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El Zonte is a town in La Libertad Department in El Salvador.A popular tourist destination, El Zonte has been described as a "world surfing mecca". [1] Playa El Zonte (English: El Zonte Beach; nicknamed Bitcoin Beach) became one of the first locales in El Salvador to accept Bitcoin as a payment method, and inspired the country's adoption of Bitcoin as a legal tender.
Smallest: Cabañas (164,945) Areas. Largest: Usulután (2,130.4 km 2) Smallest: Cuscatlán (756.2 km 2) Subdivisions. Municipality. El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (Spanish: departamentos) for administrative purposes, subdivided into 44 municipalities (municipios) and 262 districts. The country is a unitary state.
The municipalities of El Salvador, called municipios are composed by 262 in total. Each one having its own capital and a variable number of cantons ; these are conformed of caseríos. In June 2023, President Nayib Bukele proposed the reduction of municipal councils to 44, with former municipalities becoming districts.
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-America).
El Salvador is a popular destination for surf tourism due to the large waves present in the Pacific Ocean. Alegría Lake "The Emerald of America". Lake Coatepeque in the west of the country. The San Miguel (volcano) during the eruption of December 29, 2013. Tourism accounts for a large part of El Salvador 's economy.
El Salvador's population was 6,314,167 in 2021, 162 163 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. 164 The capital city of San Salvador has a population of about 2.1 million people.
El Salvador has had an incredibly high crime rate since the end of their civil war, with San Salvador being the seventh most violent city in the world and a homicide rate of 100 per 100,000 people. [19] The high level of gang violence contributes heavily to the homicide rate. Per 100,000 people, there are about 323 gang members in El Salvador. [19]
El Salvador 's population numbers 6.5 million. Ethnically, 86.3% of Salvadorans are mixed (mixed Native Salvadoran and European (mostly Spanish) origin). Another 12.7% is of pure European descent, 1% are of pure indigenous descent, 0.16% are black and others are 0.64%. [1]