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This is an Index of Central America-related articles. This index defines Central America as the seven nations of Belize
Belize
Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...

, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

, El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

, Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

, Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

, Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

, and Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

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  • .bz
    .bz
    .bz is the Internet country code top-level domain for Belize. It is administered by the University of Belize.At one point, .bz domains were being marketed by an American company as standing for "business", and that company took legal action against ICANN in an attempt to block the .biz domain as...

     Internet
    Internet
    The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

     country code top-level domain
    Country code top-level domain
    A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....

     for Belize
  • .cr
    .cr
    -Second-level domains:* .ac.cr - Academic: Universities* .co.cr - Commercial* .ed.cr - Education: Colleges, High Schools, etc* .fi.cr - Financial institutions like banks* .go.cr - Governmental...

     Internet
    Internet
    The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

     country code top-level domain
    Country code top-level domain
    A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....

     for Costa Rica
  • .gt
    .gt
    .gt is the Internet country code top-level domain for Guatemala.-Second level domains:* .com.gt - Commercial entities* .edu.gt - Educational institutions* .net.gt - Networks; unrestricted in registration...

     Internet
    Internet
    The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

     country code top-level domain
    Country code top-level domain
    A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....

     for Guatemala
  • .hn
    .hn
    .hn is the Internet country code top-level domain for Honduras.-Second-Level Domain Names:* .net.hn* .org.hn* .edu.hn* .gob.hn* .com.hn-External links:* *...

     Internet
    Internet
    The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

     country code top-level domain
    Country code top-level domain
    A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....

     for Honduras
  • .ni
    .ni
    .ni is the Internet country code top-level domain for Nicaragua.-Second level domains:Registrations are at the third level beneath several second level names...

     Internet
    Internet
    The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

     country code top-level domain
    Country code top-level domain
    A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....

     for Nicaragua
  • .pa
    .pa
    .pa is the Internet country code top-level domain for Panama, administered by NIC-Panama.Since "PA" is also the postal code for the U.S...

     Internet
    Internet
    The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

     country code top-level domain
    Country code top-level domain
    A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....

     for Panama
  • .sv
    .sv
    .sv is the Internet country code top-level domain for El Salvador.Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 has a bug in its Swedish version where .sv is used instead of .se when typing ctrl+return for appending the suffix...

     Internet
    Internet
    The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

     country code top-level domain
    Country code top-level domain
    A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....

     for El Salvador
  • 1934 Central America hurricane
    1934 Central America Hurricane
    The 1934 Central America Hurricane is among the deadliest hurricanes on record. Although a weak hurricane, it killed 1,000-3,000 people, mainly from landslides in Central America, and spawned eight tornadoes when it made landfall in Louisiana....

  • 1941 Atlantic hurricane season
    1941 Atlantic hurricane season
    The 1941 Atlantic hurricane season was the period during 1941 in which tropical cyclones formed in the Atlantic Basin. It was a relatively inactive hurricane season, with only six known storms. It officially began on June 16, 1941 and lasted until November 1, 1941. These dates delimit the period of...

  • 2001 El Salvador earthquakes
    2001 El Salvador earthquakes
    The 2001 El Salvador earthquakes were two earthquakes which hit El Salvador within exactly one month of each other, on January 13 and February 13, 2001.- The January 13 earthquake :...


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  • Ages of consent in North America
    Ages of consent in North America
    The ages of consent in North America for sexual activity vary by jurisdiction.The age of consent in Canada is 16 and all US states set their limits between 16 and 18.The ages of consent in the countries of Central America range from 15 to 18....

  • Americas (terminology)
    Americas (terminology)
    The Americas, also known as America, are the lands of the western hemisphere, composed of numerous entities and regions variably defined by geography, politics, and culture....

  • List of the busiest airports in Central America

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  • Vasco Núñez de Balboa
    Vasco Núñez de Balboa
    Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.He traveled to the New World in...

  • Bay Islands Department
  • Bay of San Miguel
    Bay of San Miguel
    The Bay of San Miguel is located on the Pacific coast of Darién, a district of eastern Panama. Bay is located at . It is fed by the Tuira River. At its southern end is Cape Garachiné , and at its northern end is Punta San Lorenzo ....

  • Belize
    Belize
    Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...

    • List of Belize-related topics
    • Belizean Kriol language
      Belizean Kriol language
      Belizean Creole English, known as Kriol by its speakers, is an English-based creole language most closely related to Miskito Coastal Creole, Limón Coastal Creole, Colón Creole, San Andrés and Providencia Creole, Guyanese Creole, Jamaican Patois and English creoles of the Caribbean show similarity...

    • Belizean people
      Belizean people
      Belizeans are people originating in the Central American nation of Belize whether they live there or in the Belizean diaspora.-Diaspora:About one out of every three Belizeans now lives overseas and outside of Belize; the majority have migrated to Anglophone countries, especially the United States,...

    • List of birds of Belize
  • List of birds of Costa Rica
  • List of birds of El Salvador
  • List of birds of Guatemala
  • List of birds of Honduras
  • List of birds of Nicaragua
  • List of birds of Panama
  • Boruca
    Boruca
    The Boruca are an indigenous people living in Costa Rica. The tribe has about 2,660 members, most of whom live on a reservation in the Puntarenas Province in southwestern Costa Rica...

    • Boruca language
      Boruca language
      The Boruca language is the native language of the Boruca people of Costa Rica. It is one of the Chibchan languages. It is nearly extinct; it was spoken fluently by only five women in 1986, while 30 to 35 others spoke it nonfluently. The rest of the tribe's 1,000 members speak Spanish...

  • Bribri
    Bribri
    The Bribri are an indigenous tribe from Costa Rica. They live in the Talamanca Canton in Limón Province of Costa Rica. They speak the Bribri language and Spanish. There are varying estimates of the population of the tribe. According to a census by the Ministerio de Salud, there are 11,500 Bribri...

    • Bribri language
      Bribri language
      The Bribri language is a tonal SOV language spoken by the Bribri people from Costa Rica. It belongs to the Chibchan language family and there are about 11,000 speakers.-External links:* * * *...

  • British Honduras
    British Honduras
    British Honduras was a British colony that is now the independent nation of Belize.First colonised by Spaniards in the 17th century, the territory on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, became a British crown colony from 1862 until 1964, when it became self-governing. Belize became...

     1862-1981
  • Buddhism in Central America
    Buddhism in Central America
    Buddhism in Central America was primarily driven by the presence of Chinese immigrant workers in most of these countries during the earlier part of the 19th century...


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  • Canada Central American Free Trade Agreement
    Canada Central American Free Trade Agreement
    The Canada Central American Free Trade Agreement is a proposed free trade agreement between Canada and the Central American states of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, collectively referred to as the CA4. Canada already has a bilateral FTA with Costa Rica.The U.S...

