Official nameRepública de El Salvador (Republic of El Salvador)CapitalSan SalvadorPopulation estimate (2015)6·13 millionInternet domain extension.svCurrencyThe dollar (USD) replaced the colón as the legal currency of El Salvador in 2003.TerritoryEl Salvador is bounded in the north-west by Guatemala, north-east and east by Honduras and south by the Pacific Ocean.LanguageThe official language is Spanish.Source: The Statesman's Yearbook 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, London Synonyms and related words