El Salvador is a country located in Central America between Guatemala and Honduras, with a population of over 7 million people. It has a tropical climate with rainy seasons from May to October and dry seasons from November to April that produces crops like coffee, cotton and cereals. El Salvador is located on the Caribbean tectonic plate, containing dormant volcanoes and prone to earthquakes, with its last major quake registering a 7.6 in 2001.