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The Study on Economic
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The Eastern Region
Eastern Region
The Study Area
The Study will cover the entire El Salvador for economic development framework particularly on the Eastern Region and the La Union port located at the eastern end of the region for detailed analysis and planning. The Country has land area of 20,718km2 and a population of 6,272,353 (as of 2000). The Eastern Region consists of four provinces of San Miguel, La Union, Morazan, and Usulutan. The region has land area of 7,394km2 or 35.7% of the national land, and its population of 1,281,428 as of 2000 accounts for 20.4% of the total population in the Country. The Eastern Region with the four departments and El Salvador are compared in the table below by selected socio-economic indices.
Comparison between El Salvador and the Eastern Region by Socio-economic Indices, 2000
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Category/Index (unit) |
Usulutan | San Miguel | Morazan | La Union | Eastern Region | El Salvador |
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Land area (km2) |
2,130 |
2,077 |
1,112 |
2,074 |
2,394 |
20,718 |
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Administration |
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No. of municipalities |
23 |
20 |
26 |
18 |
87 |
262 |
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No. of districts |
233 |
179 |
131 |
158 |
701 |
2,296 |
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Population |
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Total |
336,996 |
480,769 |
174,359 |
289,304 |
1,281,428 |
6,272,353 |
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Density (people/km2) |
158 |
231 |
156 |
139 |
173 |
298 |
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Urbanization (％) |
(40) |
58 |
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Male-female ratio (％) |
94 |
93 |
92 |
89 |
92 |
92 |
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Work & employment (1992-2000) |
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Working pop. (% of age>10) |
76.3 |
77.7 |
74.4 |
74.1 |
76.1 |
76.2 |
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Economic pop. (％ of working pop.) |
48.6 |
47.3 |
50.2 |
46.0 |
47.7 |
52.2 |
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Unemployment (％) |
6.2 |
5.3 |
6.1 |
6.7 |
6.0 |
5.8 |
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Pop. increase (％ p.a.) |
1.03 |
2.22 |
1.07 |
1.56 |
1.59 |
2.57 |
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Birth & death (1998) |
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Gross birth rate (/103) |
27.4 |
28.0 |
32.3 |
30.8 |
25.2 |
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Gross death rate (/103) |
6.1 |
6.2 |
7.1 |
6.6 |
4.8 |
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Infant death rate (/103) |
32.5 |
29.7 |
42.8 |
37.6 |
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Life expectancy |
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Male |
66.3 |
66.5 |
63.4 |
64.4 |
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Female |
72.5 |
73.0 |
68.0 |
72.0 |
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Literacy |
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Male |
82 |
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Female |
76 |
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Income & poverty |
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Household income (¢/day) |
2,520 |
2,986 |
2,246 |
2,473 |
2,655 |
3,690 |
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Absolute poverty (％) |
22.3 |
18.9 |
30.0 |
23.3 |
(28.2) |
16.0 |
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Poverty rate (％) |
49.8 |
47.0 |
58.5 |
49.0 |
(57.7) |
38.8 |
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Remittance from overseas |
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Recipient families (％) |
24.4 |
28.4 |
30.0 |
40.7 |
30.2 |
19.7 |
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Ave. amt. received per family (¢/mo.) |
1,097 |
1,037 |
1,102 |
1,192 |
1,103 |
1,057 |
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Maize production |
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Cultivated area (ha) |
46,800 |
45,000 |
22,200 |
43,200 |
157,200 |
370,370 |
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Amt. produced (t) |
68,080 |
58,402 |
25,300 |
46,782 |
198,564 |
582,967 |
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Yield (t/ha) |
1.45 |
1.30 |
1.14 |
1.06 |
1.26 |
1.57 |
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Livestock |
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Cattle |
111,900 |
176,100 |
82,100 |
101,600 |
471,700 |
1,050,000 |
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Swine [family-owned] |
21,596 |
21,246 |
15,592 |
19,079 |
77,513 |
186,447 |
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Enterprises |
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Manufacturing |
2,566 |
16,302 |
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Commercial |
15,816 |
89,427 |
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Services |
6,420 |
38,624 |
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Employment |
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Manufacturing |
10,363 |
214,501 |
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Commercial |
34,484 |
226,204 |
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Services |
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23,856 |
180,458 |
Source: DGEC, Anuario Estadistico 2001; DGEC (Aug. 2001), Encuesta de Hogares de Propósitas Múltiples 2000; MAG, Anuario de Estadisticas Agropecuarias 2000-2001.
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