page_title: Outline of El Salvador
section_title: Environment of El Salvador
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of El Salvador / Geography of El Salvador / Environment of El Salvador
caption_attribution_description: Satellite image of El Salvador in April 2002.
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to El Salvador:
  El Salvador – sovereign country located on the Pacific Coast of Central America. The area was originally called by the Pipil "Cuzhcatl", in Spanish "Cuzcatlan", which in Nahuatl means "The Land Of Precious Things". After the Spanish conquest, the land was baptized by Spanish conquistadors as "Provincia De Nuestro Señor Jesucristo El Salvador Del Mundo", now abbreviated as "República de El Salvador". The country borders the Pacific Ocean between Guatemala and Honduras. With a population of approximately 5.8 million people, it is the most densely populated nation in Central America and is undergoing rapid industrialization.
context_section_description: Climate of El Salvador
  Wildlife of El Salvador
  Fauna of El Salvador
  Birds of El Salvador
  Mammals of El Salvador
caption: An enlargeable satellite image of El Salvador
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