NationMaster - Salvadoran Geography statistics

Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Massachusetts
Area > Total	157 sq km	[157th of 248]
Area > Water	118 sq km	[118th of 237]
Capital city with population	San Salvador - 972,810
Climate tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands
Coastline	139 km	[139th of 249]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Cerro El Pital 2,730 m
Forested Land	160%	[160th of 193]
Geography > Note smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea
Irrigated land	111 sq km	[111st of 185]
Land boundaries > Border countries Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km
Land boundaries > Total	132 km	[132nd of 161]
Largest city population	76	[76th of 174]
Largest city with population	San Salvador - 972,810
Location Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras
Map references Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims > Contiguous zone	27 nm	[27th of 82]
Natural resources hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land
Population density	40 people per sqkm	[40th of 256]
Terrain mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau

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SOURCES: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America. ; Total area in square kilometers ; Total water area in square kilometers ; Capital cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year. ; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea. ; Highest point above sea level ; Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere. ; The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water. ; Length of land boundaries by border country ; The total length of all land boundaries and the individual lengths for each of the contiguous border countries ; The population of the country's largest city; Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water. ; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries. ; Contiguous zone - according to the LOS Convention (Article 33), this is a zone contiguous to a coastal State's territorial sea, over which it may exercise the control necessary to: prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration, or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea; punish infringement of the above laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea; the contiguous zone may not extend beyond 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured (e.g. the US has claimed a 12-mile contiguous zone in addition to its 12-mile territorial sea). A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention. ; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance. ; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; A brief description of the topography

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Republica de El Salvador

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