1. In 2002 El Salvador was the premiere location for the Central American and Caribbean sports games. Roughly 2 million tickets were sold to this world event.

2. El Salvador first introduced its flag in 1909. He meaning of the flag stands for blue which is unity and the whit area represents peace.

3. Famous for her tennis ability Rosie Casals has ancestral roots buried in El Salvador

4. Unusual for a third world country el Salvador is one of the only democracies in the world and is considered one of the best.

5. The first time the el Salvadoran soccer team qualified for the FIFA world championship was in 1982, they beat out Mexico for the qualifiers.

6. El Salvador holds one of the only world wonder historical sites known it is in Joya de Ceren it was originally declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in the early 1990’s. It is a distinct piece of Latin American history.

7. El Salvador is also known for its beautiful woman and none other than miss El Salvador 1955 Maria Isabel Arrieta Galvez. She Is considered one of the most beautiful miss el Salvador of all time coming in 1^st runner up in the miss universe pageant in that same year. She did go onto become miss amity and a huge hit across Latin America.

8. America super model Christy Turlington was originally from El Salvador

9. Salvadoran cyclist Maureen Vergara was one of the world champion ship cyclist in the early and late 1970’s. She became a Latin American Icon for woman.

10. The capitol of El Salvador has been the host of the miss universe competition only 2 times since its inception. First time was in 1975 the last time was in 1999. The winner of the first miss universe was unfortunately not miss El Salvador

11. Prior to taken a fall before he was ill one of the last locations that Pope john Paul II went to was El Salvador

12. El Salvador has a rich history of famous people including Claribel Alegria a great writer of fiction. Alvaro Torres who shocked the world with his singing ability. Osca Arnulfo Romero Who fought against the establishment for the people. And Paulinea Galvez who won the miss international competition in 1999. These are but a few of the many great El Salvadorans in history.

13. El Salvador has some of the world’s most active volcanoes. The Santa Anna Volcano is El Salvador highest.

14. As of 2009 El Salvador’s population was over 7,000,000 with 3% of them daily making the dangerous trek to the United States for their families.

15. El Salvador’s main Religion is Catholic which makes up about 85% of the population

16. El Salvador is one of the only countries to go to war with Honduras over a soccer game.

17. El Salvador’s civil war killed over 75000 people that have been accounted for there are still over 25000 MIS

18. El Salvador is one of the richest surfing destinations in the world it regularly host world surfing competitions because of the surfing riptides that regularly explore the coast.