  • Cantons of Costa Rica
    Cantons of Costa Rica
    This is a list of the cantons of Costa Rica.Cantons are the second-level administrative division of Costa Rica. The country's seven provinces are subdivided into 81 cantons , and these are further subdivided into districts .A unique feature of the cantons is that they are the only administrative...

  • Captaincy General of Guatemala
    Captaincy General of Guatemala
    The Captaincy General of Guatemala , also known as the Kingdom of Guatemala , was an administrative division in Spanish America which covered much of Central America, including what are now the nations of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, and the Mexican state of Chiapas...

     1609-1821
  • Caribbean Sea
    Caribbean Sea
    The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....

  • Central America
    Central America
    Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

  • Central America Volcanic Arc
  • Central American and Caribbean Games
    Central American and Caribbean Games
    The Central American and Caribbean Games are a multi-sport regional championships event, held quadrennial , typically in the middle year between Summer Olympics...

    • 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1926 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 1st Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 30 to November 2, 1926. It featured 269 athletes from three countries , competing in nine sports: athletics, basketball, baseball, diving, fencing, shooting, swimming, tennis, and volleyball.-Medal...

    • 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1930 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 2nd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in La Habana in Cuba from March 15 to April 5, 1930. The sports festival featured 606 athletes from nine countries , competing in ten sports. Women participated for the first time in this second edition...

    • 1935 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1935 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 3rd Central American and Caribbean Games were staged in San Salvador in El Salvador. They were held from 16 March to 5 April 1935, and featured 741 athletes from nine nations, competing in fourteen sports . The third edition could not take place in 1934 due to a strong storm suffered the year...

    • 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1938 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 4th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Panama City, the capital city of Panama. These games were held 3 years after the last games, this was to get the games back to the year they should have been, after a 5 year break on the previous games. The Games were held from 5 February to...

    • 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1946 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 5th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia, from 5 March to 25 March 1946. These games featured 1.540 athletes from thirteen nations, competing in seventeen sports.-Medal table:-References:...

    • 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1950 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 6th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, from February 28 to March 12, 1950. The games included 1.390 athletes from fourteen nations, competing in nineteen sports.-References:...

    • 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1954 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 7th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City, the capital city of Mexico. The games were held from the 5 March to the 20 March 1954, and included 1.356 athletes from twelve countries.-References:...

    • 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1959 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 8th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela, and it was the first time this nation had held the Games. The Games were held from 6 January to 15 January 1959 and included 1.150 athletes from seventeen nations, competing in twelve sports.-References:...

    • 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1962 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 9th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Kingston, the capital city of Jamaica from August 15 to August 28, 1962. This games included 1,559 athletes from fifteen nations.-References:...

    • 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1966 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 10th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from July 11 to July 25, 1966. These games were one of the largest ever with a total number of 1.689 athletes from eighteen participating nations.-References:...

    • 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1970 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 11th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Panama City, the capital of Panama from February 28 to March 13, 1970. These games featured 21 participating nations and a total number of 2,095 athletes.-References:...

    • 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1974 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 12th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from February 27 to March 13, 1974 and included 1,928 athletes from 23 nations competing in 18 sports.-References:...

    • 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1978 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 13th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Medellín, Colombia from July 7 to July 28, 1978 and included 2.605 athletes from eighteen nations.-References:...

    • 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1982 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 14th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in La Habana, Cuba from August 7 to August 18, 1982, and included 2.420 athletes from nineteen nations competing in 25 different sports.-Medal table:-References:...

    • 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1986 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 15th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic from June 24 to July 5, 1986, and included 2.963 athletes from 25 nations.-References:...

    • 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1990 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 16th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City the capital of Mexico from November 20 to December 3, 1990 and included a total of 4.206 competitors from 29 nations, the largest the games had ever seen.-Sports:* Racquetball...

    • 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1993 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 17th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Ponce, a city in southern Puerto Rico. The Games were held from November 19 to November 30, 1993 and included 3,570 athletes from 32 nations.-Organization and Planning:...

    • 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
      1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 18th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Maracaibo, Venezuela from August 8 to August 22, 1998 and included 31 nations and a total of 5,200 competitors.-Medals:-References:...

    • 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
      2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 19th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Salvador, El Salvador from November 19 to November 30, 2002 and included 37 nations and a total number of 7,000 competitors. The main stadium for these championships was the Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González. Cuba did not participate...

    • 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
      2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
      The 20th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games was held in the city of Cartagena, Colombia. The tournament began on July 15 and ended on July 30.-Host City:*Main**Cartagena de Indias*Other host cities...

  • Central American crisis
    Central American Crisis
    The Central American crisis refers to events in the late 1970s when major civil wars erupted in various countries in Central America resulting in the region becoming one of the world's foreign policy hot spots in the 1980s...

  • Central American Defense Council
    Central American Defense Council
    The Central American Defense Council was an alliance of Central American countries ....

  • Central American Football Union
  • Central American Integration System
    Central American Integration System
    Central American Integration System is the economic, cultural and political organization of Central American states since February 1, 1993. It was on December 13, 1991, however, when all the countries of the ODECA signed the Protocol of Tegucigalpa which extended the earlier cooperation in search...

  • Central American music
    Central American music
    Central America is dominated by the popular Latin music, or Black Caribbean trends, including salsa, cumbia, mariachi, reggae, calypso and nueva canción. The countries of Central America have produced their own distinct forms of these genres such as Panamanian salsa, among others...

  • Central American pine-oak forests
    Central American pine-oak forests
    The Central American pine-oak forests ecoregion, in the tropical and subtropical coniferous forests biome, is found in Central America and southern Mexico.-Setting:...

  • Central American Seaway
    Central American Seaway
    The Central American Seaway, also called the Panamanic Seaway or Inter-American Seaway was an ancient body of water that once separated North America from South America...

  • Central American Spanish
    Central American Spanish
    Central American Spanish is the general name of the Spanish language dialects spoken in Central America...

  • Central American Unionist Party
    Central American Unionist Party
    The Central American Unionist Party is a center-right Nicaraguan political party.PUCA was originally established as a cultural grouping advocating 'Central Americanization' in 1904. Renamed the Committee of State in 1944, it began to act as a political party after the Sandanistas gained power in...

  • Central Highlands (Central America)
    Central Highlands (Central America)
    The Central Highlands is the name given for the string of mountains and volcanoes which run through the middle of Central America. The highlands are part of a circle of volcanoes known as the Pacific Ring of Fire that runs through Japan, New Zealand, the Americas, and rims the entire Pacific Ocean....

