El Salvador - Zykeria Presswood

 Zykeria Presswood El Salvador Artifact #2: Volcanos  El Salvador is known as the Land of Volcanoes, frequent earthquake and volcanic activity. It is the only country in Central America that does not have a coastline on the Caribbean sea. I chose Volcanoes because El Salvador is rich in the history of volcanic eruptions. The largest eruption recorded was the  Tierra Blanca Joven eruption of Lake Ilopango, dating back to the mid 5th century A.D, it was the largest volcanic eruption recorded on earth.  Luckily,  The volcanoes around San Salvador have not exhibited any volcanic hazard for four generations. El Salvador has 170 volcanoes, In fact, 90% of the salvadoran territory has volcanic materials.  Currently, El Salvador has 23 active volcanoes, of which 6 are frequently monitored for seismic activity which are: Santa Ana, Izalco, San Salvador, San Vicente, and Chaparrastique, stratovolcanoes; the Ilopango volcanic Caldera is also observed. (Country profile...

Zykeria Presswood El Salvador Artifact #1: The El Salvadorian flag El Salvador is a strong country, rich in history with a population of  6,377,853, and rich in natural history. The flag itself has its meaning based on the natural components of the land.  I chose the National flag because  it would be the first thing someone uses to describe or reference the country.  It's also an important piece of the culture due to its representation of the government standing between Guatemala and Mexico, Salvador did not want to be apart of either, declaring its own independence. The El Salvadorian flag is also very similar to the American Flag, it has strong symbolism similarities, which aren't coincidental since the U.S had significant impact in the helping of Salvador in the civil  war. This artifact relates to the Spanish culture because its a representation of the unity of a nation, it represents equality and the three branches of Sal...