The El Salvador–Honduras border is a continuous line of 256 km long,(Frontera El Salvador – Honduras )
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El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

from the territory of

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

. There are two excerpts: * South–north direction, running from the coast of

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Gulf of Fonseca The Gulf of Fonseca ( es, Golfo de Fonseca; ), a part of the Pacific Ocean, is a gulf in Central America, bordering El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. History Fonseca Bay was discovered for Europeans in 1522 by Gil González de Ávila, ...

, going to the beginning of the east–west stretch. * East–west direction, leaving the north–south stretch, going to the triple border

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

. The border runs alongside the Salvadoran departments of Chalatenango, Cabañas, San Miguel, Morazán,

La Union La Union (), officially the Province of La Union ( ilo, Probinsia ti La Union; Kankanaey'': Probinsyan di La Union;'' Ibaloi'': Probinsya ne La Union;'' pag, Luyag/Probinsia na La Union; Tagalog'': Lalawigan ng La Union),'' is a province in th ...

and the Honduran departments of

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La Paz La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities ...

, Intibucá, Lempira and

Ocotepeque Ocotepeque is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque. The town of Nueva Ocotepeque is the municipal seat and the capital of the department. The department borders two countries, Guatemala and El Salvador and covers 1,630 ...

. Passes at the highest point of the territory of El Salvador, the

Cerro El Pital Cerro El Pital is a mountain in Central America, on the border of El Salvador and Honduras. It is located from the town of La Palma La Palma (, ), also known as ''La isla bonita'' () and officially San Miguel de La Palma, is the most nor ...

. The limit was first set in 1841 when the two countries were part of the

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along with

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...

. In 1856, the three countries separated by setting the current international borders.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:El Salvador-Honduras border Borders of El Salvador Borders of Honduras International borders

See also

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