  • Central Time Zone (Americas)
  • CEPAL (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
    United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
    The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean was established in 1948 to encourage economic cooperation among its member states. In 1984, a resolution was passed to include the countries of the Caribbean in the name...

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  • Chibchan languages
    Chibchan languages
    The Chibchan languages make up a language family indigenous to the Isthmo-Colombian area, which extends from eastern Honduras to northern Colombia and includes populations of these countries as well as Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama...

  • Choco languages
    Choco languages
    The Choco languages are a small family of Native American languages spread across Colombia and Panama.-Family division:Choco consists of perhaps ten languages, half of them extinct....

  • Chorotega
    Chorotega
    Chorotega, also known as Mangue, was a language indigenous people of Honduras, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The ethnic population number around 10,000. The Chorotega language, which was a member of the Manguean branch of the Oto-Manguean language family, is now extinct...

  • Christopher Columbus
    Christopher Columbus
    Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

     (Cristoforo Colombo, Cristóbal Colón)
  • Cinco de Mayo
    Cinco de Mayo
    Cinco de Mayo is a holiday held on May 5. It is celebrated nationwide in the United States and regionally in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the holiday is called El Dia de la Batalla de Puebla...

  • List of cities in Costa Rica
  • List of cities in El Salvador
  • List of places in Guatemala
  • List of cities in Honduras
  • List of cities in Panama
  • Confederate settlements in British Honduras
    Confederate settlements in British Honduras
    The Confederate Settlements in British Honduras are a cultural and ethnic sub-group in Belize, formerly known as the colony of British Honduras. They are the descendants of Confederates who fled to British Honduras with their families during and after the American Civil War.As the American Civil...

  • Congress of Guatemala
    Congress of Guatemala
    The Congress of the Republic is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Guatemala.It comprises 158 deputies, who are elected by direct universal suffrage to serve four-year terms . Twenty-nine of these are elected from nationwide lists, with the rest on a district list basis...

  • Congress of Panama
    Congress of Panama
    The Congress of Panama was a congress organized by Simón Bolívar in 1826 with the goal of bringing together the new republics of Latin America to develop a unified policy towards Spain...

  • Conservation in Belize
  • Constituencies of Belize
    Constituencies of Belize
    ||Belize's 6 districts are politically divided into 31 constituencies. Each constituency sends one representative to Belize's House of Representatives for 5-year terms. This election is known as the General Election. Each person votes for the candidate they would want to represent their...

  • Constitution of Belize
    Constitution of Belize
    The Constitution of Belize is the supreme law of the nation of Belize. It was signed in September 1981 with effect from that date.- Structure :...

  • Constitution of Guatemala
    Constitution of Guatemala
    The Constitution of Guatemala is the supreme law of the Republic of Guatemala. It sets the bases for the organization of Guatemalan government and it outlines the three main branches of Guatemalan government: executive branch, legislative branch, and judicial branch.External References=*...

  • Constitution of Nicaragua
    Constitution of Nicaragua
    The Constitution of Nicaragua was reformed due to a negotiation of the executive and legislative branches in 1995. The reform of the 1987 Sandinista Constitution gave extensive new powers and independence to the National Assembly, including permitting the Assembly to override a presidential veto...

  • Contras
    Contras
    The contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing Nicaragua's FSLN Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction government following the July 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle's dictatorship...

  • Cordillera Central
    Cordillera Central
    The Cordillera Central, meaning central range in Spanish, is used to refer to several mountain ranges around the world:* Cordillera Central, Andes , several mountain ranges in South America** Cordillera Central, Colombia...

  • Cordillera de Talamanca
    Cordillera de Talamanca
    The Cordillera de Talamanca is a mountain range that lies on the border between Costa Rica and Panama. Much of the range and the area around it is included in the La Amistad International Park, which also is shared between the two countries....

  • Costa Rica
    Costa Rica
    Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

    • Index of Costa Rica-related articles
    • Costa Rican Civil War
      Costa Rican Civil War
      The Costa Rican Civil War was the bloodiest event in 20th century Costa Rican history. It lasted for 44 days , during which approximately 2,000 people are believed to have died...

    • List of Conservation Areas of Costa Rica
    • Costa Rican cuisine
    • Culture of Costa Rica
      Culture of Costa Rica
      Costa Rican culture is heavily influenced by Spanish culture, with the exception of Limón and the Cordillera de Talamanca.The official language of Costa Rica is Spanish. Native languages include Bribrí and as well as others spoken by thousands of Costa Ricans...

  • Cueva people
    Cueva people
    The Cueva were an indigenous people that lived in the Darién region of eastern Panamá. They were completely exterminated between 1510 and 1535 due to the effects of Spanish colonization....

  • Cuisine of Belize
    Cuisine of Belize
    Belizean cuisine is an amalgamation of all ethnicities in the nation of Belize, and their respectively wide variety of foods. Breakfast consists of bread, flour tortillas, or fry jack that are often homemade. Fry jacks aren't only served in Belize...

  • Culture of Belize
    Culture of Belize
    The Belizean culture is made up of influences and people from Kriol, Maya, Garinagu , Mestizo , Mennonites who are of German descent, with a blend of many other cultures from Chinese to Lebanese...

  • Culture of El Salvador
    Culture of El Salvador
    The culture of El Salvador is much like any other country in Latin America, or more specifically of Central America. The European influences are emphasized in the architecture of the colonial churches, museums and theaters throughout most of El Salvador...

  • Culture of Guatemala
    Culture of Guatemala
    The culture of Guatemala reflects strong Mayan and Spanish influences and continues to be defined as a contrast between poor Mayan villagers in the rural highlands, and the urbanized and relatively wealthy mestizos population who occupy the cities and surrounding agricultural plains.- Cuisine :The...

  • Culture of Honduras
    Culture of Honduras
    The wealth of cultural expression in Honduras owes its origins primarily to being a part of Latin America but also to the multi-ethnic nature of the country. The population comprises 90% Mestizo, 7% Amerindian, 2% Black and 1% Caucasian...

  • Culture of Nicaragua
    Culture of Nicaragua
    British possessions. The people of Nicaragua are mostly mestizos, and Spanish is invariably their first language. Nicaraguans are prone to refer to themselves as Nicas, Nicoyas & Pinoleros.-Culture:...

  • Culture of Panama
    Culture of Panama
    The culture of the Panama derived from European music, art and traditions that were brought over by the Spanish to Panama. Hegemonic forces have created hybrid forms of this by blending African and Native American culture with European culture. For example, the tamborito is a Spanish dance that was...


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  • Darién Gap
    Darién Gap
    The Darién Gap is a large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest separating Panama's Darién Province in Central America from Colombia in South America. It measures just over long and about wide. Roadbuilding through this area is expensive, and the environmental toll is steep. Political...

