Geography
The city is located in the Boquerón Volcano Valley, a region of high seismic activity. The city's average elevation is 659 meters above sea level (2,162 feet), but ranges from a highest point of 1,186 m (3,891 ft) above sea level to a lowest point of 596 m (1,955 ft) above sea level. The municipality is surrounded by these natural features of the landscape: southward by the Cordillera del Balsamo (Balsam Mountain Range); westward by the Boquerón Volcano and Cerro El Picacho, the highest point in the municipality at 1,929 meters (6,328 ft). El Boquerón Volcano was dormant since its last eruption in 1917, but has been active recently. East of the municipality lies the San Jacinto Hill and the caldera of Lake Ilopango, the largest natural body of water in the country with an area of 72 km² (28 sq mi). The caldera is seismically active, but has not erupted since 1880.
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