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El Salvador became the first country in the world to use bitcoin as legal tender, after having been adopted as such by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 2021. It has been promoted by Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, who claimed that it would improve the economy by making banking easier for Salvadorans, and that it would encourage foreign investment.
Population[edit] El Salvador's population was 6,314,167 in 2021, [2] [3] compared to 2,200,000 in 1950. In 2010 the percentage of the population below the age of 15 was 32.1%, 61% were between 15 and 65 years of age, while 6.9% were 65 years or older. [4] Year. Total population.
Memorial depicting Oscar Romero and the 1980 murders of U.S. missionaries in El Salvador.. On December 2, 1980, four Catholic missionaries from the United States working in El Salvador were raped and murdered by five members of the El Salvador National Guard (Daniel Canales Ramírez, Carlos Joaquín Contreras Palacios, Francisco Orlando Contreras Recinos, José Roberto Moreno Canjura, and Luis ...
Religion in El Salvador (2022 estimate) [1] Catholicism (41.9%) Protestantism (35.9%) Other Christian (1.7%) No religion (19.9%) Others (0.6%) St. Anne's Cathedral in Santa Ana. Christianity is the predominant religion in El Salvador, [2] with Catholicism and Protestantism being its main denominations. The Catholic share of the population is on ...
Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez ( Spanish pronunciation: [naˈʝiβ buˈkele]; born 24 July 1981) is a Salvadoran politician and businessman currently serving as the 43rd president of El Salvador since 1 June 2019.
The culture of El Salvador is a Central American culture nation influenced by the clash of ancient Mesoamerica and medieval Iberian Peninsula. Salvadoran culture is influenced by Native American culture ( Lenca people, Cacaopera people, Maya peoples, Pipil people) as well as Latin American culture ( Latin America, Hispanic America, Ibero ...
Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 84 deputies, all of whom are elected by direct popular vote according to closed-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election. Of these, 64 are elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies ...
In June 1969, El Salvador played three games against Honduras in the qualifying rounds of the World Cup.: 64 Then, on 26 June 1969, El Salvador won a play-off game 3 goals to 2 against Haiti, taking a place in the cup finals. On 14 July 1969, armed hostilities began between El Salvador and Honduras.