  • Darién Province
    Darién Province
    Darién is a province in eastern Panama. It is also the largest province in Panama. It is hot, humid, heavily forested, and sparsely populated, having 48,378 habitants...

  • Darien scheme
    Darién scheme
    The Darién scheme was an unsuccessful attempt by the Kingdom of Scotland to become a world trading nation by establishing a colony called "New Caledonia" on the Isthmus of Panama in the late 1690s...

  • Demographics of Belize
    Demographics of Belize
    This article is about the demographic features of the population of Belize, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....

  • Demographics of Costa Rica
    Demographics of Costa Rica
    This article is about the demographic features of the population of Costa Rica, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....

  • Demographics of El Salvador
    Demographics of El Salvador
    This article is about the demographic features of the population of El Salvador, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....

  • Demographics of Guatemala
    Demographics of Guatemala
    The demographics of Guatemala are diverse, constituting primarily of Mestizos, Amerindians and Europeans. About 60% of the population speak Spanish, with nearly all of the rest speaking Amerindian languages....

  • Demographics of Honduras
    Demographics of Honduras
    This article is about the demographic features of the population of Honduras, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.- Population Breakdown :...

  • Demographics of Nicaragua
    Demographics of Nicaragua
    This article is about the demographic features of the population of Nicaragua, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....

  • Demographics of Panama
    Demographics of Panama
    This article is about the demographic features of the population of Panama, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.-Ethnic and Racial origins:...

  • Departments of El Salvador
    Departments of El Salvador
    ||A list of the departments of El Salvador in alphabetical order.Department :# Ahuachapán # Cabañas # Chalatenango # Cuscatlán # La Libertad # La Paz...

  • Departments of Guatemala
    Departments of Guatemala
    ||Guatemala is divided into 22 departments :#Alta Verapaz#Baja Verapaz#Chimaltenango#Chiquimula#Petén#El Progreso#El Quiché#Escuintla#Guatemala#Huehuetenango#Izabal#Jalapa#Jutiapa#Quetzaltenango#Retalhuleu#Sacatepéquez...

  • Departments of Honduras
  • Departments of Nicaragua
    Departments of Nicaragua
    Nicaragua is a unitary republic, and for administrative purposes, it is divided into 15 departments and two self-governing regions based on the Spanish model:-Zelaya Department:...

  • List of diplomatic missions of Belize
  • List of diplomatic missions of Costa Rica
  • List of diplomatic missions of El Salvador
  • List of diplomatic missions of Guatemala
  • List of diplomatic missions of Honduras
  • List of diplomatic missions of Nicaragua
  • List of diplomatic missions of Panama
  • Districts of Belize
    Districts of Belize
    Belize is divided into 6 districts. The districts are listed below, with the capital city and some statistics:-List:-Largest cities and towns by population:Based on 2005 estimate:#Belize City, BZ 70,800#Orange Walk, OW 17,300#San Ignacio, CY 16,800...

  • Districts of Costa Rica
    Districts of Costa Rica
    | The cantons of Costa Rica are subdivided into 473 districts .-References:...

  • Districts of Panama
    Districts of Panama
    The provinces of Panama and some of the comarcas are divided into districts . The district are further divided into corregimientos of Panama-Bocas del Toro Province:* Bocas del Toro District* Changuinola District* Chiriquí Grande District...

  • Dominican Republic – Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)

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  • Eastern Time Zone
    Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

  • Economy of Belize
    Economy of Belize
    The economy of Belize depended on forestry until well into the 20th century. Logwood, used to make dye, was Belize's initial main export. However, the supply outstripped the demand, especially as Europeans developed man-made dyes which were less expensive. Loggers turned to mahogany, which grew...

  • Economy of Costa Rica
    Economy of Costa Rica
    The economy of Costa Rica heavily depends on tourism, agriculture, and electronics exports. Poverty has been reduced over the past 15 years, and a social safety net put into place....

  • Economy of El Salvador
    Economy of El Salvador
    -Opening:The GDP variable has been growing at a snail's pace since the signing of peace accords in 1992, in an environment of macroeconomic instability. A problem that the Salvadoran economy faces is the inequality in the distribution of income...

  • Economy of Guatemala
    Economy of Guatemala
    Guatemala is the most populous of the Central American countries with a GDP per capita roughly one-third that of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. Coffee, sugar, and bananas are the main products...

  • Economy of Honduras
    Economy of Honduras
    The economy of Honduras is based mostly on agriculture, which accounted for 22% of its gross domestic product in 1999. Leading export coffee accounted for 22% of total Honduran export revenues. Bananas, formerly the country's second-largest export until being virtually wiped out by 1998's...

  • Economy of Nicaragua
    Economy of Nicaragua
    Nicaragua's economy is focused primarily on the agricultural sector. However, the country is the least developed country in Central America and the second poorest in the Americas by nominal GDP. GDP fell by almost 3% in 2009, due to decreased export demand in the US and Central American markets,...

  • Economy of Panama
    Economy of Panama
    The economy of Panama is a fully dollarized free market economy with a history of low inflation. It is based mainly on the services industry, heavily weighted toward banking, commerce, and tourism...

  • Education in Belize
    Education in Belize
    Education in Belize is governed by the Education Act.-History:The growth and transformation of Belizean education took place in a number of phases, each related to important changes within the political and economic history of the country. During the initial phase, between 1816 and 1892, the...

  • Education in Costa Rica
    Education in Costa Rica
    The education system in Costa Rica consists of three main levels. It is a duty of every citizen and an obligation to receive education, as such it is free and obligatory by law.-Education in the Costa Rican Constitution:...

  • Education in El Salvador
    Education in El Salvador
    Education in El Salvador follows a -9-2-5 system:*One or two years of preschool , which are not part of the State's Educational System....

  • Education in Guatemala
    Education in Guatemala
    Education in Guatemala is free and compulsory for six years. In 1997, the gross primary enrollment rate was 88.1 percent and the net primary enrollment rate was 73.5 percent. However, only 30 percent of students who begin primary school in Guatemala complete this level of education...

  • Education in Honduras
    Education in Honduras
    Education in Honduras is free in the public system, the system begins in pre-school, continue in elementary school , secondary school , then the university years...

  • Education in Nicaragua
    Education in Nicaragua
    Education in Nicaragua is free for all Nicaraguans. Elementary education is free and compulsory although this is not strictly enforced and many children are not able to attend due to their families need to have them work...

  • Education in Panama
    Education in Panama
    Education in Panama is compulsory for the first six years of primary education and the three years of Middle School. As of the 2004/2005 school year there were about 430,000 students enrolled in grades one through six . The total enrollment in the six secondary grades for the same period was 253,900...

