_#_Disputes: dispute with Honduras over several sections of the land boundary; dispute over Golfo de Fonseca maritime boundary because of disputed sovereignty of islands
_#_Climate: tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April)
_#_Terrain: mostly mountains with narrow coastal belt and central plateau
_#_Natural resources: hydropower, geothermal power, crude oil
_#_Land use: arable land 27%; permanent crops 8%; meadows and pastures 29%; forest and woodland 6%; other 30%; includes irrigated 5%
_#_Environment: The Land of Volcanoes; subject to frequent and sometimes very destructive earthquakes; deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution
_#_Note: smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea
_*People #_Population: 5,418,736 (July 1991), growth rate 2.0% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 34 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1991)