Created by: Carlos Mojica Copyright of Global Ties Akron

1. El Salvador
KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY –
KNOW YOUR WORLD

2. INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER PROFILE
• Carlos Mojica
– Born in El Salvador
– Moved to the U.S. in
1998, age 11
– Grew up in Medina, OH
– Works at Kent State
– B.A. and M.A. from Kent
State
– Interns at International
Institute of Akron
• Fun stuff
– Loves soccer
– Writes for a soccer
magazine
– Love comics, movies,
and music
– Speaks English,
Spanish, Portuguese,
and some Italian

3. COUNTRY MAP

4. • Full name: India (Republic of India)
• Population: 1,220,800,359 (2013 est)
• National/Independence Day: January 26
• Capital: New Delhi (249,998 muni corp. pop.
21,753,386 metro pop.)
• Largest city: Mumbai (Bombay) 12,691,836
COUNTRY QUICK FACTS

5. COUNTRY QUICK FACTS
• Area: India's highest point is Kanchenjunga
which rises 28,208 ft. (8,598 m). Coastline:
4,349 miles (7,000 km)
• Land Area:
(land) 1,147,950 sq miles (2,973,193 sq km)
(water) 121,262 sq miles (314,070 sq km)
(TOTAL) 1,269,212 sq miles (3,287,263 sq
km)
• Latitude/Longitude (Absolute Locations)
New Delhi: (capital city) 28° 38' N, 77° 13' E
Kochi: 9° 55' N, 76° 16' E
Kolkata: 22° 34' N, 88° 21' E
Mumbai: 19° 4' N, 72° 52' E
Srinagar: 34° 5' N, 74° 47' E

6. • Major language: Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi
7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%,
Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%,
Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%
• Major religion: Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh
1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1%
• Ethnicity: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other
3%
• Life expectancy: Male: 65 Female: 68 (http://www.who.int/)
COUNTRY QUICK FACTS

7. • Monetary unit: Rupees
• Main exports: software, petroleum products, chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, agriculture, textiles, steel,
transportation equipment, machinery, leather, cement,
mining, construction
• GDP total: $4.784 trillion (2012 est.)
• GDP per capita: $3,900 (2012 est.)
COUNTRY QUICK FACTS

8. NATIONAL FESTIVALS-HOLIDAYS
EVENTS
• Semana Santa (Holy Week/Easter)
– March/April
• Día de la Cruz (Day of the Cross)
– May 3
• Fiestas de Agosto (August Festivals)
– August 1-7
• Día de la Independencia (Independence Day)
– September 15
• Día de la Raza (Day of the Race/Columbus’ Day)
– October 12
• Nochebuena/Navidad (Christmas Eve/Christmas)
– December 24/25

9. FOOD
Pupusas Yuca (Frita) con Chicharrón

10. TRADITIONAL DANCE
• El Barreño
• El Carbonero
• Las Cortadoras
• El Torito Pinto
• El Xut

11. What have you learned that
was most surprising or
interesting ?