Cerro El Pital
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Cerro El Pital is a mountain
in Central America
, on the border of El Salvador
and Honduras
. It is located 12 km (7 mi) from the town of La Palma
and at a height of 2730 m (8,957 ft) it is the highest point of the Salvadoran territory. It is a mountain in the middle of a cloudy forest that has an average annual temperature of 10 °C (50 °F).
It is one of the most touristic places of the country with many endangered plants and animals with a wide altitudinal range and thus a big biodiversity. The cloud forest
in the esesmiles has rare fauna and flora for the country, it has quetzales and other endangered species.
In the months of November to February the temperature is between 10 and -4 degrees Celsius and the other months the temperature is between 20 and 5 degrees Celsius. Is the coldest place in El Salvador
, it is also the only known place where there is snowfall in the country. On 13 April 2004, the temperature hit record lows and much of the hill was covered by a frost and ice that caused commotion among the local community.
Mountain
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in Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
, on the border of El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
and Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
. It is located 12 km (7 mi) from the town of La Palma
La Palma, Chalatenango
La Palma is a municipality in the Chalatenango department of El Salvador. The municipality, located in a mountainous area of the country, covers an area of 131.89 km² and as of 2006 has an approximate population of 24,000....
and at a height of 2730 m (8,957 ft) it is the highest point of the Salvadoran territory. It is a mountain in the middle of a cloudy forest that has an average annual temperature of 10 °C (50 °F).
It is one of the most touristic places of the country with many endangered plants and animals with a wide altitudinal range and thus a big biodiversity. The cloud forest
Cloud forest
A cloud forest, also called a fog forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical evergreen montane moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud cover, usually at the canopy level. Cloud forests often exhibit an abundance of mosses covering the ground and...
in the esesmiles has rare fauna and flora for the country, it has quetzales and other endangered species.
In the months of November to February the temperature is between 10 and -4 degrees Celsius and the other months the temperature is between 20 and 5 degrees Celsius. Is the coldest place in El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
, it is also the only known place where there is snowfall in the country. On 13 April 2004, the temperature hit record lows and much of the hill was covered by a frost and ice that caused commotion among the local community.