National Emblem

THE NATIONAL COAT OF ARMS CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING:

Escudo Nacional

• FIVE FLAGS Five fraternal Central American countries (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica).
  
  
• BLUE STRIPE ON THE FLAGS The sea and the sky
  
  
• WHITE STRIP ON THE FLAGS Peace
  
  
• FOURTEEN LAUREL LEAVES Fourteen Departments (or States) of the Republic of El Salvador
  
  
• PHRYGIAN CAP The cap of liberty
  
  
• FIVE VOLCANOS Represent the Central American Isthmus which represent the five nations in the isthmus, washed by the two oceans
  
  
• OCEANS Pacific and Atlantic oceans
  
  
• EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE Equality of individuals. The three Branches of the Republic (Executive, Legislative and Judicial)
  
  
• RAINBOW Hope
  
  
• GOD, UNION AND LIBERTY The Republic of El Salvador is based on this principle
  
  
• BOW (KNOT) Unity
  
  
• SEPTEMBER 15, 1821 Day of Independence of the Republic of El Salvador