El Salvador lies in the isthmus
of Central America between latitudes 13° and 15°N, and longitudes 87° and 91°W.
It stretches 270 km (168 mi) from west-northwest to east-southeast and 142 km
(88 mi) north to south, with a total area of 21,041 km2 (8,124 sq mi). As the
smallest country in continental America.
El Salvador is affectionately called
Pulgarcito de America (the "Tom Thumb of the Americas"). The highest
point in El Salvador is Cerro El Pital, at 2,730 metres (8,957 ft), on the
border with Honduras.
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