Meanguera del Golfo is a municipality in the La Unión department of El Salvador. Located from department of La Unión and from San Salvador on the island of Meanguera in the Gulf of Fonseca. It has an area of 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. Current Mayor: Since 2012-2015 Luis Dheming-Almendarez References External links Islands of El Salvador Territorial disputes of Honduras Territorial disputes of El Salvador El Salvador–Honduras border Municipalities of the La Unión Department