1. EL SALVADOR MR. CARLOS MARTINEZ

2. …si emaN yM Think of a color Think of an animal Think of a number from 1 to 500 Think of something you hate to do Think of a place you would love to visit

3. My Name is… First Name: Last Name: Age: Job: Where you live:

4. My Fabulous Flag

5. GENERAL INFORMATION

6. PIPILS The Pipils, a tribe of the nomadic people of Nahua settled down for a long time in central Mexico.

7. LENCAS The region of the east was populated and governed by the Lencas.

8. CHORTIS The North zone of the Lempa Hi River was populated and governed by the Chortis, a Mayan people.

10. Cuauhtla: Forest

11. Hueltiuhtli: Sister

12. Icniuhtli: Friend

13. Ihcuiloa: Write

14. Mochi: Everything

15. Moztla: Tomorrow

16. Nantli: mother

17. Nemachtiloyan: School

18. nocenyeliz. My Family

19. Tlazocamati: Thanks

20. Tlazohtla: LoveCíhuatl: Woman Calpolli: Tribe Cihtli: Grand-mother Cihuapillahtocatzintli: Queen Cihuapilli: Mrs. Cocoxqui: Sick Colli: Grand-father Conetl: child Coni: drink quintepan: Later Tlamachtilli: Student

21. SPANISH CONQUEST In 1525, Pedro de Alvarado succeeded in bringing the district under control of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, which retained its authority until 1821.

22. INDEPENDENCE The first "shout of independence" in El Salvador came in 1811, at the hands of criollo elite. In 1821, El Salvador and the other Central American provinces declared their independence from Spain.

23. INDEPENDENCE When these provinces were joined with Mexico in early 1822, El Salvador resisted, insisting on autonomy for the Central American countries. In 1823, the United Provinces of Central America was formed of the five Central American states under Gen. Manuel José Arce.

24. FROM INDIGO TO COFFEE El Salvador's landed elite depended on production of a single export crop, indigo. The landed elite replaced this crop with a newly demanded product, coffee.

25. MILITARY DICTATORSHIPS Between 1931 to 1944, during General Maximiliano Martinez there was brutal suppression of rural resistance. By the year 1932, 30,000 indigenous people and political opponents were murdered, imprisoned or exiled.

26. MILITARY DICTATORSHIPS From the 1930s to the 1970s, authoritarian governments employed political repression. The National Conciliation Party was in power from the early 1960s until 1979.

27. SALVADORAN CIVIL WAR In 1979, both the extreme right and the extreme left now disagreed with the government and increased political violence quickly turned into a civil war. The Chapultepec Peace Accords marked the end of the war in 1992 and FMLN became one of the major political parties.

28. NOWADAYSTOURISTS ROUTESTYPICAL FOOD

29. ARCHAEOLOGICAL ROUTE Joya de Ceren Namedby UNESCO as Patrimonyforhumanity in 1993.

30. ARCHAEOLOGICAL ROUTE San Andres People used to work with indigo.

31. ARCHAEOLOGICAL ROUTE El Tazumal It forms part of a great indigenous city who has not been completely discovered.

32. DE LAS FLORES TRIAL Coffee Forest Apaneca allows the best harvest of high-altitude coffee in the country.

33. DE LAS FLORES TRIAL Chorros de la Calera

34. DE LAS CUMBRES TRIAL Jiquilisco Bay The biggest mangle site and one of the most beautiful natural salt water locations.

35. DE LAS CUMBRES TRIAL Jiquilisco Bay The biggest mangle site and one of the most beautiful natural salt water locations.

36. DE LAS CUMBRES TRIAL El Jocotal Lagoon It lodges locally endangered fauna species, such as: the Crocodile, the Guaote Criollo, Green Iguana, and Royal Duck.

37. TYPICAL FOOD Pupusas Thick corn tortillas stuffed with cheese, meat, squash, and/or other fillings.

38. TYPICAL FOOD Empanadas flour pastries filled with meat, potatoes and/or cheese. In El Salvador, "empanadas" can also refer to a dessert: fried plantains stuffed with sweet cream.

39. TYPICAL FOOD Tamales boiled pockets of corn dough, stuffed with meat or sweet corn and served in banana leaves.

40. TYPICAL FOOD Sopa de Patas A popular soup made from corn, plantains, tripe and cow's feet.

41. TYPICAL FOOD Yuca Frita Fried yucca, often served with chicharon (deep-friend pork cracklings)