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Current account balance : $-734 million (2003) . HIV La Union : 0.7% (2003 est.) Population below poverty line : 48% (1999 est.) . Literacy : 80,20% House hold income lowest than 10% : 1,40% House hold income highest than 10% : 39.3% (2001) Inflation : 2.1% (2003 est.) . Unemployment Rate : 6.5% - but the economy has much underemployment (2003 est.) . Internet Users : 550,000 (2003) . Location La Union : Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras . Geographic Coordinates : 13 50 N, 88 55 W . Religion : Roman Catholic 83% . Administrative region : 14 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, Santa Ana, San Vicente, Sonsonate, Usulutan . Terrain : mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau . Elevation extremes lowest : Pacific Ocean 0 m . Elevation extremes highest : Cerro El Pital 2,730 m . Natural resources : hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land . Land use arable land : 31,85%. Land use permanentcrops : 12,07%. Irrigated land : 360 sq km (1998 est.) . Natural hazards : known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes very destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to hurricanes . Environment current issues : deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes . Geography note : smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea . Population : 6,587,541 (July 2004 est.) . age -14 p : 36,80%. age -14 men : 1 237 262. age -14 ladies : 1 185 750. age 15/64 p : 58,10%. age 15/64 men : 1 819 035. age 15/64 ladies : 2 009 032. age +65 p : 5,10%. age +65 men : 150 221. age +65 ladies : 186 241. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 21.4 years . median age male : 20.2 years . median age female : 22.5 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : 1.78% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 27.48 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 5.93 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : -3.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.04 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 0.91 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.81 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 28.79 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 22.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 70.92 years . life expectancy at birth male : 67.31 years . life expectancy at birth female : 74.7 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 3.2 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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