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Country
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El Salvador | 
Mauritius |
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Leader
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President: Mauricio Funes
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President: Rajkeswur Purryag
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Population
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6,090,646
| 1,313,095
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Life Expectancy
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73.690 years
| 74.710 years
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Capital City
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San Salvador
| Port Louis
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Largest city
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| San Salvador (population: 525,990) | Port Louis (population: 155,226) |
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Human Development Index
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0.747
| 0.802
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| GDP per capita |
$7,600 US
| $15,100 US
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Literacy Rate
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80.2%
| 84.4%
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Corruption Perception Index
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3.9
| 5.5
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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16.7%
| 17.1%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.000%
| 7.800%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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15 September 1821 (from Spain)
| 12 March 1968 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.)
| Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)
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| Languages |
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
| Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)
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| Exports |
offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity
| clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish
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| External Debt |
$12,950,000,000 $
| $5,205,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
the US dollar became El Salvador's currency in 2001
| Mauritian rupees (MUR) per US dollar - 27.973 (2008 est.), 31.798 (2007), 31.656 (2006), 29.496 (2005), 27.499 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.600%
| 0.300%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 1
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| Location |
Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras
| Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
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| Area |
21,041 km sq
| 2,040 km sq
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| Coastline |
307 km
| 177 km
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| Climate |
tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands
| tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)
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