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El Salvador, [ a] officially the Republic of El Salvador, [ b] is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2023 was estimated to be 6.5 million.
Largest: San Salvador (1,740,847) Smallest: Cabañas (164,945) Areas. Largest: Usulután (2,130.4 km 2) Smallest: Cuscatlán (756.2 km 2) Subdivisions. Municipality. El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (Spanish: departamentos) for administrative purposes, subdivided into 44 municipalities ( municipios) and 262 districts. The country is a ...
The total land area of El Salvador is 23,041 km 2, with 20,721 km 2 of land and 320 km 2 of water. El Salvador is about the size of Israel and the U.S states of New Jersey and Vermont, but has the population size of Libya and Lebanon. El Salvador has 590 km of borders, including 391 km of borders with Honduras and 199 km with Guatemala. El ...
Pan-American Highway in El Salvador between Lourdes and Santa Ana; this flat 1.5 km (0.93 mi) long straight section can be used as an airstrip and it was used during El Salvador Civil War. Pan-American Highway in Guanacaste, Costa Rica (going towards the Nicaraguan border, still many kilometres [miles] away.)
The RN-5 (Autopista Comalapa, Boulevard Los Proceres) serves as one of the main highways in the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador. The highway connects the metropolitan area with the El Salvador International Airport, located in San Luis Talpa, La Paz, a municipality that borders the San Salvador Department. The highway was built to replace the ...
San Salvador ( Spanish pronunciation: [san salβaˈðoɾ] ;) is the capital and the largest city [ 5 ] of El Salvador and its eponymous department. [ 6 ] It is however the country's largest agglomeration. It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. [ 7 ] The Municipality of San Salvador has 525,990 inhabitants ...
A weekday passenger service links San Salvador and Apopa, a journey of 40 minutes. Of a total of 602 km narrow gauge (3 ft (914 mm)) rail, much is abandoned.In November 2013 the government rail agency FENADESAL announced plans for development of four electrified railways serving San Salvador, Sitio del Niño (La Libertad), El Salvador International Airport, La Unión, and the Honduran frontier.
El Salvador includes the following cities and towns. Biggest cities. Over 100,000, or / and a high urbanization. (AMSS) = San Salvador Metropolitan Area