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35 unusual facts about El Salvador


Adolfo Menéndez

Adolfo Humberto Menéndez Cortéz (born 13 April 1970 in Santa Ana, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer who currently acts as goalkeeper coach at C.D. FAS.

Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos

During his time with the Santa Ana club, he would go on to play an integral part in the club winning the league title 5 times from 2002 to 2005.

Ana Maria de Martinez

Ana Maria de Martinez (born May 28, 1937 in Santa Ana, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran artist.

Andrés Ignacio Menéndez

Brigadier General Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (1 February 1879–7 June 1962) was born in Santa Ana, El Salvador.

Armando Contreras Palma

Armando Contreras Palma (born April 14, 1947 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran football manager.

C.D. Sonsonate

Founded in 1948, the club was known as C.D. Sonsonate, also playing in the town of Sonsonate, They are the most used named by the club.

Cristian Edgardo Álvarez

Cristian Edgardo Álvarez Cruz (born 19 April 1978 in Santa Ana) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for FAS in the Salvadoran Premier League.

Edwin Sánchez

Edwin Ernesto Sánchez Vigil (born February 21, 1990 in Santa Tecla, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for FAS in the Primera División of El Salvador, and for the El Salvador national team.

Efrain Burgos

Efraín Antonio Burgos (born 4 November 1961 in Santa Ana, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football (soccer) player.

Emerson Umaña

Emerson David Umaña Corleto (born November 12, 1981 in San Vicente, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran football midfielder who currently plays for Águila in the Salvadoran Premier Division.

Foreign relations of Costa Rica

Costa Rica also hosted several rounds of negotiations between the Salvadoran Government and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), aiding El Salvador's efforts to emerge from civil war and culminating in that country's 1994 free and fair elections.

Jonathan Águila

Born in San Miguel, Águila started in the Fundomadrid project and then joined Águila San Isidro and later ADI.

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Jonathan Josué Águila Joya (born November 11, 1990 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer.

José Félix Quirós

José Félix Quirós (1811, San Miguel, El Salvador - 1883, San Miguel) was President of El Salvador 3 - 7 February 1848 and 1 March - 3 May 1851.

José Manuel González Hernández

José Manuel González Hernández (Born October 6, 1981 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Dragón in the Salvadoran Premier League.

José María Silva

Licenciado José María Silva (ca. 1804 in San Miguel, El Salvador – October 16, 1876 in San Miguel) was a Liberal Salvadoran politician.

Josué Flores

Josué Odir Flores Palencia (born May 13, 1988 in Santa Ana, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer currently playing for Zakho in the Iraqi Premier League.

Juan Francisco Barraza

Born in the district of San Miguel as the son of Maria de la Cruz Barraza and Juan de God Flores, he attended Dr Antonio Rosales primary school.

Juan José Gómez

Juan José Gómez (born November 8, 1980 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who plays actually for Luis Angel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier League.

Juan Ramón Martínez

Juan Ramón "Mon" Martínez (born April 20, 1948 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a retired football player from El Salvador.

Kevin Santamaria

Kevin Oswaldo Santamaría Guzmán (born January 11, 1991 in Santa Tecla, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran football midfielder.

Moisés Girón

Moisés Fernando Girón (Born July 17, 1987 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who most recently played for C.D. Vista Hermosa.

Nuestra Belleza El Salvador 2012

Nuestra Belleza El Salvador 2012 took place on April 27, 2012 at the Hotel Royal Decameron in Salinitas, Sonsonate.

Oscar Emigdio Benítez

Oscar Emigdio Benítez (born October 6, 1948 in San Vicente, El Salvador) is a former Salvadoran (El Salvador) football player and manager.

Pedro Geoffroy Rivas

Pedro Geoffroy Rivas (September 16, 1908 in Santa Ana, El Salvador – November 10, 1979 in San Salvador, El Salvador) was an anthropologist, poet, and linguist.

Ricardo Valencia

Nicknamed el Chilenito (the little Chilean), Santa Ana-born and raised Ricardo Valencia joined the newly formed team FAS in 1949.

Roberto D'Aubuisson

D'Aubuisson was born in Santa Tecla, La Libertad Department, El Salvador, graduating from the national military academy in 1963.

Rodrigo Ávila

Ávila himself was not substantially involved in partisan politics until he was asked by the ARENA leadership to run as mayor of Santa Tecla, a small suburb of San Salvador.