  • El Niño-Southern Oscillation
    El Niño-Southern Oscillation
    El Niño/La Niña-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, is a quasiperiodic climate pattern that occurs across the tropical Pacific Ocean roughly every five years...

  • El Salvador
    El Salvador
    El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

  • Elections in Belize
    Elections in Belize
    Elections in Belize are the duly held elections held at various levels of government in the nation of Belize.- The Legislature :Dissolving the National Assembly is the prerogative of the Governor General of Belize, currently Sir Colville Young...

  • Elections in Costa Rica
    Elections in Costa Rica
    Elections in Costa Rica gives information on elections and election results in Costa Rica.Costa Rica elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The President of Costa Rica is, together with two vice-presidents, elected for a four-year term by the people...

  • Elections in El Salvador
    Elections in El Salvador
    Elections in El Salvador gives information on elections and election results in El Salvador.El Salvador elects its head of state – the President of El Salvador – directly through a fixed-date general election whose winner is decided by absolute majority...

  • Elections in Guatemala
    Elections in Guatemala
    Elections in Guatemala include, on the national level, a head of state – the president – and a unicameral legislature.Guatemala's president and vice-president are elected on one ballot for a four year term by the people...

  • Elections in Honduras
    Elections in Honduras
    Elections in Honduras gives information on elections and election results in Honduras.Honduras elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The President of Honduras is elected for a four-year year term by the people by a simple majority of valid votes...

  • Elections in Nicaragua
    Elections in Nicaragua
    Elections in Nicaragua gives information on elections and election results in Nicaragua.The Republic of Nicaragua elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The President of Nicaragua and his or her vice-president are elected on one ballot for a...

  • Elections in Panama
    Elections in Panama
    Elections in Panama gives information on election and election results in Panama.Panama elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president and the vice-president are elected on one ballot for a five year term by the people...

  • List of endemic species of Belize
  • Ethnic groups in Central America
    Ethnic groups in Central America
    Central America is a region formed by 6 Latin American countries and one Anglo American nation...

  • Extreme points of Central America
    Extreme points of Central America
    This is a list of the extreme points of central America, the points that are farther north, south, east, or west than any other location on the region.- Extreme points :*Northernmost point – Mexico–Belize border with Juan Sarabia...


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  • Fauna of Belize
    Fauna of Belize
    Belize is a country with a rich variety of wildlife, due to its unique position between North and South America, and a wide range of climates and habitats for plant and animal life...

  • Federal Republic of Central America
    Federal Republic of Central America
    The Federal Republic of Central America, known as the United Provinces of Central America in its first year of creation, was a sovereign state in Central America, which consisted of the territories of the former Captaincy General of Guatemala of New Spain...

     1823-1838
  • FIBA COCABA Championship
    FIBA COCABA Championship
    The COCABA championship is a regional Central American qualifying tournament and the first of four possible steps that national teams have to place in qualifying for the Olympics....

  • Flora of Belize
  • Football War
    Football War
    The Football War , also known as the Soccer War or 100 hour War, was a four-day war fought by El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. It was caused by political conflicts between Hondurans and Salvadorans, namely issues concerning immigration from El Salvador to Honduras...

  • Foreign relations of Belize
    Foreign relations of Belize
    Belize maintains fourteen embassies to foreign countries, one additional consulate, and three missions to international organizations.-Central and South America:...

  • Foreign relations of Costa Rica
    Foreign relations of Costa Rica
    Costa Rica is an active member of the international community and, in 1983, claimed it was for neutrality. Due to certain powerful constituencies favoring its methods, it has a weight in world affairs far beyond its size...

  • Foreign relations of El Salvador
    Foreign relations of El Salvador
    El Salvador is a member of the United Nations and several of its specialized agencies, the Organization of American States , the Central American Common Market , the Central American Parliament , and the Central American Integration System . It actively participates in the Central American Security...

  • Foreign relations of Guatemala
    Foreign relations of Guatemala
    Guatemala's major diplomatic interests are regional security and, increasingly, regional development and economic integration. The Central American Ministers of Trade meet on a regular basis to work on regional approaches to trade issues. In March 1998, Guatemala joined its Central American...

  • Foreign relations of Honduras
    Foreign relations of Honduras
    Honduras is a member of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization , the Central American Parliament , the Central American Integration System , and the Central American Security Commission . During 1995-96, Honduras, a founding member of the United Nations, for the first time served as a...

  • Foreign relations of Nicaragua
    Foreign relations of Nicaragua
    Nicaragua pursues an independent foreign policy. A participant of the Central American Security Commission , Nicaragua also has taken a leading role in pressing for regional demilitarization and peaceful settlement of disputes within states in the region....

  • Foreign relations of Panama
    Foreign relations of Panama
    Panama is currently a member of the UN General Assembly and has served three terms in the UN Security Council. In November 2006 it was elected to serve a two year term on the Security Council, beginning January 1, 2007...

  • FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front
    Sandinista National Liberation Front
    The Sandinista National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas in both English and Spanish...

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  • Garifuna people
    • Garifuna language
      Garifuna language
      Garifuna is an Arawakan language spoken in Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize by the Garifuna people. The language is also spoken to a lesser extent in Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast. Historically it was referred to as Carib or Black Carib and Igñeri by Europeans. Garifuna has a vocabulary split between...

  • Geography of Belize
    Geography of Belize
    Belize is a small Central American nation, located at 17°15' north of the equator and 88°45' west of the Prime Meridian on the Yucatán Peninsula. It borders the Caribbean Sea to the east, with 386 km of coastline. It has a total of 516 km of land borders—Mexico to the north-northwest and...

  • Geography of Costa Rica
    Geography of Costa Rica
    Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the prime meridian. It borders both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean , with a total of 1,228 km of coastline .Costa Rica shares a border with Nicaragua...

  • Geography of El Salvador
    Geography of El Salvador
    The geography of El Salvador is unique among the nations of Central America. The country borders the North Pacific Ocean to the south and southwest, with Guatemala to the north-northwest and Honduras to the north-northeast. In the southeast, the Golfo de Fonseca separates it from Nicaragua...

  • Geography of Guatemala
    Geography of Guatemala
    Guatemala is mountainous, except for the south coastal area and the northern vast lowlands of Petén department. Two mountain chains enter Guatemala from west to east, dividing the country into three major regions: the highlands, where the mountains are located; the Pacific coast, south of the...

  • Geography of Honduras
    Geography of Honduras
    Honduras is a country situated in Central America. Honduras borders the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. Guatemala lies to the west, Nicaragua south east and El Salvador to the south west. It is the second largest Central American republic. The triangular-shaped country has a total...

  • Geography of Nicaragua
    Geography of Nicaragua
    Nicaragua is a country in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras. Approximately the size of Greece or the U.S. state of New York, it is the largest country in Central America...

