Destination guide — El Salvador

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
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EL SALVADOR IS SITUATED IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND COVERS AN
AREA OF 21,041SQ KM. IT IS BORDERED BY GUATEMALA ON THE
NORTHWEST, BY HONDURAS TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AND BY THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE SOUTH, WITH A COASTLINE STRETCHING
FOR 335KM.

EL SALVADOR MAY BE BROKEN INTO TWO HIGHLAND MOUNTAIN CHAINS
AND THREE LOWLAND REGIONS. THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS CONTAIN
THE METAPIN AND THE CHALATENANGO FORMING THE HONDURAS
BORDER. THEY THEN DESCEND IN THE SOUTH TO THE LEMPA RIVER.

THE VALLEY MOUNTS TO A HIGHER VOLCANIC CHAIN IN THE SOUTH.
IT COMPRISES OF OVER 20 VOLCANOES, MANY ACTIVE. THE
COUNTRY'S HIGHEST POINT IS SANTA ANA AT 2381M ABOVE SEA
LEVEL.

TO THE SOUTH OF THE VOLCANO RANGES LIES A NARROW COASTAL
PLATEAU. THIS STRETCHES THE LENGTH OF THE COUNTRY ALONG THE
PACIFIC. THE CENTRAL PLAIN, IS RICH IN VOLCANIC SOILS AND
COVERS ABOUT A FOURTH OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA. EL SALVADOR
HAS APPROXIMATELY 300 RIVERS, THE PRINCIPAL ONE BEING THE
LEMPA.
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