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Cerro El Pital is a mountain in 
Central America
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, on the border of El Salvador
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and Honduras
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. It is located from the town of La Palma at a height of above sea level, and is the highest point in Salvadoran territory and the third from Honduras. Cerro El Pital is in the middle of a cloud forest
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that has an average annual temperature of .
It is one of the most popular tourist draws in El Salvador, with great biodiversity in a wide altitudinal range containing many endangered species of flora and fauna. The cloud forest has some of the rarest plants and animals in the country, including quetzals and other endangered species.
From November to February the temperature ranges between and (lowest recorded, in January 1956) and in the rest of the year the temperature ranges between and . It is the coldest place in El Salvador
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. On 13 April 2004, much of the mountain was blanketed by an accumulation of hail during a storm, an unusual event that caused a commotion among the local community.
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{{Highest points of North America El Pital Mountains of Honduras El Salvador–Honduras border International mountains of North America Chalatenango Department Ocotepeque Department Highest points of countries North American 2000 m summits