  • Geography of Panama
    Geography of Panama
    Panama is a country located in the Central America region of North America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica. Panama is located on the narrow and low Isthmus of Panama. This S-shaped isthmus is situated between 7° and 10° north latitude...

  • German colonization of the Americas
    German colonization of the Americas
    The German colonization of the Americas consisted of failed attempts to settle Venezuela , St. Thomas, the Crab Island and Tertholen in the 16th and 17th centuries.-Klein-Venedig:...

  • Government of Nicaragua
    Government of Nicaragua
    Nicaragua is a constitutional democracy with executive, legislative, judicial, and electoral branches of government. The President of Nicaragua is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the National Assembly. The...

  • Gran Colombia
    Gran Colombia
    Gran Colombia is a name used today for the state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831. This short-lived republic included the territories of present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, northern Peru and northwest Brazil. The...

     (Republic of Colombia 1819-1831)
  • Granadine Confederation
    Granadine Confederation
    The Granadine Confederation was a short-lived federal republic established in 1858 as a result of a constitutional change replacing the Republic of New Granada. It comprised the present day nations of Colombia and Panama...

     1858-1863
  • Great Blue Hole
    Great Blue Hole
    The Great Blue Hole is a large submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, over across and deep...

  • Guatemala
    Guatemala
    Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

  • Guaymí
    Guaymí
    The Guaymí or Ngäbe are an indigenous group living mainly within the Ngäbe-Buglé comarca in the Western Panamanian provinces of Veraguas, Chiriquí and Bocas del Toro, as well as in the indigenous town of Conte, Costa Rica near the extreme southern tip of the country...

  • Gulf of Darién
    Gulf of Darién
    The Gulf of Darién is the southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea, located north and east of the border between Panama and Colombia. Within the gulf is the Gulf of Urabá, a small lip of sea extending southward, between Caribana Point and Cape Tiburón, Colombia, on the southern shores of which is...

  • Gulf of Fonseca
    Gulf of Fonseca
    The Gulf of Fonseca , part of the Pacific Ocean, is a gulf in Central America, bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.-History:Fonseca Bay was discovered in 1522 by Gil Gonzalez de Avila, and named by him after his patron, Archbishop Juan Fonseca, the implacable enemy of Columbus.In 1849, E. G...

  • Gulf of Honduras
    Gulf of Honduras
    The Gulf or Bay of Honduras is a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indenting the coasts of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. From north to south, it runs for approximately 200 km from Dangriga, Belize, to La Ceiba, Honduras....

  • Gulf of Panama
    Gulf of Panama
    The Gulf of Panama is a gulf in the Pacific Ocean, near the southern coast of Panama. It has a maximum width of , a maximum depth of and the size of . The Panama Canal connects the Gulf of Panama with the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean...


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  • Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty
    Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty
    The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty was a treaty signed on November 18, 1903, by the United States and Panama, that established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal...

     of 1903
  • Hispanic America
    Hispanic America
    Hispanic America or Spanish America is the region comprising the American countries inhabited by Spanish-speaking populations.These countries have significant commonalities with each other and with Spain, whose colonies they formerly were...

  • History of Belize
    History of Belize
    The history of Belize dates back thousands of years. The Maya civilization spread into the area of Belize between 1500 BC and AD 200 and flourished until about AD 1200. Several major archeological sites—notably Cahal Pech, Caracol, Lamanai, Lubaantun, Altun Ha, and Xunantunich—reflect the advanced...

  • History of Central America
    History of Central America
    The history of Central America is the study of the past of the region known as Central America.- Before European contact :In pre-Columbian times, most of modern Central America was part of the Mesoamerican civilization. The Native American societies of Mesoamerica occupied the land ranging from...

  • History of Costa Rica
    History of Costa Rica
    -Early history:In Pre-Columbian times the Native Americans in what is now Costa Rica were part of a cultural complex known as the "Intermediate Area," between the Mesoamerican and Andean cultural regions....

  • History of El Salvador
    History of El Salvador
    The history of El Salvador has been a history of struggle against conquistadors, empires, dictatorships and world powers to be free. El Salvador was one of the regions that resisted the Spanish invasion led by Pedro de Alvarado who had to fight Atlantica and retreat several times back to Guatemala...

  • History of Guatemala
    History of Guatemala
    The history of Guatemala begins with the arrival of the first human settlers as early as 12,000 BC or even 18,000 BC. Civilization developed and flourished during the Pre-Columbian era with little to no contact with cultures from outside of Mesoamerica...

  • History of Honduras
    History of Honduras
    Honduras was already occupied by many indigenous peoples when the Spanish arrived in the 16th century. The western-central part of Honduras was inhabited by the Lencas, the central north coast by the Tol, the area east of Trujillo by the Pech and the Miskito and Sumo...

  • History of Nicaragua
    History of Nicaragua
    Nicaragua is the least densely populated nation in Central America, with a demographic similar in size to its smaller neighbors. It is located about midway between Mexico and Colombia, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. Nicaragua ranges from the Caribbean Sea on the...

  • History of Panama
    History of Panama
    The History of Panama is about the Isthmus of Panama region's long history that occurred in southern Central America, from Pre-Columbian cultures, during the Spanish colonial era, through independence and the current country of Panama.-Indigenous period:...

  • Honduras
    Honduras
    Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

    • List of Honduras-related topics
    • Honduran cuisine
      Honduran cuisine
      Honduran cuisine is a fusion of African, Spanish, and indigenous cuisine. Its most notable feature is that it uses more coconut than any other Central American cuisine in both sweet and savory dishes...

    • Hondurans
      Hondurans
      Hondurans are people inhabiting in, originating or having significant heritage from Honduras. Most Hondurans live in Honduras, although there is also a significant Honduran diaspora, particularly in the United States with smaller communities in other countries around the world...

  • Hurricane Mitch
    Hurricane Mitch
    Hurricane Mitch was the most powerful hurricane and the most destructive of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph . The storm was the thirteenth tropical storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the season. Along with Hurricane Georges, Mitch...

     1998

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  • Indigenous languages of the Americas
    Indigenous languages of the Americas
    Indigenous languages of the Americas are spoken by indigenous peoples from Alaska and Greenland to the southern tip of South America, encompassing the land masses which constitute the Americas. These indigenous languages consist of dozens of distinct language families as well as many language...

  • Indigenous peoples of the Americas
    Indigenous peoples of the Americas
    The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...

  • International rankings of Costa Rica
    International rankings of Costa Rica
    This is a list of key international rankings of Costa RicaThis is a list of key international rankings of Costa RicaThis is a list of key international rankings of Costa Rica:' Worldwide ranking among countries evaluated...

