Salvadorans

Although not the academic standard, Salvadorian and Salvadorean are widely-used English demonyms used by those living in the United States and other English-speaking countries. All three versions of the word can be seen in most Salvadoran business signs in the United States and elsewhere in the world. Centroamericano/a in Spanish and in English Central American is an alternative standard and widespread cultural identity term that Salvadorans use to identify themselves, along with their regional isthmian neighbors. It is a secondary demonym and it is widely used as an interchangeable term for El Salvador and Salvadorans. The demonym Central American is an allusion to the strong union that the Central America region has had since its independence. The term Central America is not only a regional cultural identity, but also a political identity, since the region has been united on various occasions as a single country such as the United Provinces of Central America, Federal Republic of Central America, National Representation of Central America, and Greater Republic of Central America. The same can be said for El Salvador's neighbors, specifically the original five states of Central America. ==History==

Lithic era File:Pinturas Rupestres Corinto Morazan 06.JPG|Humanoid petroglyph in Holy Spirit Grotto (corinto cave), Morazán, El Salvador. File:Pinturas Rupestres Corinto Morazan.JPG|Petroglyphs in Holy Spirit Grotto (corinto cave), Morazán, El Salvador. El Salvador was inhabited by Paleo-Indians, the first peoples who subsequently inhabited, the Americas during the glacial episodes of the late Pleistocene period. Their paintings (the earliest of which date from 8000 BC) can still be seen in caves outside the towns of Corinto and Cacaopera, both in Morazán. Originating in the Paleolithic period, these cave paintings exhibit the earliest traces of human life in El Salvador; these early Native Americans people used the cave as a refuge, Paleoindian artists created cave and rock paintings that are located in present-day El Salvador. The Lencas later occupied the caves and utilized them as spiritual spaces. Other ancient petroglyphs are located in San José Villanueva, La Libertad and San Isidro, Cabañas. The rock petroglyphs in San Jose Villanueva near a cave in Walter Thilo Deininger National Park are similar to other ancient rock petroglyph around the country. Regarding the style of the engravings, it has been compared with the petroglyphs of La Peña Herrada (Cuscatlán), el Letrero del Diablo (La Libertad) and la Peña de los Fierros (San Salvador). Other cave locations include the cave of Los Fierros and La Cuevona, both in Cuscatlán. Archaic Period Native Americans appeared in the Pleistocene era and became the dominant people in the Lithic stage, developing in the Archaic period in North America to the Formative stage, occupying this phase for thousands of years until European contact at the end of 16th century, spanning from the time of the arrival to the Upper Paleolithic era to European colonization of the Americas during the early modern period. Mesoamerican cultures File:Temazcal en Joya de Cerén.jpg|Joya de Cerén File:Tazumal 10.jpg|Tazumal File:Casa Blanca 1.JPG|Casa Blanca File:ES SanAndres 06 2011 Panorama Estructura 1 y 2 La Acropolis 2194.jpg|San Andrés File:Piramide Cihuatan.jpg|Cihuatán File:Maya cup, Museo de América 9.jpg|Late Classic Maya cup from El Salvador. 600–900 AD. File:ES Joya Ceren Museum 05 2012 1521.JPG|Mayan artifact found at the Joya de Cerén archaeological site File:ES Joya Ceren Museum 05 2012 1520.JPG|Mayan artifact found at the Joya de Cerén archaeological site File:Maya bowl, Museo de América, Madrid.jpg|Late Classic Maya bowl, El Copador style, El Salvador. File:Postclassic vessel from El Salvador.jpg|Late Postclassic ceramic vessel from El Salvador, with face decoration. 1200–1520 AD. File:Maya vessel, Museo de América 2.jpg|Late Classic Maya vessel from El Salvador, 600–900 AD File:Maya plate, Museo de América 3.jpg|Late Classic Maya plate, El Salvador. File:Maya bowl, Museo de América.jpg|Late Classic Maya bowl from El Salvador. File:ES Tazumal 06 2011 Xipe Totec 2292.jpg|Tazumal's Xipe Totec. Historically El Salvador has had diverse Native American cultures, coming from the north and south of the continent along with local populations mixed together. El Salvador belongs to the Mesoamerican region, where a myriad of indigenous societies have lived side by side for centuries with their unique cultures and speaking different indigenous languages of the Americas in the beginning of the Formative stage. The first known visit by Spaniards to what is now Salvadoran territory was made by the admiral Andrés Niño, who led an expedition to Central America. He disembarked in the Gulf of Fonseca on 31 May 1522, at Meanguera island, naming it Petronila, and then traversed to Jiquilisco Bay on the mouth of Lempa River. The first indigenous people to have contact with the Spanish were the Lenca of eastern El Salvador. == Growth of the population ==

