El Salvador lies in the isthmus of Central America between latitudes 13° and 15°N, and longitudes 87° and 91°W. It stretches  from west-northwest to east-southeast and  north to south, with a total area of . As the smallest country in continental America, El Salvador is affectionately called ''Pulgarcito de America'' (the "Tom Thumb of the Americas"). El Salvador shares borders with Guatemala and Honduras, the total national boundary length is :  with Guatemala and  with Honduras. It is the only Central American country that has no Caribbean coastline. The coastline on the Pacific is  long.