Compare El Salvador (2005) - Ashmore and Cartier Islands (2007)

Compare El Salvador (2005) z Ashmore and Cartier Islands (2007)

	El Salvador (2005)	Ashmore and Cartier Islands (2007)

Administrative divisions	14 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, Santa Ana, San Vicente, Sonsonate, Usulutan	-
Age structure	0-14 years: 36.5% (male 1,250,901/female 1,198,589) 15-64 years: 58.3% (male 1,860,084/female 2,051,140) 65 years and over: 5.1% (male 153,133/female 191,085) (2005 est.)	-
Agriculture - products	coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; shrimp; beef, dairy products	-
Airports	73 (2004 est.)	-
Airports - with paved runways	total: 4 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2004 est.)	-
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 69 914 to 1,523 m: 15 under 914 m: 54 (2004 est.)	-
Area	total: 21,040 sq km land: 20,720 sq km water: 320 sq km	total: 5 sq km land: 5 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island
Area - comparative	slightly smaller than Massachusetts	about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Background	El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided for military and political reforms.	These uninhabited islands came under Australian authority in 1931; formal administration began two years later. Ashmore Reef supports a rich and diverse avian and marine habitat; in 1983, it became a National Nature Reserve. Cartier Island, a former bombing range, is now a marine reserve.
Birth rate	27.04 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)	-
Budget	revenues: $2.491 billion expenditures: $2.782 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2004 est.)	-
Capital	San Salvador	-
Climate	tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands	tropical
Coastline	307 km	74.1 km
Constitution	23 December 1983	-
Country name	conventional long form: Republic of El Salvador conventional short form: El Salvador local long form: Republica de El Salvador local short form: El Salvador	conventional long form: Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands conventional short form: Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Death rate	5.85 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)	-
Debt - external	$4.792 billion (September 2004 est.)	-
Dependency status	-	territory of Australia; administered by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services
Diplomatic representation from the US	chief of mission: Ambassador H. Douglas BARCLAY embassy: Final Boulevard Santa Elena Sur, Antiguo Cuscatlan, La Libertad, San Salvador mailing address: Unit 3116, APO AA 34023 telephone: [503] 278-4444 FAX: [503] 278-5522	none (territory of Australia)
Diplomatic representation in the US	chief of mission: Ambassador Rene Antonio LEON Rodriguez chancery: 2308 California Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 265-9671 FAX: [1] (202) 234-3834 consulate(s) general: Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York (2), San Francisco, and Washington, DC consulate(s): Boston	none (territory of Australia)
Disputes - international	in 1992, the ICJ ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary, but despite OAS intervention and a further ICJ ruling in 2003, full demarcation of the border remains stalled; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca advocating Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island, not identified in the ICJ decision, off Honduras in the Gulf of Fonseca	Indonesian groups challenge Australia's claim to these islands; Australia closed parts of the Ashmore and Cartier Reserve to Indonesian traditional fishing and placed restrictions on certain catches
Economic aid - recipient	$125 million of which, $53 million from US (2003)	-
Economy - overview	GDP per capita is roughly half that of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, and the distribution of income is highly unequal. The government is striving to open new export markets, encourage foreign investment, modernize the tax and healthcare systems, and stimulate the sluggish economy. Implementation of the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement, ratified by El Salvador in 2004, is viewed as a key policy to help achieve these objectives. The trade deficit has been offset by annual remittances from Salvadorans living abroad - 16% of GDP in 2004 - and external aid. With the adoption of the US dollar as its currency, El Salvador has lost control over monetary policy and must concentrate on maintaining a disciplined fiscal policy.	no economic activity
Electricity - consumption	4.45 billion kWh (2004)	-
Electricity - exports	91 million kWh (2004)	-
Electricity - imports	473 million kWh (2004)	-
Electricity - production	4.158 billion kWh (2004)	-
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 3 m
Environment - current issues	deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes	NA
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea	-
Ethnic groups	mestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1%	-
Exchange rates	the US dollar became El Salvador's currency in 2001	-
Executive branch	chief of state: President Elias Antonio SACA Gonzalez (since 1 June 2004); Vice President Ana Vilma DE ESCOBAR (since 1 June 2004); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: President Elias Antonio SACA Gonzalez (since 1 June 2004); Vice President Ana Vilma DE ESCOBAR (since 1 June 2004); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: Council of Ministers selected by the president elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for five-year terms; election last held 21 March 2004 (next to be held March 2009) election results: Elias Antonio SACA Gonzalez elected president; percent of vote - Elias Antonio SACA Gonzalez (ARENA) 57.7%, Schafik HANDAL (FMLN) 35.6%, Hector SILVA (CDU-PDC) 3.9%, other 2.8%	-
Exports	NA	-
Exports - commodities	offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles, chemicals, electricity	-
Exports - partners	US 65.6%, Guatemala 11.8%, Honduras 6.3% (2004)	-
Fiscal year	calendar year	-
Flag description	three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL; similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which has a different coat of arms centered in the white band - it features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom; also similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band	the flag of Australia is used
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 9.2% industry: 31.1% services: 59.7% (2004 est.)	-
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $4,900 (2004 est.)	-
GDP - real growth rate	1.8% (2004 est.)	-
Geographic coordinates	13 50 N, 88 55 W	12 14 S, 123 05 E
Geography - note	smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea	Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve established in August 1983
