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English: An equiangular cylindrical projection of the Federal Republic of Central America as its borders were in circa 1835–1838 with the State of El Salvador highlighted in red. Note that the Cerrón Grande, La Angostura, and Malpaso lakes are not included on this map as they are artificial lakes created in the 20th century.
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Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually defined as consisting of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua ...
The Central American pine-oak forests occupy an area of 111,400 square kilometers (43,000 sq mi), [32] extending along the mountainous spine of Central America, extending from the Sierra Madre de Chiapas in Mexico's Chiapas state through the highlands of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to central Nicaragua.
El Salvador, [a] officially the Republic of El Salvador, [b] is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2024 was estimated to be 6 million according to a ...
El Salvador: A map of El Salvador within the Federal Republic of Central America: San Salvador (until 1834) Cojutepeque (1834) San Vicente (1834–1839) San Salvador (from 1839) 12 June 1824 212,573 350,000 Federal District A map of the Federal District within the Federal Republic of Central America: San Salvador (1835–1839) Not applicable ...
The official explained that America Mexicana had been the name of the territory in 1607 on the European map commissioned for the Dutch East India Company, based in Amsterdam.
For Mexico, the annexation of Central America was seen as a way to help stabilize the country's struggling economy, especially the mining and agricultural industries, after a decade of fighting against Spanish rule. Central America's annexation offered the Mexican government a larger tax base, which would help the country rebuild its ...