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	El Salvador - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/es.html Country summary from the CIA Factbook.
	El Salvador Information - http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107489.html Site with information regarding most aspects of El Salvador.
	El Salvador - http://encarta.msn.com/find/concise.asp?ti=01822000 Free Concise Encyclopedia Article from Encarta Online.
	El Salvador Links - http://home.tampabay.rr.com/latinoconnect/elsalvad.html Directory for Salvadoran related information resources.

El Salvador [ El Salvador ]

Official language: Spanish

National Institutions:

• Presidencia de la República [Presidency of the Republic]
  • Comision Presidencial para la Modernización del Sector Publico [Presidential Commission for the Modernization of the Public Sector]
• Ministerio de Economía [Ministry of Economy]
  • Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) [National Council of Science and Technology]
  • Comite Ejecutivo de la Feria Internacional de El Salvador
• Ministerio de Educación [Ministry of Education]
• Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales [Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources]
• Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores [Ministry of External Relations]
• Ministerio de Hacienda [Ministry of Finance]
• Ministerio del Interior [Ministry of Interior]
• Ministerio de Justicia [Ministry of Justice]
  • Centro Nacional de Registros (CNR)
• Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social [Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance]
• Ministerio de Seguridad Pública [Ministry of Public Security]
  • Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) [National Civil Police]
• Ministerio de Obras Públicas [Ministry of Public Works]
  • Centro de Investigaciones Geotécnicas (CIG) [Centre of Geotechical Research]
  • Fondo Nacional de Vivienda Popular (FONAVIPO)
• Comisión Nacional de Desarrollo [National Commission of Development]
• Comité Nacional de Informática (CNI) [National Committee of Informatics]
• Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones [General Superintendence of Electricity and Telecommunications]
• Superintendencia del Sistema Financiero [Superintendence of the Financial System]
• Superintendencia de Valores [Superintendence of Securities]
• Superintendencia de Pensiones [Superintendence of Pensions]
• Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador (BCR) [Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador]
  • Centro de Trámites de Exportación (CENTREX) [Center for Export Procedures]
• Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) [Supreme Electoral Court]

Municipal Institutions:

• Alcaldía Municipal de San Salvador

Representations in Foreign Countries:

• Salvadoran Tourism Office in Taipei, China (Republic)
• Consulado de El Salvador en Copenhague, Dinamarca [Consulate of El Salvador in Copenhagen, Denmark]
• Embajada de El Salvador en Jerusalem, Israel [Embassy of El Salvador in Jerusalem, Israel]
• Embajada de El Salvador en Lima, Perú [Embassy of El Salvador in Lima, Peru]
• Consulado de El Salvador en Miami, Estados Unidos de América [Consulate of El Salvador in Miami, United States of America]
• Embajada de El Salvador en Washington, Estados Unidos de América [Embassy of El Salvador in Washington, United States of America]

Political Parties:

• Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)

Additional Information:

General Information:

• The World Factbook (by the CIA)
• Atlapedia Online (by Latimer Clarke Corporation)
• Information Please: Countries of the World (by Information Please LLC)

Political Information:

• Elections around the world (by Wilfried Derksen)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members (by the CIA)
• Political Leaders (by Roberto Ortíz de Zárate)
• World Statesmen (by Benjamin Cahoon)
• Political Resources on the Net (by Roberto Cicciomessere)
• The Political Reference Almanac (by Keynote Publishing Co.)

Information from Encyclopedias:

• Columbia Encyclopedia (by Columbia University Press)
• Encyclopædia Britannica (by Encyclopæia Britannica, Inc.)

Touristic Information:

• World Travel Guide (by Columbus Publishing Ltd.)
• Lonely Planet Destinations (by Lonely Planet Publications)
• Atevo Travel Destinations (by Atevo, Inc.)

Information on Human Rights:

• Amnesty International Publications (by Amnesty International)
• Freedom in the World (by Freedom House, Inc.)

Other Information:

• Human Development Report (by United Nations Development Programme)
• Ethnologue: Languages of the World (by Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.)
• Flags Of The World (by Giuseppe Bottasini, Rob Raeside, Mark Sensen and others)
• World Flag Database (by Graham Bartram)

 

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