Heliports	1 (2004 est.)	-
Highways	total: 10,029 km paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of expressways) unpaved: 8,043 km (1999 est.)	-
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 39.3% (2001)	-
Illicit drugs	transshipment point for cocaine; small amounts of marijuana produced for local consumption; domestic cocaine abuse on the rise	-
Imports	NA	-
Imports - commodities	raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity	-
Imports - partners	US 46.3%, Guatemala 8.1%, Mexico 6% (2004)	-
Independence	15 September 1821 (from Spain)	-
Industrial production growth rate	0.7% (2004 est.)	-
Industries	food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals	-
Infant mortality rate	total: 25.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 22.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)	-
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	5.4% (2004 est.)	-
International organization participation	BCIE, CACM, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, MINURSO, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO	-
Irrigated land	360 sq km (1998 est.)	0 sq km
Judicial branch	Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are selected by the Legislative Assembly)	-
Labor force	2.75 million (2004 est.)	-
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture 17.1%, industry 17.1%, services 65.8% (2003 est.)	-
Land boundaries	total: 545 km border countries: Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 31.85% permanent crops: 12.07% other: 56.08% (2001)	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all grass and sand) (2005)
Languages	Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)	-
Legal system	based on civil and Roman law, with traces of common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations	the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia and the laws of the Northern Territory of Australia, where applicable, apply
Legislative branch	unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (84 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve three-year terms) elections: last held 16 March 2003 (next to be held March 2006) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - FMLN 31, ARENA 28, PCN 15, PDC 5, CD 5	-
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 71.22 years male: 67.61 years female: 75.01 years (2005 est.)	-
Literacy	definition: age 10 and over can read and write total population: 80.2% male: 82.8% female: 77.7% (2003 est.)	-
Location	Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras	Southeastern Asia, islands in the Indian Ocean, midway between northwestern Australia and Timor island
Map references	Central America and the Caribbean	Southeast Asia
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 200 nm	territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Military - note	-	defense is the responsibility of Australia; periodic visits by the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force
Military branches	Army, Navy (FNES), Air Force (FAS)	-
Military expenditures - dollar figure	$157 million (2003)	-
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	1.1% (2003)	-
National holiday	Independence Day, 15 September (1821)	-
Nationality	noun: Salvadoran(s) adjective: Salvadoran	-
Natural hazards	known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes very destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to hurricanes	surrounded by shoals and reefs that can pose maritime hazards
Natural resources	hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land	fish
Net migration rate	-3.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)	-
People - note	-	the landing of illegal immigrants from Indonesia's Rote Island has become an ongoing problem
Political parties and leaders	Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Rodolfo PARKER]; Democratic Convergence or CD (formerly United Democratic Center or CDU) [Ruben ZAMORA, secretary general]; Democratic Party or PD [Jorge MELENDEZ]; Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front or FMLN [Medardo GONZALEZ]; Liberal Democratic Party or PLD [Kirio Waldo SALGADO, president]; National Action Party or PAN [Gustavo Rogelio SALINAS, secretary general]; National Conciliation Party or PCN [Ciro CRUZ ZEPEDA, president]; National Republican Alliance or ARENA [Elias Antonio SACA Gonzalez]; Social Christian Union or USC (formed by the merger of Christian Social Renewal Party or PRSC and Unity Movement or MU) [Abraham RODRIGUEZ, president]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [Juan MEDRANO]	-
Political pressure groups and leaders	labor organizations - Electrical Industry Union of El Salvador or SIES; Federation of the Construction Industry, Similar Transport and other activities, or FESINCONTRANS; National Confederation of Salvadoran Workers or CNTS; National Union of Salvadoran Workers or UNTS; Port Industry Union of El Salvador or SIPES; Salvadoran Union of Ex-Petrolleros and Peasant Workers or USEPOC; Salvadoran Workers Central or CTS; Workers Union of Electrical Corporation or STCEL; business organizations - National Association of Small Enterprise or ANEP; Salvadoran Assembly Industry Association or ASIC; Salvadoran Industrial Association or ASI	-
Population	6,704,932 (July 2005 est.)	no indigenous inhabitants note: Indonesian fishermen are allowed access to the lagoon and fresh water at Ashmore Reef's West Island
Population below poverty line	36.1% (2003 est.)	-
Population growth rate	1.75% (2005 est.)	-
Ports and harbors	Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco	-
Radio broadcast stations	AM 61 (plus 24 repeaters), FM 30, shortwave 0 (1998)	-
Railways	total: 283 km narrow gauge: 283 km 0.914-m gauge note: length of operational route reduced from 562 km to 283 km by disuse and lack of maintenance (2004)	-
Religions	Roman Catholic 83%, other 17% note: there is extensive activity by Protestant groups throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there were an estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador	-
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005 est.)	-
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal	-
Telephone system	general assessment: NA domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system international: country code - 503; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System	-
Telephones - main lines in use	752,600 (2003)	-
Telephones - mobile cellular	1,149,800 (2003)	-
Television broadcast stations	5 (1997)	-
Terrain	mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau	low with sand and coral
Total fertility rate	3.16 children born/woman (2005 est.)	-
Unemployment rate	6.3% - but the economy has much underemployment (2004 est.)	-
Waterways	Rio Lempa partially navigable (2004)	-

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