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Guanahani

(Encyclopedia)Guanahani: see San Salvador, island. ...

Central American Common Market

(Encyclopedia)Central American Common Market (CACM), trade organization envisioned by a 1960 treaty between Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. The treaty established (1961) a secretariat for Central A...

Bahia, city, Brazil

(Encyclopedia)Bahia, city, Brazil: see Salvador, Brazil. ...

Cat Island

(Encyclopedia)Cat Island: see San Salvador, island. ...

Watling Island

(Encyclopedia)Watling Island or Watlings Island: see San Salvador. ...

Funes, Mauricio

(Encyclopedia)Funes, Mauricio (Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena), 1959–, Salvadoran journalist and politician, president of El Salvador (2009–14). A television reporter, he became known for his news reporting an...

Zacatecoluca

(Encyclopedia)Zacatecoluca säkätākōlo͞oˈkä [key], city (1993 pop. 28,192), S central El Salvador. The city was heavily damaged by an earthquake in 1932. ...

Recôncavo

(Encyclopedia)Recôncavo: see Bahia, state; Salvador, Brazil. ...

Acajutla

(Encyclopedia)Acajutla äkäho͞otˈlä [key], town (1993 17,233), SW El Salvador, on the Pacific Ocean. It is a coffee and fishing port, a railroad terminus, and a resort. Sugar is an important export. ...

Usulután

(Encyclopedia)Usulután o͞oso͞olo͞otänˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 38,138), S El Salvador. Near the volcano of the same name, the city is the commercial center of an agricultural region. ...