El Salvador
Republic of El Salvador
El Salvador (SV, SLV) is a country in Central America, with San Salvador as its capital. The currency is the US Dollar (USD, $). The international dialling code is +503; mobile numbers are written like 7012 3456. The time zone is America/El_Salvador. Official language: Spanish.
CurrencyUSD$
Dial code+503e.g. 7012 3456
Time zoneEl SalvadorUTC−06:00
LanguageSpanish
CapitalSan Salvador
Population6.6M21K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of El Salvador
- Native name
- El Salvador
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- SV
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- SLV
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 222
- IOC code
- ESA
- Demonym
- Salvadoran
- Capital
- San Salvador
- Region
- Americas › Central America
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Central America
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .sv
- Coordinates
- 13.83333333, -88.91666666
- Area
- 21,041 km²
- Population
- 6,628,700
- GDP
- $72B ($10.9K per person)
- Literacy
- 84.5%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
US Dollar USD
- Symbol
- $
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- $1,234.50
Former currencies: SVC
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America/El_Salvador | UTC−06:00 | none | Central Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +503
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 7–11 digits
- Emergency number
- 911 pattern 91[13]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 2123 4567 | +503 2123 4567 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
| Mobile | 7012 3456 | +503 7012 3456 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
| Toll free | 800 1234 | +503 800 1234 | XXX XXXX | 7, 11 |
| Premium rate | 900 1234 | +503 900 1234 | XXX XXXX | 7, 11 |
Show the 3 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [89] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{4})(\d{4}) | [25-7] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{4})(\d{4}) | [89] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code}-{City}
{State/province}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, State/province
- Uppercase fields
- City, State/province, Postal code
- Predefined regions
- 14
Postal code
- Pattern
[1-3][1-7][0-2]\d- Examples
- 1101
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Sunday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also H, hB, hb
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- US-Letter
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the Spanish (El Salvador) locale (es-SV), amounts in USD.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (USD)
- $1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- -$1,234,567.89
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 dólares estadounidenses
- Compact short
- 1.2 M
- Compact long
- 1.2 millones
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilómetros por hora
- Temperature
- 21.5 °C
- Date, full
- viernes, 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, long
- 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/3/26
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 p. m.
- Time, short
- 3:04 p. m.
- Date and time
- 27 mar 2026, 3:04 p. m.
- Month and year
- marzo de 2026
- Weekday
- viernes
- Relative time
- ayer · dentro de 3 días · hace 2 horas
- List: and
- A, B y C
- List: or
- A, B o C