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HISTORY. In 1839 the Central American Federation, which had comprised the states of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, was dissolved, and El Salvador declared itself formally an independent republic in 1841. There have since been a number of attempts to restore some looser form of Central American unity.
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Statistical Information. The Dirección General de Estadistica y Censos (Villa Fermina, Calle Arce, San Salvador) dates from 1937. Director General . Lieut.-Col. José Castro Meléndez, Its publications include Anuario Estadístico. Annual, from 1911.—Boletin Estadístico. Quarterly.—El Salvador en Gráficas. Annual.—Atlas Censal de El Salvador. 1955 only.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1966). El Salvador. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270954_55
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