File:DensidaddePoblacionenCentroamerica.jpg|Population density in Central America File:PoblacionSalvadoreñoenlosEstadosUnidos.png|Salvadoran population in the United States File:Lanzamiento_de_las_Fuerzas_Especailizadas_de_Reacción_El_Salvador,_FES._(25942889043).jpg|Salvadoran troops File:Seleccion salvadoreña de beisbol.jpg|Salvadoran baseball players File:Casa Abierta-Familia Campesinas dueños de tierras. (25191777792).jpg|Young Salvadoran man playing a guitar File:Festival para el Buen Vivir y Gobernando con la Gente-San Vicente (24811592789).jpg|Salvadoran women San Vicente, El Salvador File:Mesa Grande refugee camp 1987 116.jpg|Salvadoran refugee children during the civil war, 1987 File:A U.S. Soldier, left, assigned to Joint Task Force Jaguar gives a dental screening to a boy during Beyond the Horizon (BTH) 2013 in Metalio, El Salvador, May 18, 2013 130518-A-IA672-087.jpg|Salvadoran boy File:5o. Feria del Jocote-San Lorenzo, Ahuachapán. (25771696524).jpg|Young Salvadoran women in Ahuachapán File:Potada.JPG|Salvadoran model Irma Dimas from Sonsonate File:PuertoLaLibertadSV.jpg|Salvadoran boy in Puerto de La Libertad File:Festival para el Buen Vivir y Gobernando con la Gente-San Pedro Perulapán. (25439135320).jpg|Salvadoran boy in San Pedro Perulapán File:Festival para el Buen Vivir y Gobernando con la Gente-San Pedro Perulapán. (25740938735).jpg|Salvadoran boys in San Pedro Perulapán File:Festival para el Buen Vivir y Gobernando con la Gente-San Pedro Perulapán. (25440266500).jpg|Salvadoran boys coloring, San Pedro Perulapán El Salvador has the largest population density in Latin America, and is the third most populated country in Central America after Honduras and Guatemala, from the 2005 census, the population exceeds 6 million. The total impact of civil wars, dictatorships and socioeconomics drove over a million Salvadorans (both as immigrants and refugees) into the United States; Guatemala is the second country that hosts more Salvadorans behind the United States, approximately 110,000 Salvadorans according to the national census of 2010. in addition small Salvadoran communities sprung up in Canada, Australia, Belize, Panama, Costa Rica, Italy, and Sweden since the migration trend began in the early 1970s. Salvadoran Diaspora in the United States The 2010 U.S. Census counted 1,648,968 Salvadorans in the United States, up from 655,165 in 2000. By 2017, the figure had risen to over 2.3 million. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2015 American Community Survey, the top Metropolitan statistical areas for the Salvadoran community are: Salvadoran-American diaspora over time: ==Ethnic groups==

White and Mestizo Salvadorans celebration in San Salvador, El Salvador As is the case elsewhere in Latin America, there is no clear distinction between White and Mestizo Salvadorans, the large majority of the population have varying proportions of Spanish and Native American ancestry. In addition, many Salvadorans have more recent ancestry from French, German, Swiss, English, Irish, and Italian descent. A majority of Central European settlers in El Salvador arrived during World War II as refugees from the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Switzerland. In northern departments like the Chalatenango Department, it is well known that residents in the area are of pure Spanish descent. The governor of San Salvador, Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet, ordered families from northern Spain (Galicia and Asturias) to settle the area to compensate for the lack of indigenous people to work the land; it is not uncommon to see people with blond hair, fair skin, and blue or green eyes in municipalities like Dulce Nombre de María, La Palma, and El Pital. However, the majority of Salvadorans of full Spanish descent possess Mediterranean racial features: olive skin and dark hair and eyes (black or dark brown) and identify with the mestizo majority, As for the mestizo / castizo population, it dates back to the time of the discovery of America, Because