Ronald Pimentel

Ronald Alexander Pimentel (born September 17, 1985 in Sonsonate) is a professional football player, who currently plays for Once Municipal in the Salvadoran Premier League .

Rúsvel Saravia

At the time Saravia was playing in the Salvadoran third division with C.D. Los Andes, and was asked to trial with the San Miguel club, where he impressed Stempel and was offered a contract.

Tepetitán

Tepetitán, El Salvador, in the département of San Vicente in El Salvador

Thecla

Santa Tecla, formerly Nuevo San Salvador, in La Libertad, El Salvador

Universidad Autónoma de Santa Ana

The Universidad Autónoma de Santa Ana is a university in Santa Ana, El Salvador.

Walter Soto

Walter Fabricio Soto Pineda (born December 22, 1983 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who is currently contracted to Águila in the Salvadoran Premier League.

Water supply and sanitation in El Salvador

The dominant service provider is the Administración Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (ANDA), which provides services to 40 percent of the total population of El Salvador in 149 out of the country’s 262 municipalities, including the metropolitan area of San Salvador and the country's other two main cities, Santa Ana and San Miguel.


Álvaro Misael Alfaro

Álvaro Misael Alfaro Sánchez (born January 6, 1971 in Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer.

Benjamín Durán

Benjamín Hernán Durán Figueroa (born July 17, 1988 in Chalchuapa, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran football forward who currently plays for Once Municipal in the Salvadoran Premier division.

C.D. Atlético Chaparratique

Club Deportivo Atletico Chaparrastique , commonly known as Atletico Chaparrastique are a Salvadoran professional football club based in Moncagua, San Miguel, El Salvador.

Cesar Nerio

César Nerio Toledo (born December 23, 1982 in San Juan Opico, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Chalatenango in the Salvadoran second division

Erber Burgos

Erber Alfredo Burgos Ángel (born 8 April 1969 in Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football player.

Ernesto Góchez

Ernesto Góchez Lovo (born September 14, 1976 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently is an assistant coach for C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo.

False title

He added that the phrase "right-wing spokesman Maj. Roberto D'Aubuisson" was ambiguous, as the reader could not tell whether D'Aubuisson was the single spokesman for the Salvadoran right wing or one of many.

Family dictatorship

El Salvador: Carlos Meléndez (1915–1918), succeeded by his brother Jorge Meléndez (1919–1923), succeeded by his brother-in-law Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (acting 1918-1919, 1923–1927)

Fermán Cienfuegos

José Eduardo Sancho Castañeda, better known by hius nom de guerre Fermán Cienfuegos (born 6 March 1947) was the leader of the Salvadoran organization Fuerzas Armadas de la Resistencia Nacional (National Resistance Armed Forces in English, part of Resistencia Nacional or RN).

Fernando Sáenz Lacalle

Fernando Sáenz Lacalle (born 16 November 1932) was the tenth Bishop and sixth Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador.

Francisco Osorto

Francisco Salvador Osorto Guardado (born 20 March 1957 in Santa Rosa de Lima) is a former football player from El Salvador.

Fuerte Aguilares

Club Deportivo Fuerte Aguilares, commonly known as Fuerte Aguilares are a Salvadoran professional football club based in Aguilares.

Gilberto Murgas

Gilberto Alfredo Murgas Fajardo (born January 22, 1981 in El Refugio, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football player who finished his career with FAS in the Salvadoran Premier League.

Herbert Sosa

Herbert Arnoldo Sosa Burgos (born January 11, 1990 in San Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Alianza in the Salvadoran Premier Division.

Hugh Douglas Barclay

He was sworn in as Ambassador on November 12, and presented his credentials to El Salvador’s President, Francisco Flores, on December 18.

International Law Enforcement Academy

Presently, there are five ILEAs located around the world: ILEA Budapest in Hungary, ILEA Bangkok in Thailand, ILEA Gaborone in Botswana, ILEA Roswell in New Mexico, USA, and ILEA San Salvador in El Salvador.

Jorge Morán

Jorge Luis Morán Rodas (born October 4, 1989 in Coatepeque, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Isidro Metapán in the Salvadoran Premier Division.

José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez

José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez (30 October 1873 – 9 August 1938) was the sixth Bishop and second Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador.

José Campos

José Eduardo Campos Barahona (born March 15, 1983 in Usulután, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier League.

