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Español: Mapa de las diferentes entidades territoriales que existían en Centroamérica en el siglo XVI antes de la llegada de los españoles. En lo referente a la simbología, se tomaron en cuenta las siguientes consideraciones: Reinos, todas aquellas entidades territoriales (llamadas comúnmente señoríos o cacicazgos) que contaban con una capital y un señor principal; confederación ...
Bandera de El Salvador; Bandera de Honduras; Anexo:Estados desaparecidos; Historia de América Central; Estados Unidos de Centroamérica; República de América Central; Anexo:Antiguas banderas de Estados soberanos; Anexo:Conflictos bélicos del siglo XX; Bandera de la República Federal de Centro América; Anexo:Cronología de banderas nacionales
Central America was a unified nation at several points throughout its history, and while united, the country has used several national flags. The design of the Central American flag, a blue and white horizontal triband, was inspired by the flag of Argentina. [2] [3]
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.
The country's initial name, adopted at independence from the First Mexican Empire on 1 July 1823, was the United Provinces of Central America (Spanish: Provincias Unidas del Centro de América). [ b ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Upon the adoption of the country's constitution on 22 November 1824, the United Provinces of Central America changed its name to the ...
The Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA) is a term used in the United States to refer collectively to the three Central American countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The term is used with respect to the countries' economic integration , [ 1 ] and their shared challenges, including widespread poverty, violence, and ...
On 24 August 1821, Spanish Viceroy Juan de O'Donojú signed the Treaty of Córdoba, which established New Spain's independence from Spain. On 15 September 1821, the Act of Independence of Central America was enacted to announce Central America's separation from the Spanish Empire and provide for the establishment of a new Central American state.
Stretching from the Pacific across the Cordillera de Guanacaste to the Atlantic, the site contains a range of habitats, including some of the most pristine wetland forests worldwide and the best dry forest habitats in Central America; that provide space for several threatened plant and animal species such as the saltwater crocodile, leatherback ...