there were no Spanish women, the Spaniards maintained relationships with Amerindian women, before the discovery, El Salvador was the second Central American country with the least indigenous population, and due to the hostility of the Spanish and added to the diseases brought by them, the population was greatly reduced and precipitously, the Amerindian men were more affected than the Amerindian women, in the first years of the colony, 50% of the population Salvadoran was Mestizo and White, in 1805, 78% of the inhabitants of El Salvador were Mestizo and White. Later, in the post-colonial era, the country received several groups of European immigrants, mainly from Spain and Italy, mainly between 1880 and 1930, when several Europeans emigrated to the country, immigration had a great demographic impact, the population of El Salvador went from 480 thousand to 1.2 million inhabitants Arab Salvadorans , Lebanese Salvadoran, Syrian Salvadoran and Egyptian Salvadoran. There is a significant with at least partial Arab descent (of about 200,000); mostly from Palestine (especially from the area of Bethlehem), but also from Lebanon. Salvadorans of Palestinian descent numbered around 150,000 individuals, while Salvadorans of Lebanese descent is around 30,000. There is also a small community of Jews who came to El Salvador from France, Germany, Morocco, Tunisia, and Turkey. Arab immigration in El Salvador began at the end of the 19th century in the wake of the repressive policies applied by the Ottoman Empire against Maronite Catholics. Several of the destinations that the Lebanese chose at that time were in countries of the Americas, including El Salvador. This resulted in the Arab diaspora residents being characterized by forging in devoutly Christian families and very attached to their beliefs, because in these countries they can exercise their faith without fear of persecution, which resulted in the rise of Lebanese-Salvadoran, Syrian-Salvadoran and Palestinian-Salvadoran communities in El Salvador. Currently, the Palestinian community forms the largest Arab diaspora population in El Salvador, with 150,000 direct descendants, followed by the Lebanese community with more than 30,000 direct descendants. Both are almost entirely composed of Catholic and Orthodox Christians. Arab-Salvadoreans and their descendants have traditionally played an outsized role in El Salvador's economic and political life, with many becoming business leaders and noteworthy political figures. Indigenous Salvadorans : 1. Pipil people, 2. Lenca people, 3. Kakawira o Cacaopera, 4. Xinca, 5. Maya Ch'orti' people, 6. Maya Poqomam people, 7. Mangue o Chorotega. According to the 2024 Salvadoran census, about 1.2% of the population are of full or predominantly indigenous origin. Currently the only native groups of El Salvador are the Pipil people, Lenca people and Cacaopera people; before the Spanish Conquest, the territory also hosted small enclaves of Maya peoples: the Pogomam/Chorti, the Xinca, and the Mengue. The Pipil are located in the west and central part of the country; the Lenca are found east of the Lempa River; and there are small populations of Cacaopera people in the Morazán Department. The official number of indigenous people in El Salvador has been criticized by indigenous organizations and academics as too small and many accuse the government of denying the existence of indigenous Salvadorans in the country. According to the National Salvadoran Indigenous Coordination Council (CCNIS) and CONCULTURA (National Council for Art and Culture at the Ministry of Education), approximately 70,000 or 1 per cent of Salvadorian peoples are indigenous. Nonetheless, very few Amerindians have retained their customs and traditions, having over time assimilated into the dominant Mestizo/Spanish culture. The low numbers of indigenous people may be partly explained by historically high rates of old-world diseases, absorption into the mestizo population, as well as mass murder during the 1932 Salvadoran peasant uprising (or La Matanza). This massacre saw (estimates of) up to 30,000 peasants killed in a short period of time. Many authors note that since La Matanza the indigenous in El Salvador have been very reluctant to describe themselves as such (in census declarations for example) or to wear indigenous dress or be seen to be taking part in any cultural activities or customs that might be understood as indigenous. Departments and cities in the country with notable indigenous populations include Sonsonate (especially Izalco, Nahuizalco, and Santo Domingo de Guzmán), Cacaopera, and Panchimalco, in the San Salvador Department. There are up to 100,000 Nicaraguans living in El Salvador. Language File:Palenque glyphs-edit1.jpg|El Salvador was home to Mayan Script Spanish is the language spoken by virtually all inhabitants. Spanish (official), Salvadoran Sign Language, Pipil (Nawat), Kekchí. Immigrant languages include Chinese, Arabic, Poqomam, and American Sign Language. Literacy : definition: age 10 and over can read and write : total: 95.0% : male: 94.4% : female: 95.5% : urban: 97.2% : rural: 91.8% Religion File:Iglesia El Rosario, frente a Plaza Libertad.jpg|Iglesia El Rosario, San Salvador File:Postal de la Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador.jpg|San Salvador Cathedral File:CATEDRAL DE SAN MIGUEL, EL SALVADOR - panoramio.jpg|Cathedral Basilica of Queen of Peace File:Iglesia Don Rua.JPG|Iglesia Don Rúa, San Salvador File:Fachada principal de la Iglesia El Calvario.JPG|Iglesia El Calvario, San Salvador File:El Carmen SantaTecla.jpg|Iglesia El Carmen, Santa Tecla File:Basílica Sagrado Corazón de Jesús.jpg|Basílica del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, San Salvador File:Santa Ana Catedral Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana 2.jpg|Cathedral of Santa Ana , a landmark located in the country's capital, San Salvador. There is diversity of religious beliefs in El Salvador. The majority of the population is Christian. Roman Catholics (47%) and Evangelicals (33%) are the two major denominations in the country. Those not affiliated with any religious group amount to 17% of the population. The remainder of the population (3%) is made up of Jehovah's Witnesses, Hare Krishnas, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Latter-day Saints, and those adhering to indigenous religious beliefs. == Culture ==

File:Palmaarte.jpg|La Palma-type art, from La Palma, El Salvador File:Artesanias de Ilobasco Tucan.JPG|Arts and craft from Ilobasco File:Mercaditode Artesanias en el Centro Historico de Santa Ana.JPG|La Palma-type art form from Santa Ana, El Salvador File:Tienda de artesanías en el Centro Historico de juayua.JPG|Mesoamerican souvenirs from Juayúa File:REUNIÓN REGIONAL CENTROAMERICANA DE LA CELAC (17147017311).jpg|La Palma-Style art on modern Salvadoran building in San Salvador File:Handcrafted Bag Ataco.jpg|Handcraft bag from Concepción de Ataco File:Artesanias de La Palma Chalatenango.jpg|Hand crafted bookmarks from La Palma File:Calles de La Palma 3.JPG|Salvadoran staple art in La Palma File:Peaberry coffee beans, close up.jpg|Coffee production in El Salvador File:SVhammocks.jpg|Salvadpran hammocks from Morazán Department File:Festival para el Buen Vivir y Gobernando con la Gente-San Miguel (24759914192).jpg|Salvadoran children dressed for Calabuiza on day of the dead File:Festival para el Buen Vivir y Gobernando con la Gente-San Miguel (24858111335).jpg|Young Salvadoran girls in San Miguel, El Salvador File:Festival de bolas Fuego, Nejapa - El Salvador.JPG|Fire ball festival in Nejapa File:La Esquna de Ataco.jpg|The town of Concepción de Ataco File:Casas de Suchitoto.jpg|colonial houses of Suchitoto File:Cemetery in San Miguel, El Salvador.jpg|Colorful cemetery San Miguel, El Salvador The culture of El Salvador is a Central American culture nation influenced by the clash of ancient Mesoamerica and medieval Iberian Peninsula. Salvadoran culture is influenced by Native American culture (Lenca people, Cacaopera people, Maya peoples, Pipil people) as well as Latin American culture (Latin America, Hispanic America, Ibero-America). Mestizo culture and the Catholic Church dominates the country. Although the Romance language, Castilian Spanish, is the official and dominant language spoken in El Salvador, Salvadoran Spanish which is part of Central American Spanish has influences of Native American languages of El Salvador such as Lencan languages, Cacaopera language, Mayan languages and Pipil language, which are still spoken in some regions of El Salvador. Mestizo culture dominates the country, heavy in both Native American Indigenous and European Spanish influences. A new composite population was formed as a result of intermarrying between the native Mesoamerican population of Cuzcatlan with the European settlers. The Catholic Church plays an important role in the Salvadoran culture. Archbishop Óscar Romero is a national hero for his role in resisting human rights violations that were occurring in the lead-up to the Salvadoran Civil War. Significant foreign