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The El Salvador–Honduras border is a continuous line of 256 km long,(Frontera El Salvador – Honduras )
/ref> separating the east and the north of El Salvador from the territory of Honduras. There are two excerpts: * South–north direction, running from the coast of Pacific Ocean,
The El Salvador–Honduras border is a continuous line of 256 km long,/ref> separating the east and the north of El Salvador from the territory of Honduras. There are two excerpts: * South–north direction, running from the coast of Pacific Ocean,
Gulf of Fonseca
The Gulf of Fonseca (; ), a part of the Pacific Ocean, is a gulf in Central America, bordering El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The waters of the gulf are shared among all three countries.
History
Fonseca Bay was discovered by European ...
, going to the beginning of the east–west stretch.
* East–west direction, leaving the north–south stretch, going to the triple border El Salvador - Honduras - Guatemala.
The border runs alongside the Salvadoran departments of Chalatenango, Cabañas, San Miguel San Miguel, Spanish for Saint Michael, may refer to:
Places
Argentina
*San Miguel Partido
*San Miguel, Buenos Aires
* San Miguel, Catamarca
* San Miguel, Corrientes
* San Miguel, La Rioja
*San Miguel Arcángel, a Volga German colony in Adolfo Al ...
, Morazán, La Union
La Union (), officially the Province of La Union (; ; ; ; ; ), is a coastal province in the Philippines situated in the Ilocos Region on the island of Luzon. The province's capital, the San Fernando, La Union, City of San Fernando, is the most ...
and the Honduran departments of Valle
Valle may refer to:
* Valle (surname)
Geography
*"Valle", the cultural and climatic zone of the dry subtropical Interandean Valles of the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina
* University of Valle, a public university in Cali, Colomb ...
, La Paz
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...
, 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&nb ...
. 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 at a height of above sea level, and is the highest point in Salvadoran territory and the third from Honduras. ...
.
The limit was first set in 1841 when the two countries were part of the Federal Republic of Central America
The Federal Republic of Central America (), initially known as the United Provinces of Central America (), was a sovereign state in Central America that existed between 1823 and 1839/1841. The republic was composed of five states (Costa Rica ...
along with Nicaragua. In 1856, the three countries separated by setting the current international borders.
See also
*El Salvador–Honduras relations
El Salvador and Honduras have long-standing bilateral and historical relations, owing to a shared history in the Spanish Empire. El Salvador has an embassy in Tegucigalpa and a consulates in Choluteca and San Pedro Sula. Honduras has an embassy i ...
* El Salvador–Guatemala border
The El Salvador–Guatemala border is a international boundary in the northeast–southwest direction, northwest of El Salvador, and separating the country from the territory of Guatemala. From north to south, it starts in the triple border of ...
References
Borders of El Salvador Borders of Honduras International borders {{Honduras-geo-stub