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El Salvador is located on the west coast of Central America. It is bound by Honduras to the north, Guatemala to the northwest, the Gulf of Fonseca to the southeast and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

The country is divided into three topographical regions:

• The southern coastal plain which is a tropical flat coastal belt.
• The northern lowlands which are formed by the valleys of the Lempa River and Sierra Madre
• The central plateau which is interspersed by mountains, volcanoes and valleys

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Phone country code: 503
Surface: 21.041 kmq
Inhabitants:6.123.000
Density: 291 ab/kmq
Money: Colon
Capital: San Salvador
Other important city:Soyapango, Santa Ana, San Miguel