Meanguera del Golfo

For a town in Morazán Department, see Meanguera, Morazán.
Meanguera del Golfo
Municipality
Meanguera del Golfo

Location in El Salvador

Coordinates: 13°10′47″N 87°41′51″W / 13.17972°N 87.69750°W / 13.17972; -87.69750Coordinates: 13°10′47″N 87°41′51″W / 13.17972°N 87.69750°W / 13.17972; -87.69750
Country  El Salvador
Department La Unión Department
Area
  Total 9.1 sq mi (23.6 km2)
Population (2007)
  Total 2,398

Meanguera del Golfo is a municipality in the La Unión department of El Salvador. Located 30 km from department of La Unión and 213 km from San Salvador on the island of Meanguera in the Gulf of Fonseca. It has an area of 23.6 km² with a population of 2,398 inhabitants (2007).

Three countries - Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua - have coastline along the gulf, and all three have been involved in a lengthy dispute over the rights to the gulf and the islands located there within. In 1992, a chamber of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decided the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute, of which the gulf dispute was a part. The ICJ determined that El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua were to share control of the Gulf of Fonseca. El Salvador was awarded the islands of Meanguera and Meanguerita, and Honduras was awarded El Tigre Island.[1]

Current Mayor: Since 2012-2015 Luis Dheming-Almendarez

References

  1. Kawas, Jorge (18 March 2013). "El Salvador: Sovereignty issues over Gulf of Fonseca". Pulsa Merica.

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