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  1. en.wikipedia.org

    20th century political map of Central America. Central America is commonly said to include Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.This definition matches modern political borders. Central America begins geographically in Mexico, at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico's narrowest point, and the former country of Yucatán (1841-1848) was part of Central America.
  2. britannica.com

    4 days agoCentral America, southernmost region of North America, lying between Mexico and South America and comprising Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize. It makes up most of the tapering isthmus that separates the Pacific Ocean, to the west, from the Caribbean Sea.
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    Central America [b] is a subregion of North America. [2] 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, and Panama.
  5. academic.oup.com

    With British Honduras' independence from Great Britain in 1981 as Belize, and the acquisition by Panama of full sovereignty over its territory in 1999, Central America increasingly defined itself as region of seven countries. The Oxford Handbook of Central American History offers critical analyses of major themes in the historiography of this ...
  6. worldatlas.com

    Feb 14, 2023Central American isthmus connects the rest of the North American continent to South America. The area is characterized by lush tropical rainforests, mountain ranges, and coasts that offer access to the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Each country in Central America has a unique history and culture that differentiates it from the others.
  7. britannica.com

    Jan 13, 2025Central America - Independence, Revolutions, Nations: Despite revitalization of the colonial economy and of Spanish military strength under the Bourbons, the French Revolution and subsequent Napoleonic Wars brought disintegration to Spain's empire. The Kingdom of Guatemala suffered hard times resulting from the disruption of Spanish shipping in wartime. Combined with locust plagues and ...
  8. britannica.com

    Jan 13, 2025Central America - Spanish Conquest, Colonization, Indigenous Peoples: Rodrigo de Bastidas was first to establish Spain's claim to the isthmus, sailing along the Darién coast in March 1501, but he made no settlement. A year later Christopher Columbus, on his fourth voyage, sailed along the Caribbean coast from the Bay of Honduras to Panama, accumulating much information and a little gold but ...
  9. humanidades.com

    Jan 9, 2024Area, population and countries of Central America. Central America has an area of 309,000 square miles (800,000 km 2), which accounts for only 0.5% of the planet's continental surface.. It comprises 20 countries and 24 dependent territories, among which Puerto Rico (a United States territory), Curaçao (a Dutch colony), and the Virgin Islands (a British territory) stand out.
  10. thoughtco.com

    History & Culture › Latin American HistoryCentral American HistoryCentral American History. The narrow stretch of land that links Mexico to South America has a long, complicated, and often tragic history. Learn more about the ill-fated Republic of Central America and the diverse nations that have since grown out of it.
  11. books.google.com

    Central America is a region defined primarily by its geographical configuration as a canal-friendly isthmus, and its three-century history as the Spanish Kingdom of Guatemala. Having gained independence in 1821, the Kingdom broke up into the nations of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica after two turbulent decades as a federated republic.
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    History of Central America

    Central America is commonly said to include Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. This definition matches modern political borders. Central America begins geographically in Mexico, at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico's narrowest point, and the former country of Yucatán was part of Central America. At the other end, before its independence in 1903 Panama was part of South America, as it was a Department of Colombia. At times Belize, a British colony until 1981, where English instead of Spanish is spoken, and where the population is primarily of African origin, has been considered not part of Central America. Long and narrow, Central America does not have an obvious geographical center. Until the middle of the 20th century there were no roads between the countries, which isolated them from each other, and railroads have never connected them. During colonial times Guatemala was the administrative and religious center; religiously it remains so. Wikipedia

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