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ANNEX IVIndigenous Peoples in El SalvadorCOUNTRY DATA:209Capital:Surface:Geography: 210Population:Indigenous Population:San SalvadorThe extension of its territory is 21.393 Km2.El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America. Its limits are: to the west andnorthwest by Guatemala, north and northwest by Honduras and south and southeast bythe Pacific Ocean. Southeast also limits with Nicaragua through the Gulf of Fonseca, whichbelongs in common to Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.The population of El Salvador is 5,744,113 (2007census) within its territory. It is estimatedthat the ethnic composition is comprised of 90% of mixed race, 9% White andamerindian, of which very few have retained their customs and traditions. It is the mostdensely populated country in Latin America.Not recorded in the national census breakdown by ethnicity or indigenous / nativepeoplesLegal recognition of In El Salvador there is no specific legal framework that recognizes the existence andindigenous peoples: 211 protects the rights of indigenous peoples. In Article 62 of the Constitution of El Salvador,in paragraph II, says: "The indigenous languages that are spoken within the nationalterritory are part of the cultural heritage and shall be preserved, disseminated andrespected" and in Art. 63, says: "The rich artistic, historical, and archaeological country arepart of the cultural treasure of El Salvador, which is under the protection of the State andsubject to special laws for their conservation".IDH Of 0.747213Internationalconventions signed withindigenous peoples bythe country:When the Constitution refers to these items, we ignore the human component, theexistence and recognition of indigenous peoples, looking like folkloric and patrimonialobjectsNot recognizing the autonomy and other rights of these peoples is only done from thestandpoint of folklore. For historical, social, cultural and political purposes, they areinvisibilized, making it necessary to draft national laws to protect and recognize theircustomary rights as well as the constitutional recognition of their existence as peoples.For its part, CONCULTURA has made several actions in relation to the strengtheningand recovery of the Nahuat language but unrelated to the formal education system. Withregard to Article 63, the bodies responsible for CONCULTURA and in this case, theNational Directorate of Cultural Heritage, has enacted the Law of Cultural Heritage,focusing its main attention to the ancestral heritage, but not to improve the livingconditions the heirs of these ancient treasures212, it has not been linked their work tothe indigenous communities in rescue, preservation and dissemination actions as itseems they are more interested in the built heritage that in the culture that is alive.The Government of El Salvador on Convention 107, made a series of sociological andpolitical considerations, in order to describe the legal status of indigenous communities inthe country and to identify organizations that make it up, offering also the indexcompliance with the obligations of the Government in consequence of the Convention.As can be seen, there are aspects of non-legislated discrimination, but in a general209 Wikipedia-El Salvador: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador210 EL SALVADOR, DE LA ESPERANZA A LA DESILUSIÓN.PARTE I. ADMINISTRATIVE AND GEOGRAPHICAL DATA By Heródoto el Rojo:http://www.nodo50.org/arevolucionaria/masarticulos/junio2004/salvador1.htm211INDIGENOUS PEOPLES-CONCULTURA-CTMPI-CANCO MUNDIAL-RUTA. February 2003, San Salvador, El Salvador. Profileof indigenous Peoples in El Salvador/ VI. Legal Framework / Legal Framework of the Indigenous peoples in El Salvador/ 6.4LegalInstruments.6.4.1 National Instruments, Cit: Pag 52:www.ruta.org/.../Perfiles%20Indigenas/PerfilIndigELS/VERSION%20FINAL%201%20PI%2020_03_03.doc212 CONCULTURA, has a Special Law for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of El Salvador, which are reported as assets thatcomprise the cultural heritage, ethnological material, of historic, vernacular and ethnographic language Nahuatl and otherindigenous and the traditions and customs, techniques and traditional craft products. See, Article 3 paragraphs f,ñ-l y 2.213 2007 Data. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Pa%C3%ADses_por_%C3%ADndice_de_desarrollo_humano70