El Salvador–Honduras border
The El Salvador–Honduras border is a continuous line of 256 km long, 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, 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 limit was first set in 1841 when the two countries were part of the Federal Republic of Central America along with Nicaragua. In 1856, the three countries separated by setting the current international borders.