El-salvador is a part of Central America. The map of El salvador shows the exact location of various places of interest, forest areas and politically significant areas of the country. Having a republic form of government El salvador has a total population of 6,948,073 ( July 2007). The El salvador flag was adopted in the year 1912 and consists of blue and white horizontal bands. El Salvador operates through 14 administrative departments and the capital city is San Salvador. Industrial sectors of petroleum, textiles, fertilizers and food processing and rice, corn, coffee, sugar and cotton production are the prime base of economic sustenance of El salvador.