Location:	Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras
Geographic coordinates:	13 50 N, 88 55 W
Map references:	Central America and the Caribbean
Area:	total: 21,040 sq km land: 20,720 sq km water: 320 sq km
Area - comparative:	slightly smaller than Massachusetts
Land boundaries:	total: 545 km border countries: Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km
Coastline:	307 km
Maritime claims:	territorial sea: 200 nm
Climate:	tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands
Terrain:	mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau
Elevation extremes:	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m
Natural resources:	hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land
Land use:	arable land: 31.85% permanent crops: 12.07% other: 56.08% (2001)
Irrigated land:	360 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards:	known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes very destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to hurricanes
Environment - current issues:	deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes
Environment - international agreements:	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
Geography - note:	smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea

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