El Salvador–Honduras border

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The El Salvador–Honduras border is the international boundary between El Salvador and Honduras, historically marked by territorial disputes and Cold War–era violence in Central America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
land border
belongsToSubregion Northern Triangle of Central America NERFINISHED
borderRegime controlled border
conflictCause economic tensions
land disputes
migration issues
conflictPeriod Cold War NERFINISHED
countryBorder El Salvador NERFINISHED
Honduras NERFINISHED
demarcatedBetween Republic of El Salvador NERFINISHED
Republic of Honduras NERFINISHED
demarcationCompletedYear 2006
disputeType territorial dispute
followsNaturalFeature mountain ranges
rivers
hasApproximateLength about 159 miles
about 256 km
hasBorderCrossing El Amatillo border crossing
El Espino border crossing NERFINISHED
El Poy border crossing NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalContext agrarian conflicts
population expulsions of Salvadorans from Honduras in the 1960s
post-colonial boundary disputes
hasSection land boundary
maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca
historicallyDisputedBy El Salvador NERFINISHED
Honduras NERFINISHED
icjJudgmentYear 1992
legalCase Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening) NERFINISHED
legalStatusSettledBy International Court of Justice NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Central America NERFINISHED
partOf Central American Integration System region NERFINISHED
borders of El Salvador
borders of Honduras
passesNearCity Chalatenango NERFINISHED
La Unión NERFINISHED
Nueva Ocotepeque NERFINISHED
relatedConflict 1969 El Salvador–Honduras War NERFINISHED
Football War NERFINISHED
securityIssue drug trafficking
irregular migration
smuggling
touchesWaterBody Gulf of Fonseca NERFINISHED
usedFor migration between El Salvador and Honduras
trade between El Salvador and Honduras
transportation routes in Central America

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Sumpul River massacre location El Salvador–Honduras border