El Salvador 🇸🇻
El Salvador is part of Americas with main city at
San Salvador. Its Developing country with a
population of 7M people. The main currency is El Salvador Colon. The languages
spoken are Spanish. the Republic of El Salvador is the formal name of El Salvador It is adviced to High degree of caution Get useful information like travel advice, temperatures, rainfall, socket plugs,
languages spoken, SIM cards, ATM, currencies, road rules and emergency numbers.
👍 Developing 🌤️ ~24.26 °C 🌧 ~219.81 mm 👨👩👦👦 7M people
Advice
Weather ⚠️ Travel advice
fiber_manual_record High degree of caution
We've reviewed our travel advice for El Salvador. We haven't changed the level - exercise a high degree of caution in El Salvador.
issued date: January 8, 2019
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General
🔌 Sockets
El Salvador uses 120V, 60Hz with sockets and plugs Type A and Type B.
🌐 Languages
The languages that are typically spoken are Spanish
💱 Currencies Used
El Salvador uses the United States dollar (symbol: $), code USD.Banknotes come in denominations of 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 dollars. Dollar is subdivided into 100 cents. Coins come in denominations of 1 dollar and 50, 25, 10, 5 and 1 cents.
🏧 ATMs
Automatic teller machines are common in El Salvador. You can usually find them in both large & small cities.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.
📡 Internet
Internet speed in El Salvador is on average 3.4 Mbps. WiFi coverage in El Salvador is low. It is not as easy to find one.
📱 Phones
You can buy a SIM card for about $13.99, which includes 2 GB of data plan. You can choose from 4 telecoms: Claro, Digicel, Movistar or Tigo. El Salvador uses GSM mobile networks GSM 850, GSM 900 and GSM 1900. If you don't want to buy SIM card in El Salvador upon arrival, make sure to check the roaming charges with your telecom provider before your departure so there are no surprises when you return home.
📞 Calling
To call El Salvador, dial +, then 503 (the country code for El Salvador), then the area code and the local number. For local calls within El Salvador, start with the area code. In the case above area code is 2 .
🆘 Emergency
Police
17
Ambulance
+213 (0) 21-235-050
Fire department
14
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