Editing El Salvador (section)

===Ethnic groups===

Around 86% of Salvadorans identify as mestizo, or mixed Amerindian and European descent, 12.7% identify as being of full European ancestry, 0.1% identify as Afro-descended while about 0.6% do not identify with any of the aforementioned categories.<ref name="El Salvador Census 2007"/>
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Of the population, 0.23% report as fully indigenous. The ethnic groups are [[Cacaopera people|Kakawira]] which represents 0.07% of the total country's population, [[Pipil people|Nahua]] (0.06%), [[Lenca people|Lenca]] (0.04%) and other minor groups (0.06%). Very few Amerindians have retained their customs and traditions, having over time assimilated into the dominant mestizo culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countriesquest.com/central_america/el_salvador/history/military_rule_1931-1979.htm|title=Jose Napoleon Duarte, Hernandez Martinez, Ungo, Matanza, Central American Common Market, CACM, urban middle class, Christian Democratic Party, powerful families, death squads, Organization of American States, PRUD, International Court Of Justice, urban center, rapid population growth|website=countriesquest.com|access-date=13 May 2015|archive-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518070347/http://www.countriesquest.com/central_america/el_salvador/history/military_rule_1931-1979.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> There is a small [[Afro-Salvadorans|Afro-Salvadoran]] group that is 0.13% of the total population, with Blacks, among other races, having been prevented from immigrating via government policies in the early 20th century.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.laprensagrafica.com/dominical/318769.asp|first=Elena|last=Salamanca|title=NO a 'los otros'|date=23 October 2005|publisher= La Prensa Gráfica|access-date=29 December 2007|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102044414/http://www.laprensagrafica.com/dominical/318769.asp|archive-date=2 January 2008}}</ref><ref name="B">{{cite book|author=Montgomery, Tommie Sue|title=Revolution in El Salvador: from civil strife to civil peace|publisher=Westview Press|location=Boulder, Colo|year= 1995|isbn=0-8133-0071-1}}</ref> The descendants of enslaved Africans, however, had already integrated into the Salvadoran population and culture well before, during the colonial and post-colonial period.<ref>{{cite web|title=La invisible herencia africana de El Salvador|url=https://elfaro.net/es/201404/academico/15281/La-invisible-herencia-africana-de-El-Salvador.htm|access-date=2 September 2020|website=elfaro.net|archive-date=13 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913113640/https://elfaro.net/es/201404/academico/15281/La-invisible-herencia-africana-de-El-Salvador.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Among the immigrant groups in El Salvador, [[Palestinian]] stand out.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marín-Guzmán|first=Roberto|title=A Century of Palestinian Immigration into Central America: A study of their economic and cultural contributions|year=2000|publisher=[[Universidad de Costa Rica]]|location=San Jose, CR}}</ref> Though few in number, their descendants have attained great economic and political power in the country, as evidenced by the election of President [[Antonio Saca]], whose opponent in the 2004 election, [[Schafik Handal]], was also of Palestinian descent, and the flourishing commercial, industrial, and construction firms owned by this ethnic group. The current President, [[Nayib Bukele]], is also of Palestinian descent.

{{As of|2004}}, there were approximately 3.2&nbsp;million Salvadorans living outside El Salvador, with the United States traditionally being the destination of choice for Salvadoran economic migrants. By 2012, there were about 2.0&nbsp;million Salvadoran immigrants and [[Salvadoran Americans|Americans of Salvadoran descent]] in the U.S.,<ref name="2012AmericanCommunitySurvey">[http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_1YR_B03001&prodType=table US Census Bureau 2012 American Community Survey B03001 1-Year Estimates Hispanic or Latino Origin by Specific Origin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129052732/http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_1YR_B03001&prodType=table |date=29 November 2014 }}. Retrieved 20 September 2013</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Aizenman |first1=N. C. |title=Salvadorans Seek a Voice to Match Their Numbers |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092304494.html |access-date=17 March 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=24 September 2009 |archive-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710071339/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092304494.html |url-status=live }}</ref> making them the sixth largest immigrant group in the country.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Terrazas |first1=Aaron |title=Salvadoran Immigrants in the United States |journal=Migration Information Source |date=5 January 2010 |url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/salvadoran-immigrants-united-states/ |access-date=17 March 2020 |publisher=Migration Policy Institute |archive-date=28 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428133022/https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/salvadoran-immigrants-united-states |url-status=live }}</ref> The second destination of Salvadorans living outside is Guatemala, with more than 111,000 persons, mainly in [[Guatemala City]]. Salvadorans also live in other nearby countries, such as Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua.<ref>{{cite news|title=Comunidad Salvadorena: Republica de Nicaragua|url=http://www.rree.gob.sv/sitio/img.nsf/vista/informes/$file/nicaragua.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303221232/http://www.rree.gob.sv/sitio/img.nsf/vista/informes/%24file/nicaragua.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2009|work=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de El Salvador|access-date=6 January 2008}}</ref> Other countries with notable Salvadoran communities include Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom (including the Cayman Islands), Sweden, Brazil, Italy, and Colombia.