Location
Where is the place?
The longitude and latitude of El Salvador is 13° 42° North and 89° 12° West.
El Salvador is located in the continent, North America.
The hemisphere that El Salvador is located around is the Western Hemisphere
How far away from home is it?
El Salvador is about 2-4 hours away from Pennsylvania.
You would travel 1,665 miles to get to El Salvador from Pennsylvania.
What countries are neighbors of El Salvador?
The countries that are nearest to El Salvador is Guatemala and Honduras.
Place
Description of the place.
It is a very small country with rocky edges.
It is a bit smaller than the state Massachusetts.
What is the climate?
The months of November to April is known as the dry season. It is very …show more content…
The most known volcanoes are the San Vicente, Santa Ana and San Miguel.
It is filled with large mountains and has a fertile plateau.
There are forests called "cloud forests" in El Salvador. These forests have a wide variety of birds and insect.
Description of the people who live here.
The nationality of the people of El Salvador is Salvadorean.
In El Salvador they celebrate many holidays. During their holidays they have big parties called fiestas or they stay at home and eat a meal with their families.
The women and men in El Salvador do not shake hands with each other, instead they pat each other on the shoulder as a greeting.
How do people use the land?
In El Salvador they grow rice, beans, coffee, sugar, corn and wheat. They use the wheat to make grain for their famous tortillas.
The animals they herd are hogs and other cattle. They use these things to get meat and milk to eat.
Mining is not popular in this country. There is less than 1% mining areas located here.
They have a big amount of industry. Their biggest is fishing where they catch a lot of their fish to eat or sell. The other industries they have are food processing, petroleum, textiles and fertilizers.
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