Ubicación: Middle America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras

Cordenadas Geograficas: 13 50 N, 88 55 W

Referencias en el mapa: Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total: 21,040 sq km
land: 20,720 sq km
water: 320 sq km

Area - comparativo: slightly smaller than Massachusetts

Fronteras:
total: 545 km
border countries: Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km

Costa: 307 km

Demandas Maritimas:
territorial sea: 200 nm

Clima: tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands

Terreno: mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau

Extremos de Elevación:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m

Recursos Naturales: hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land

Uso de Tierras:
arable land: 27%
permanent crops: 8%
permanent pastures: 29%
forests and woodland: 5%
other: 31% (1993 est.)

Tierras Irrigadas: 1,200 sq km (1993 est.)

Peligros Naturales: known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes very destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity

Ambiente - asuntos actuales: deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes; Hurricane Mitch damage

Ambiente - acuerdos internacionales:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea

Nota - geografía: smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea