Worth knowing
El Salvador
Joya de Cerén is known as the Pompeii of the Americas. The villagers seem to have fled in time, leaving behind their homes, their tools and even their food.
Where its story happens
Joya de Cerén, at 13.83°N, 89.36°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about El Salvador
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's El Salvador, on the Pacific coast of Central America, between Guatemala and Honduras. See El Salvador on a map.
- It is the smallest country in Central America, and its name means 'The Saviour' in Spanish.
- It is the only country in Central America with no coast on the Caribbean.
- Its national dish is the pupusa, a thick corn tortilla stuffed with cheese, beans or pork.
- A farming village here was buried by volcanic ash about 1,400 years ago, and its homes were preserved.