62 Interesting Facts About El Salvador. El Salvador’s economy also depends on foreign aid and money that Salvadorans working in the United States send home to their families. El Salvador uses the U.S. dollar as its official currency. Ruins of important buildings are grouped in the Western Ceremonial Center and Eastern Ceremonial Center, but the city extends in larger area, with different neighborhoods. The Central American Group: Hello. Most important is the Lempa, which enters El Salvador from Guatemala in the northwestern corner of the country and flows eastward for 80 miles (130 km) across the interior plain to form part of the border with Honduras before turning sharply south to run 65 miles (105 km) through the central highlands and across the coastal plain to its mouth on the Pacific. Some of the economically important trees found in the forests of El Salvador include balsa trees, mahogany, nispero, cedar, and laurel to name a few. It gets half as many visitors annually as Costa Rica. Remittances from Salvadorans working in the United States make up 21 percent of El Salvador’s GDP. El Salvador's economy has traditionally been agricultural, but services and industry now employ a greater percentage of the workforce and account for a much higher percentage of the gross domestic product. Coffee, after all, was what built the country in the first place. Many surfing competitions are hosted there every year. The infamous bullet ants (Paraponera clavata) of the rain forest -- reportedly possessing the most painful ant or wasp venom known -- do not live as far north as El Salvador. Because of the CACM's decline, El Salvador was forced to seek new export markets like the United States, which in the 1970s imported over 20 percent of the country's food exports and almost 35 percent of its exports of beverages and tobacco products.
Factbook > Countries > El Salvador > Economy. While the problem is not exclusive to El Salvador, its detrimental effects can be seen in the national economy. Some of the economically important trees found in the forests of El Salvador include balsa trees, mahogany, nispero, cedar, and laurel to name a few. Offshore assembly products, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles, and chemicals are El Salvador's main exports. Welcome to another edition of the Central American Group’s podcasts.

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Editorial Staff. 30. Definition: This entry is an ordered listing of major crops and products starting with the most important. The country is one of the most popular surfing destinations in the world. The United States is El Salvador’s number one investor and leading trade partner. The most important agricultural products in El Salvador are coffee, cotton, corn (maize), and sugarcane. El Carmen – Ahuachapán. 32.