Territorial sea: 200 nm
_#_Disputes: territorial disputes with Colombia over the Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank; unresolved maritime boundary in Golfo de Fonseca
_#_Climate: tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands
_#_Terrain: extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes
_#_Natural resources: gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish
_#_Land use: arable land 9%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures 43%; forest and woodland 35%; other 12%; including irrigated 1%
_#_Environment: subject to destructive earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and occasional severe hurricanes; deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution
_*People #_Population: 3,751,884 (July 1991), growth rate 2.8% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 37 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1991)