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