José Francisco Jovel

José Francisco Jovel Cruz (born 26 May 1951 in Usulután, El Salvador) is a retired football player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

José Miguel Granadino

José Miguel Granadino León (born September 28, 1988) is a Salvadoran football Defender who played for FAS.

Josimar Hernández

Josimar Alexis Hernández Abrego (born December 23, 1989 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo.

Juan Guzmán Tapia

Guzmán was born into a Chilean diplomatic family in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Juventud Independiente

Club Deportivo Juventud Independiente , also commonly known as Juventud Independiente, is a professional Salvadoran football club, based in San Juan Opico, La Libertad , El Salvador.

Lake Ilopango

Lake Ilopango is a crater lake which fills a scenic 8×11 km (72 km2 or 28 sq mi) volcanic caldera in central El Salvador, on the borders of the San Salvador, La Paz, and Cuscatlán departments.

Lifestyle Center La Gran Via

La Gran Vía, is a shopping mall tipe Life style center located in Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador.

Luis Miguel Hernández

Luis Miguel Hernández Campos (born February 9, 1985 in Chinameca, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran First Division.

Maureen Kaila Vergara

Maureen Kaila Vergara (born December 17, 1964 in San Francisco, United States) is a retired Salvadoran cycle racer who used to ride for the 800.com team.

Merlin Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley

Sudeley was also a former Vice-president of the now-defunct Western Goals Institute, and on 25 September 1989, chaired a WGI dinner at Simpson's-in-the-Strand for El Salvador's President, Alfredo Cristiani, and his inner cabinet.

NACAC Championships

The last of the six IAAF areas to hold a continental senior athletics competition, the NACAC Championships' inaugural edition was held in 2007 in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Nicholas Hervey

One such event, on 25 September 1989, was the Western Goals Institute dinner at Simpson's-in-the-Strand, chaired by Lord Sudeley, for El Salvador's President, Alfredo Cristiani, and his inner cabinet.

Once Lobos

Once Lobos Chalchuapa, commonly known as Once Lobos, is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Chalchuapa, Santa Ana, El Salvador.

Rafael Arévalo

Arévalo was the first player from El Salvador to represent the country, in a tennis competition, at the Olympics.

Ramiro Carballo

Ramiro Ernesto Carballo Henríquez (born 16 March 1978 in Colón, La Libertad, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran professional football player, who currently plays for UES in the Salvadoran Premier League.

Ramón Martínez de Paz

Ramón Martínez de Paz (born February 10, 1981 in Usulután, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Municipal Limeño in the Salvadoran second division .

Raymond Bonner

Bonner is best known as one of two journalists (the other was Alma Guillermoprieto of The Washington Post) who broke the story of the El Mozote massacre, in which some 900 villagers at El Mozote, El Salvador, were slaughtered by the Salvadoran army in December 1981.

Rigoberto Guzmán

Rigoberto "Rigo" Guzmán Calderón (born June 11, 1932 in Atiquizaya, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football (soccer) player and manager.

Rubén Quijada

Rubén Adolfo Quijada Umanzor (born December 18, 1985 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran football player.

Salvador Mariona

Salvador Antonio Mariona Rivera (born 27 December 1943 in Santa Tecla, El Salvador) is a retired soccer player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

Saúl Molina

Saúl Victorino Molina (born 14 March 1938 in Nueva Guadalupe, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran professional footballer.

Selvin Bonifacio Zepeda

Selvin Bonifacio Zepeda Morales (born 13 July 1981 in San Sebastián) is a Salvadoran football player who represented El Salvador at international level.

Spencer S. Wood

In November 1888 he was among a group of four officers ordered to Mexico and Central America to make astronomical observations to determine the longitude of Coatzacoalcos and Salina Cruz in Mexico, La Libertad in El Salvador, and San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua; the group then traveled to Washington, D.C., to complete its calculations.

Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Sunset Park's second age began with a wave of immigration from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and El Salvador, as well as other Latin American countries.

Vladan Vićević

Vićević, born in Titovo Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, played with his hometown club FK Sloboda Užice in the Serbian lower leagues for a decade between 1986 and 1995 before moving to El Salvador to play with Águila from August 1996.

William Torres

William Jeovanny Torres Alegría (born October 27, 1976 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran professional football player, who currently plays for Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier Division.