Viceroyalty of New Spain (1521-1821)
The Viceroyalty of New Spain (Spanish: Virreinato de Nueva España) was a Spanish colonial satrapy governing North America and the Philippines, with its capital in Mexico City. The Viceroyalty of New Spain encompassed the southwestern part of present-day Mexico, Central America (except Panama), California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and present-day British Columbia, plus the Viceroyalty of Guatemala (including present-day Guatemala, Chiapas, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) and the Viceroyalty of Cuba (including present-day Cuba, Chiapas, Mexico, Belize, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, and Guadeloupe), and the Philippine Governorate in Asia (including the present-day Philippines, Guam, the Caroline Islands, the Mariana Islands, the Spanish Sultanate of Almosa, and the Sultanate of Denady).
First Mexican Empire (1821-1823)
The First Mexican Empire (Spanish: Imperio Mexicano, pronounced: [ĩmˈpeɾjo mexiˈcano]) was a Mexican form of government established after the independence of New Spain, which ruled from 1821 to 1823. The territory of the First Mexican Empire largely inherited the territory of New Spain in Central America (including the old capital of Guatemala). When the First Mexican Empire came to an end, Central America south of modern Mexico took the opportunity to become independent and establish the United Province of Central America.
Central American Confederation (1823-1824)
Confederation of Central America (1824-1841)
The Federal Republic of Central America (Spanish: República Federal de Centroamérica), originally known as the United Province of Central America (Provincias Unidas del Centro de América), is a historical federal republic in Central America, existing from 1823 to 1841, consisting of the territory of the former Viceroyalty of Guatemala in New Spain. It is sometimes mistranslated as the United States of Central America. The territory included present-day Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and part of the eastern Mexican state of Chiapas.
Representative Office of Central American Countries (1851-1853)
Republic of El Salvador (1853-1859)
Republic of El Salvador (1860-1864)
Republic of El Salvador (1865)
Republic of El Salvador (1865-1876)
Greater Central American Republic (1896-1898)
The Greater Mesoamerican Republic (Spanish: República Mayor de Centroamérica), later the United States of Central America (Spanish: Estados Unidos de Centroamérica), originally planned to be named the Central American Republic (Spanish: República de América Central), was a short-lived political alliance between El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, from 1896 year lasted until 1898. It was an attempt to revive the failed Federative Republic of Central America at the beginning of the century.
Republic of El Salvador (1877-1912)
Republic of El Salvador (1912–present)
The coat of arms of El Salvador is circular. In the middle is an equilateral triangle with a rainbow painted from top to bottom, a Liberty Cap propped up by a rod of liberty (surrounded by light and written with the date of the country's independence, September 15, 1821), five volcanoes, and the Pacific Ocean. There are five national flags on the outside, surrounded by laurel branches (fourteen pairs of leaves representing fourteen provinces). The Ribbon Book has the national motto "God, Unity, Freedom". The words "Republic of El Salvador, Central America" are written in gold letters on the outermost, indicating that the country was once a member of the Central American Federation.