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Central America is usually defined as consisting of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Within Central America is the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from southern Mexico to southeastern Panama.
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km 2 (50,340 sq mi). With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America after Guatemala and Honduras.
The United Provinces of Central America (or PUCA- Provincias Unidas De Centro-America in Spanish) is the name given to the different states of Central America in the time after Central America's independence and before becoming their own distinct nations (between 1823 and 1840 [6]). It was a political movement that strived to unify the regions ...
Situated on the border between South and Central America, the park consists of a wide range of habitats including sandy and rocky coastlines, mangroves, swamps, upland and lowland tropical forests. Two Indian tribes, the Chocó and the Kuna live in the property. [8] Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve † La Mosquitia, Honduras
Central America's economic troubles were caused in part by the federal government inability to collect taxes and inadequate interstate infrastructure. Central American politicians, writers, and intellectuals have called for the reunification of Central America since the dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America. There have been ...
Central America as defined by the WGSRPD. This category contains articles related to the flora of Central America. For the purposes of this category, "Central America" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) as a biogeographical region of Southern America, comprising: Belize; Costa Rica
Central America is a central geographic region of the Americas and is geographically part of the continent of North America. Subcategories This category has the following 21 subcategories, out of 21 total.
Organizations based in Central America by country (12 C) Central American people by nationality (10 C, 7 P) Politics of Central America by country (8 C)