63. CULTURE OF EL
SALVADOR
• The culture of El Salvador is similar to
other countries in Latin America, and more
specifically to other countries in Central
America. The European influences are
emphasized in the architecture of the
colonial churches, museums and theaters
throughout most of El Salvador. In addition,
contemporary life in its cities has become
similar to that of the rest of Latin America.

64. MAIN GATEWAY – EL SALVADOR
• Panoramic view of terminal and jet bridges of the
International Airport of El Salvador (SAL), also known
as Comalapa Airport, El Salvador.
• Airport Code: SAL

65. • San Salvador is the capital city of El Salvador
and of San Salvador Department. It is the
country's political, cultural, educational and
financial center. San Salvador has been the host
city for various regional and international sporting,
political, and social events. It hosted the Central
American and Caribbean Games in 1935 and 2002,
and the Central American Games in 1977 and
1994, as well as the Miss Universe 1975 pageant.
San Salvador was also the host city of the 18th
Ibero-American Summit, held October 29–31,
2008, the most important sociopolitical event in
the Spanish and Portuguese sphere.
SAN SALVADOR
San Salvador is the capital city of El Salvador and of San
Salvador Department. It is the country's political, cultural,
educational and financial center.

66. • Coatepeque De Coatepeque (Nahuatl cōātepēc,
"at the snake hill") is a volcanic caldera in El
Salvador in Central America. The caldera was
formed during a series of major rhyolitic explosive
eruptions between about 72,000 and 57,000 years
ago. Since then, basaltic cinder cones and lava
flows formed near the west edge of the caldera,
and six rhyodacitic lava domes have formed. The
youngest dome, Cerro Pacho, formed after 8000
BC.
RUTA DE LAS FLORES
It's a searingly beautiful series of villages, each with a mix
of colonial architecture in indigenous tones.

67. TOP DESTINATION IN EL SALVADOR–
ILOBASCO
• Ilobasco is a municipality in the Cabañas
department of El Salvador. It is located 30 miles (48
kilometers) northeast of the capital, San Salvador.
• This town is known country wide (and
internationally) for its clay (other materials also
used) craftsmanship or pottery. The clay is extracted
and prepared locally. The clay work includes the
"miniatures", which are small representations of
daily scenes as lived by Salvadorans, no bigger
than 2 inches tall. The Town is also home for
second division soccer team El Roble. One version
of the miniatures are the "surprises", which are
basically a scene covered with another piece of clay
shaped and painted in the form of a fruit, an egg, a
house or other things. The cover can be removed
and then the scene can be seen.
El Imposible National Park is a tropical forest and a
national park in El Salvador. It was established on 1
January 1989 and covers an area of 38.20 square
kilometres. It literally means, "national park The
Impossible" in English.

68. • El Imposible National Park is a
tropical forest and a national park in El
Salvador. It was established on 1
January 1989 and covers an area of
38.20 square kilometers. It literally
means, "Impossible national park" in
English.
PUNTA ROCA
Punta Roca is a classic when visiting the Salvadoran coast. It is located in Playa
El Cocal, Department of La Libertad. This site offers a variety of dining options
including seafood and steaks in a tropical and family oriented environment,
right on the beach. Recently, Punta Roca opened several luxurious bungalows,
built with a combination of traditional and modern architecture that blends
perfectly with the well-kept gardens.

69. • Lake Ilopango is a crater lake which
fills a scenic 8 by 11 km volcanic
caldera in central El Salvador, on the
borders of the San Salvador, La Paz,
and Cuscatlán departments.
MONUMENTO AL DIVINO
SALVADOR DEL MUNDO
Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo (English: Monument to the Divine Savior
of the World) is a monument located on Plaza El Salvador del Mundo (The Savior of
the World Plaza) in San Salvador City, El Salvador. It consists of a statue of Jesus
Christ standing on top of a global sphere of planet earth, placed on top of the tall
four-sided concrete base pedestal. It is a landmark located in the country's capital San
Salvador. It is a symbol that identifies and represents both El Salvador and
Salvadorans throughout the world.

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