<human>:  Where did the civil war in El Salvador start?
<bot>: The war started in the capital city of San Salvador. The civil war in El Salvador began in 1979 when the military junta that ruled the country from a coup in the 1970s, declared a state of emergency. In 1982, the government began to crack down on the political opposition. This led to the formation of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), a rebel group. The FMLN fought against the government for more than a decade, until peace was reached in 1992.