El Salvador is a small Central American country located between Guatemala and Honduras, with a population of over 7 million people in 2009. In the 1970s and 1980s, El Salvador experienced a civil war that lasted 12 years and left 75,000 dead, sparked by economic and political problems between the ruling National Conciliation Party and the guerrilla Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front. A peace treaty was eventually brokered in 1992 by President Alfredo Cristiani of the ARENA party, ending the conflict.

1. EL SalvadorBy. Brian Olmedo

2. GeographyEl 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. PopulationIn 2009 there about 7,185,218 people

4. The civil warIt 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 infoOne of the tourist attraction is a place called SushitotoThe recent president of El Salvador is Mauricio FunesThe capital of el Salvador is san SalvadorThere are two republics called ARENA, and FMLN November 2nd Is national Pupusa day