▁Statist ically ▁in ▁El ▁Salvador , ▁there ▁are ▁about ▁ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Arab s , ▁of ▁Leb an ese , ▁Sy rian , ▁Egypt ian ▁and ▁Palest in ian ▁ancest ry . ▁In ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁these ▁Arab - Sal v ador ans , ▁although ▁not ▁all ▁the ▁families ▁arrived ▁together , ▁they ▁were ▁the ▁ones ▁that ▁lead ▁the ▁economy ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁the ▁Arab ▁community ▁based ▁in ▁San ▁Salvador ▁organized ▁and ▁founded ▁the ▁" A rab ▁Youth ▁Union ▁Society " ▁ ▁P ardo ▁Salvador ans ▁ ▁P ardo ▁is ▁the ▁term ▁that ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁colonial ▁El ▁Salvador ▁to ▁describe ▁a ▁tri - ra cial ▁Af ro - M est izo ▁person ▁of ▁Ind igen ous , ▁European , ▁and ▁African ▁descent . ▁Af ro - Sal v ador ans ▁are ▁the ▁descend ants ▁of ▁the ▁African ▁population ▁that ▁were ▁ens la ved ▁and ▁sh ipped ▁to ▁El ▁Salvador ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁mines ▁in ▁specific ▁regions ▁of ▁El ▁Salvador . ▁They ▁have ▁mixed ▁into ▁and ▁were ▁naturally ▁b red ▁out ▁by ▁the ▁general ▁M est izo ▁population , ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁a ▁M est izo ▁majority ▁and ▁the ▁minor ity ▁of ▁P ardo ▁people , ▁both ▁of ▁whom ▁are ▁ra cially ▁mixed ▁populations . ▁Thus , ▁there ▁remains ▁no ▁significant ▁extrem es ▁of ▁African ▁phys i ogn omy ▁among ▁Salvador ans ▁like ▁there ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁other ▁countries ▁of ▁Central ▁America . ▁A ▁total ▁of ▁only