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EL SALVADOR

CARIBBEAN-CENTRAL AMERICA PROFILE 2018

Ministry of the Environment and Natural Ministry of Tourism AIR
Resource Edificio Carbonel #1, Colonia Roma Airports: The international airport of El
Km. 5 ½, Carretera a Santa Tecla Alameda Dr. Manuel Enrique Araujo Salvador, Comalapa International Airport, is
Calle y Colonia Las Mercedes Pasaje Carbonel located in the south-central area of the country,
Edificio MARN San Salvador, El Salvador department of La Paz, with an extension of
(anexo al edificio ISTA) No. 2, Tel: (503) 2243-7835 1,031 hectares that borders with the Pacific
San Salvador, El Salvador Fax: (503) 2223-6120 Ocean to the South, the Jiboa River to the East,
Tel: (503) 2132-6276 Email: info@corsatur.gob.sv and Litoral CA-2 Highway to the North. It is
Email: medioambiente@marn.gob.sv 40 meters above sea level. The International
EDUCATION Airport connects with the capital, San Salvador,
Ministry of Finance The Government of El Salvador considers by a four-way, 42-kilometer highway that allows
Bulevar “Los Héroes” No. 1231, that in order to achieve sustainable economic an average travel time of 25 minutes.
San Salvador, El Salvador development it is essential to have a willing and
Tel: (503) 2244-3000 capable population. At present there are public TELECOMMUNICATION
Fax: (503) 2244-6408 and private schools, ranging from kindergarten El Salvador’s telecom market is among the most
E-mail: info@mh.gob.sv to the 12th grade, as well as centers for technical liberalised in Central America. Since the sector
education and universities; some of which offer
Ministry of Foreign Affairs post-graduate courses and master studies in was privatised and opened to competition,
Calle El Pedregal different fields. foreign operators and local companies
Blvd Chancery, City Merliot have invested millions in infrastructure
Antiguo Cuscatlan El Salvador has a television channel dedicated improvements. The government’s liberal
El Salvador exclusively to education and cultural approach has allowed a promising diversity
Tel: (503) 2231-1000 broadcasting, with the intent of providing the of telecom services to develop. Long distance
Fax: (503) 2289-8016 small percentage of the population that has not codes have been sold to more than a dozen
E-mail: info@rree.gob.sv attended school the advantages of the same foreign and domestic companies.
educational quality as the learning centers. In
Ministry of Justice and Public Security order to improve the quality and efficiency of ELECTRICITY
Km. 5, Carretera a Santa Tecla Alameda the educational system, a new reform is being El Salvador is the largest producer of geothermal
Manuel Enrique Araujo, carried out. This reform is aimed at providing energy in Central America. Except for
San Salvador, El Salvador, knowledge and skills that will guarantee equal hydroelectric generation, which is almost totally
Tel: (503) 2250-0100 opportunities and will generate conditions that owned and operated by the public company
E-mail: faes@faes.gob.sv promote equality at the same time understanding CEL (Comisión Hidroeléctrica del Río Lempa),
that these tools will aid in the increase of the rest of the generation capacity is in private
Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare productivity of labor and in turn make the hands. El Salvador is also one of the countries
Alameda Juan Pablo 11 country more competitive. included in the SIEPAC project, which will
17 Ave Nt. Buildings 2/3 integrate the electricity network of the country
San Salvador, El Salvador INFRASTRUCTURE with the rest of the Central American region.
Tel: (503) 2259-3700 TRANSPORTATION Energy is supplied at 110 volts, 60 cycles.
Fax: (503) 2259-3756 LAND
E-mail: asesorialaboral@mtps.gob.sv Railroads: 283 km (175.46 mi.) narrow gauge CONTACTS
– 0.914-m. The length of operational route Asociación Nacional de la Empresa Privada,
Ministry of Public Health reduced from 562 km (348.44 mi.) to 283 km by
Calle Arce, No. 827, disuse and lack of maintenance (2004). ANEP
San Salvador, El Salvador Salvadoran National Association of Private
Tel: (503) 2202-7000 Highways: Total: 10,029 km (6217.98 mi.) Enterprise
Fax: (503) 2221-0991 Paved: 3,000 km. Substantial investment is Hippodrome Boulevard
E-mail: webmaster@salud.gob.sv being made for the construction and maintenance 542 Col, San Benito
of rural roads, truck highways, bridges, and San Salvador, El Salvador
Ministry of Public Works, Transportation, urban streets and overpasses. More than 250 Tel: (503) 2209-8300
Housing and Urban Development kilometers of main highways that connect El Fax: (503) 2209-8317
Plantel La Lechuza Carretera a Salvador with Honduras and Guatemala have E-mail: comunicaciones@anep.org.sv
Santa Tecla Km. 5 ½, been constructed. The Fund for the Maintenance Website: www.anep.org.sv
San Salvador, El Salvador of Roads has repaired more than 370 kilometers
Tel: (503) 2528-3000 of roads. Asociación Salvadoreña de Industriales, ASI
Salvadoran Association of Industrialists
Fax: (503) 2226-7304
E-mail: info@mop.gob.sv SEA Calles Roma y Liverpool,
Seaports: El Salvador’s major cargo seaport Col. Roma, San Salvador,
Ministry of The Interior is located in Acajutla. This extensive, modern El Salvador
9 Calle Poniente and 15 Avenida Norte, port is probably the most important Pacific port Tel: (503) 2267-9200
San Salvador Government Center in all of Central America. A second minor cargo Fax: (503) 2267-9253
El Salvador port exists in the eastern part of the country at E-mail: info@asi.com.sv
Tel: (503) 2527-7000 Cutuco. Website: www.industriaelsalvador.com

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