personalities in El Salvador were the Jesuit priests and professors Ignacio Ellacuría, Ignacio Martín-Baró, and Segundo Montes, who were murdered in 1989 by the Salvadoran Army during the height of the civil war. Painting, ceramics and textiles are the principal manual artistic mediums. Writers Francisco Gavidia (1863–1955), Salarrué (Salvador Salazar Arrué) (1899–1975), Claudia Lars, Alfredo Espino, Pedro Geoffroy Rivas, Manlio Argueta, José Roberto Cea, and poet Roque Dalton are among the most important writers from El Salvador. Notable 20th-century personages include the late filmmaker Baltasar Polio, female film director Patricia Chica, artist Fernando Llort, and caricaturist Toño Salazar. Amongst the more renowned representatives of the graphic arts are the painters Augusto Crespin, Noe Canjura, Carlos Cañas, Giovanni Gil, Julia Díaz, Mauricio Mejía, María Elena Palomo de Mejía, Camilo Minero, Ricardo Carbonell, Roberto Huezo, Miguel Ángel Cerna, (the painter and writer better known as MACLo), Esael Araujo, and many others. For more information on prominent citizens of El Salvador, check the List of Salvadorans. == Notable Salvadoran people ==

File:Emerson Esnal Hernández 2013.jpg|Emerson Hernández is a Salvadorean race walker. File:Ceren.jpg|Darwin Cerén is a Salvadoran footballer who plays for the Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes and is captain of the El Salvador national team File:Arturo Alvarez at Galaxy at Earthquakes 2010-08-21 6.JPG|Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985) is a Salvadoran American footballer who plays as a winger and forward for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire File:Dustin Corea 20120308.jpg|Dustin Corea is a Salvadoran international footballer who plays for FC Edmonton. File:Eriq Zavaleta UofM Mens Soccer (6272263273).jpg|Eriq Zavaleta is an American soccer player who plays as a center back for Toronto FC of Major League Soccer. File:Steve Purdy 2012 cropped.jpg|Steve Purdy is a Salvadoran American footballer who plays as a defender for Orange County Blues in the USL. He has played for the El Salvador national team at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2011 and 2013. File:Ed Weeks at PaleyFest 2013.jpg|Ed Weeks is an English actor, comedian, writer and producer. He played Dr. Jeremy Reed on the Fox comedy series The Mindy Project. Born and raised in England, his mother is a native of El Salvador File:Arevalo RG19 (24) (48199356311).jpg|Marcelo Arévalo is a professional Salvadoran tennis player File:Alas21.jpg|Jaime Alas is a Salvadoran professional footballer File:Rodolfo Zelaya Alianza FC 2014.jpg|Rodolfo Zelaya is a Salvadoran professional footballer File:Rafael-Burgos.jpg|Rafael Burgos is a Salvadoran professional forward File:Andrés Flores Timbers (cropped).jpg|Andrés Flores is a Salvadoran professional footballer, who plays for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer. File:USMNT vs. Trinidad and Tobago (48124824073) (cropped).jpg|Cristian Roldan is an American professional soccer player, who currently plays as a midfielder for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer File:Filmingtamaleroad.jpg|Marcos Villatoro is a writer from the United States. He is the author of six novels, two collections of poetry and a memoir, and the producer/director of the documentary “Tamale Road: A Memoir from El Salvador.” File:Presidente Nayib Bukele (cropped).jpg|Nayib Bukele is a Salvadoran politician and businessman File:Guillermo Alexander Hasbún.png|Guillermo Hasbún, president of CIFCO File:Mario Duran.jpg|Mario Durán, minister of governance File:Aghamustafa.JPG|Mustafa Al-Salvadori, president of the shia islamic association File:Frank Rubio official portrait.jpg|Francisco Rubio (astronaut) is a US Army helicopter pilot, flight surgeon, and NASA astronaut candidate of the class of 2017. File:Mauricio Interiano.jpg|Mauricio Interiano is a Salvadoran politician File:José Atilio Benítez Parada.jpg|José Atilio Benítez Parada is Salvadoran General, ambassador and former Minister of Defense. File:Roberto José d'Aubuisson.jpg|Roberto José d'Aubuisson Munguía is a Salvadoran politician File:Daboub, Juan José (IMF portrait, 2008).jpg|Juan Jose Daboub is the chairman and CEO of The Daboub Partnership, Founding Chief Executive Officer of the Global Adaptation Institute and former managing director of the World Bank (2006–2010) File:Mauricio Funes (Brasilia, May 2008).jpg|Mauricio Funes is a Salvadoran politician who was President of El Salvador from June 1, 2009 to June 1, 2014 File:Miguel Ángel Pereira.png|Miguel Ángel Pereira, politician File:José Luis Escobar Alas (2015).jpg|José Luis Escobar Alas, Archbishop of San Salvador File:Luciana Sandoval.JPG|Luciana Sandoval is a Salvadoran presenter, dancer and former model. File:Monica Lewinsky.jpg|Monica Lewinsky's father Bernard Lewinsky was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, Central America File:Ana Villafañe 180510-D-SW162-2289 (40233222630).jpg|Ana Villafañe is an actress and singer File:Adrian Bellani 2016.png|Adrian Bellani is an actor File:J. D. Pardo by Gage Skidmore.jpg|J. D. Pardo is an actor File:WikiFrancisco.jpg|Francisco Caceres is a TV host and producer. He's currently the Film Expert for Telemundo’s national morning show, Un Nuevo Día based in Miami, Florida File:2005 Voice Awards Maurice Benard and Charles Curie (18426533841).jpg|Maurice Benard is an actor who is well known for playing Sonny Corinthos on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. File:Linda Arsenio.jpg|Linda Arsenio is an actress and model File:Malin Arvidsson, August 2014.jpg|Malin Arvidsson is an actor and dancer File:SomayaReece24.jpg|Somaya Reece is a Salvadoran American hip hop and reality TV star File:Christy Turlington LF.JPG|Christy Turlington is an American supermodel. Her mother is from El Salvador. She first represented Calvin Klein's Eternity campaign in 1989 and again in 2014 and also represents Maybelline. File:Zuleika Soler en La Prensa Gráfica.jpg|Zuleika Soler, model and beauty pageant titleholder File:Sabi fft.jpg|Sabi (singer) is a Salvadoran-American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actress from Los Angeles, California. She was formerly part of the hip hop girl group, The Bangz. She is currently signed to Warner Bros. Records. File:YancyClavel.jpg|Ana Yancy Clavel is a Salvadorian beauty queen and TV personality File:Carla vila.jpg|Carla Vila is a Salvadoran American actress File:Elizabeth Espinosa.jpg|Elizabeth Espinosa reporter and journalist File:TENOR FERNANDO DEL VALLE ONSTAGE.jpg|Fernando del Valle is an American operatic tenor. File:Allison Iraheta.jpg|Allison Iraheta is an American singer from Los Angeles, California, who was the fourth place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol. File:Victor R. Ramirez (2007).jpg|Victor R. Ramirez is the current state senator for District 47 in Prince George's County, Maryland File:J.R. Martinez.jpg|J. R. Martinez is an American actor, motivational speaker and former U.S. Army soldier. Starting in 2008, he played the role of Brot Monroe on the ABC daytime drama All My Children. He is the winner of Season 13 of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. Martinez served as the Grand Marshal of the 2012 Rose Parade. He is currently costarring on the syndicated action series SAF3. File:Moulitsas-army.jpg|Markos Moulitsas is a Salvadoran American that served in the U.S. Army from 1989 through 1992. He is the founder and publisher of Daily Kos, a blog focusing on liberal and Democratic Party politics in the United States. He co-founded SB Nation, a collection of sports blogs, which is now a part of Vox Media File:Maestro carlos irigoyen ruiz 20090221 1787960594.jpg|Carlos Irigoyen Ruiz was a renowned Salvadoran musician during the 1920s-1940s. File:La ciclista Evelyn García.jpg|Evelyn García is a Salvadoran cycle racer who rides for the Fenixs team. File:Herbert Sosa.jpg|Herbert Sosa is a Salvadoran professional footballer. File:Ricardo Saprissa.jpg|Ricardo Saprissa was a lifelong athlete, coach, and promoter of sports. File:Rosie Casals 1981 (cropped).jpeg|Rosemary Casals is a former American professional tennis player File:Sub 23 2013-09-22 10-21.jpg|Richard Menjívar is a Salvadoran international footballer currently playing for the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. File:Emirandahufc.jpg|Edwin Miranda grew up in Los Angeles, California and played four years of college soccer at Cal State-Northridge, where he was twice named Big West Conference Defender of the Year. File:Hala Ayala at volunteer appreciation event.jpg|Hala Ayala is an cybersecurity specialist and democrat politician representing the 51st district in the Virginia House of Delegates. File:Miss El Salvador Maribel Arrieta Gálvez, 1955.jpg|Maribel Arrieta Gálvez was a Salvadoran beauty queen where she represented her country at Miss Universe 1955. Arrieta met Baron Jacques Thuret (of Belgian/French nobility) and both were married in 1963, granting her the title "Baronesa de Thuret". ==See also==