  • International rankings of Nicaragua
    International rankings of Nicaragua
    -Economic:* The Wall Street Journal: Index of Economic Freedom: 2006; , ranked 61 out of 157 countries* World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report ranked 95 out of 125 countries* GDP growth rate ranked 175 out of 215 2.5% growth rate...

  • Iran–Contra affair
  • List of islands of Central America
  • ISO 3166-2:BZ
    ISO 3166-2:BZ
    ISO 3166-2:BZ is the entry for Belize in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Belize, ISO 3166-2 codes are...

     code for Belize
  • ISO 3166-2:CR
    ISO 3166-2:CR
    ISO 3166-2:CR is the entry for Costa Rica in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Costa Rica, ISO 3166-2 codes...

     code for Costa Rica
  • ISO 3166-2:GT
    ISO 3166-2:GT
    ISO 3166-2:GT is the entry for Guatemala in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Guatemala, ISO 3166-2 codes are...

     code for Guatemala
  • ISO 3166-2:HN
    ISO 3166-2:HN
    ISO 3166-2:HN is the entry for Honduras in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Honduras, ISO 3166-2 codes are...

     code for Honduras
  • ISO 3166-2:NI
    ISO 3166-2:NI
    ISO 3166-2:NI is the entry for Nicaragua in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Nicaragua, ISO 3166-2 codes are...

     code for Nicaragua
  • ISO 3166-2:PA
    ISO 3166-2:PA
    ISO 3166-2:PA is the entry for Panama in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Panama, ISO 3166-2 codes are...

     code for Panama
  • ISO 3166-2:SV
    ISO 3166-2:SV
    ISO 3166-2:SV is the entry for El Salvador in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for El Salvador, ISO 3166-2 codes...

     code for El Salvador
  • Isthmus of Panama
    Isthmus of Panama
    The Isthmus of Panama, also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien, is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America. It contains the country of Panama and the Panama Canal...


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  • Lake Managua
    Lake Managua
    Lake Managua is a lake in Nicaragua. The Spanish name is Lago de Managua or Lago Xolotlán. At 1,042 km², it is approximately long and wide. Similarly to the name of Lake Nicaragua, its name was coined by the Spanish conquerors from "Mangue" and agua...

  • Lake Nicaragua
    Lake Nicaragua
    Lake Nicaragua or Cocibolca or Granada or is a vast freshwater lake in Nicaragua of tectonic origin. With an area of , it is the largest lake in Central America, the 19th largest lake in the world and the 9th largest in the Americas. It is slightly smaller than Lake Titicaca. With an elevation...

  • Land mines in Central America
  • List of endangered languages in Central America
  • Languages of Belize
    Languages of Belize
    English is the official language of Belize, a former British colony. Although only 4 percent of the population speaks it as their first language, a majority speak English very well.Kriol is spoken as the first language of 33 percent of Belizeans...

  • Languages of Costa Rica
    Languages of Costa Rica
    The official and predominant language of Costa Rica is Spanish; the variety spoken there, Costa Rican Spanish, is a form of Central American Spanish. In addition, several Chibchan languages, including Boruca and Bribri, are spoken there. The Oto-Manguean language Chorotega is extinct...

  • Languages of Nicaragua
    Languages of Nicaragua
    The official language of Nicaragua is Spanish; however, Nicaraguans on the Caribbean coast speak indigenous languages and also English. The communities located on the Caribbean coast also have access to education in their native languages.-Languages:...

  • Latin America
    Latin America
    Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

    • Latin America – United States relations
    • Latin American cuisine
      Latin American cuisine
      Latin American Cuisine refers to typical foods, beverages, and cooking styles common to many of the countries and cultures in Latin America...

  • Lenca language
    Lenca language
    The Lenca language is one of the indigenous Mesoamerican languages. At the time of the Spanish conquest of Central America in the early 16th century, it was spoken by the Lenca people in a region that incorporates northwestern and southwestern Honduras, and neighboring eastern El Salvador, east of...

  • Lenca people
  • Liberalism in Honduras
    Liberalism in Honduras
    Liberalism in Honduras, as a form of Latin American liberalism, has old historical roots. Influenced by the French revolutionaries in the 1790s, the door was opened for ideas of positivism...

  • Liberalism in Nicaragua
    Liberalism in Nicaragua
    This article gives an overview of liberalism in Nicaragua. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme...

  • Liberalism in Panama
    Liberalism in Panama
    This article gives an overview of liberalism in Panama. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme...


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  • Macro-Chibchan
    Macro-Chibchan
    Macro-Chibchan is a proposal linking languages of Colombia and Nicaragua. These languages were once included in the Chibchan family itself, but were excluded pending further evidence as that family became well established...

     language group
  • Maleku
    Maleku
    The Maleku are an indigenous people of Costa Rica located in the Guatuso Indigenous Reserve near the town of Guatuso . Around 600 aboriginal people live on the reserve, but outsiders have come into the community as well...

    • Maléku language
      Maléku language
      The Maléku Jaíka language, also called Guatuso, is an indigenous language of north central Costa Rica. It is a Chibchan language spoken by around 750 indigenous Maléku people.- Sample Vocabulary :...

  • Mallarino-Bidlack Treaty
    Mallarino-Bidlack Treaty
    The Mallarino-Bidlack Treaty was a treaty signed between New Granada and the United States, on December 12, 1846. U.S...

     of 1846
  • List of Central American mammals
  • Maya civilization
    Maya civilization
    The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...

  • Maya peoples
    Maya peoples
    The Maya people constitute a diverse range of the Native American people of southern Mexico and northern Central America. The overarching term "Maya" is a collective designation to include the peoples of the region who share some degree of cultural and linguistic heritage; however, the term...

  • Maya ruins of Belize
    Maya ruins of Belize
    The Maya ruins of Belize include a number of well-known and historically important pre-Columbian Maya archaeological sites. Belize is considered part of the southern Maya lowlands of the Mesoamerican culture area, and the sites found there were occupied from the Preclassic until and after the...

  • Maya script
    Maya script
    The Maya script, also known as Maya glyphs or Maya hieroglyphs, is the writing system of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica, presently the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially deciphered...

  • Mayan languages
    Mayan languages
    The Mayan languages form a language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America. Mayan languages are spoken by at least 6 million indigenous Maya, primarily in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Honduras...

    • Mayan sign languages
      Mayan sign languages
      The Maya Sign Language is a sign language used in Mexico and Guatemala by Maya communities with unusually high numbers of deaf inhabitants. In some instances, both hearing and deaf members of a village may use the sign language...

  • Mesoamerica
    Mesoamerica
    Mesoamerica is a region and culture area in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, within which a number of pre-Columbian societies flourished before the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 15th and...

  • Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System‎
  • Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
    Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
    The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor is a large habitat corridor in Mesoamerica, stretching from Mexico southeastward through most of Central America, connecting several national parks. It was started in 1998 to keep 106 critically endangered species from going extinct...

  • Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
    Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
    The Mesoamerican Linguistic Area is a sprachbund containing many of the languages natively spoken in the cultural area of Mesoamerica. This sprachbund is defined by an array of syntactic, lexical and phonological traits as well as a number of ethnolinguistic traits found in the languages of...

  • Mesoamerican literature
    Mesoamerican literature
    The traditions of indigenous Mesoamerican literature extend back to the oldest-attested forms of early writing in the Mesoamerican region, which date from around the mid-1st millennium BCE. Many of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica are known to have been literate societies, who produced a...

  • Mesoamerican region
    Mesoamerican region
    The Mesoamerican region is a trans-national economic region in the Americas that is recognized by the OECD and other economic and developmental organizations, comprising the united economies of the seven countries in Central America — Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,...

  • Mestizo
    Mestizo
    Mestizo is a term traditionally used in Latin America, Philippines and Spain for people of mixed European and Native American heritage or descent...

  • Middle America (Americas)
    Middle America (Americas)
    Middle America is a region in the mid-latitudes of the Americas. In southern North America, it usually comprises Mexico, the nations of Central America, and the West Indies. The scope of the term may vary...

  • Military of Belize
    Military of Belize
    The Belize Defence Force is the military of Belize, and is responsible for protecting the sovereignty of Belize The BDF, along with the National Forensic Science Service, the National Coast Guard, and the Immigration Department, is a department of the Ministry of National Security, which is...

  • Military of Costa Rica
    Military of Costa Rica
    On December 1, 1948, President José Figueres Ferrer of Costa Rica abolished the military of Costa Rica after victory in the civil war in that year....

  • Armed Forces of El Salvador
  • Military of Guatemala
    Military of Guatemala
    The Military of Guatemala consists of National Army of Guatemala , the Guatemalan Navy and the Guatemalan Air Force ....

  • Military of Honduras
    Military of Honduras
    -pre-1979:During the twentieth century, Honduran military leaders frequently became presidents, either through elections or by coups d'état. General Tiburcio Carías Andino was elected in 1932, he later on called a constituent assembly that allowed him to be reelected, and his rule became more...

  • Military of Nicaragua
    Military of Nicaragua
    -National Guard 1927-1979:The long years of strife between the liberal and conservative political factions and the existence of private armies led the United States to sponsor the National Guard as an apolitical institution to assume all military and police functions in Nicaragua...

  • Military of Panama
    Military of Panama
    The Panamanian Public Forces are the national defense forces of Panama. Panama is the second country in Latin America to permanently abolish standing armies, leaving it with only small para-military forces. This came as a result of a US invasion that overthrew a military dictatorship which ruled...

  • Miskito
    Miskito
    The Miskitos are a Native American ethnic group in Central America. A substantial number of them are mixed race, especially those in the northern end of their territory, where an African-Indigenous mixture was predominant. Their territory extends from Cape Camarón, Honduras, to Rio Grande,...

    • Miskito Coastal Creole
      Miskito Coastal Creole
      Mískito Coast Creole or Nicaragua Creole English is a language spoken in Nicaragua based on English. Its approximately 30,000 speakers are found along the Mosquito Coast of the Caribbean Sea. The language is nearly identical to Belizean Creole , and similar to all Central American Creoles...

    • Miskito language
      Miskito language
      Miskito is a Misumalpan language spoken by the Miskito people in northeastern Nicaragua, especially in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region, and in eastern Honduras....

  • Mopan language
    Mopan language
    Mopan is a language that belongs to the Yucatecan branch of the Mayan languages. It is spoken by the Mopan people. It is spoken in Belize and Guatemala.The other Yucatecan languages are Yucatec, Lacandon , and Itza....

  • Mopan people
    Mopan people
    Mopan are one of the Maya peoples in Belize and Guatemala. Their indigenous language is also called Mopan and is one of the Yucatec Maya languages....

  • Mosquito Coast
    Mosquito Coast
    The Caribbean Mosquito Coast historically consisted of an area along the Atlantic coast of present-day Nicaragua and Honduras, and part of the Western Caribbean Zone. It was named after the local Miskito Indians and long dominated by British interests...

     (Miskito Coast)
  • Mountain peaks of Central America
    Mountain peaks of Central America
    This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of Central America. This article defines Central America as the seven nations of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama....

  • Municipalities of El Salvador
    Municipalities of El Salvador
    The departments of El Salvador are divided into 262 municipalities or municipios. The municipalities are listed below, by department El Salvador is divided into fourteen administrative divisions called departments, the equivalent of states in the United States. Each department is administered by a...

  • Municipalities of Guatemala
    Municipalities of Guatemala
    The departments of Guatemala are divided into 332 municipalities or municipios. The municipalities are listed below, by department:-Alta Verapaz Department:*Cahabón*Chahal*Chisec*Cobán*Fray Bartolomé de las Casas*Lanquín*Panzós*Raxruha...

  • Municipalities of Honduras
    Municipalities of Honduras
    The 18 departments of Honduras are divided into 299 municipalities . Municipalities have elected mayors , as opposed to the appointed governors of departments. For statistical purposes, the municipalities are further subdivided into 3731 aldeas, and those into 27969 caserios...

  • Municipalities of Nicaragua
  • Museums of Costa Rica
    Museums of Costa Rica
    There are a wide selection of museums of Costa Rica due partly to its high education standards and its long history of peace and prosperity. Most of these museums can be found in the Central Valley , especially in and around the capital city of San José.Some of these include:* Museo de los Niños...

  • List of museums in Nicaragua
  • Central American music
    Central American music
    Central America is dominated by the popular Latin music, or Black Caribbean trends, including salsa, cumbia, mariachi, reggae, calypso and nueva canción. The countries of Central America have produced their own distinct forms of these genres such as Panamanian salsa, among others...

    • Music of Belize
      Music of Belize
      The music of Belize has a mix of Kriol, Mestizo, Garifuna, and Maya influences. After many centuries of Maya habitation, British colonizers arrived in the area in the 17th century. Belize was Britain's only colony in Spanish-dominated Central America until self-government in 1964 and gaining full...

    • Music of Costa Rica
      Music of Costa Rica
      The country of Costa Rica has many kinds of music.Though its music has achieved little international credit, Costa Rican popular music genres include: an indigenous calypso scene which is distinct from the more widely-known Trinidadian calypso sound, as well as a thriving disco audience that...

    • Music of El Salvador
      Music of El Salvador
      The music of El Salvador has a mixture of Mayan, African, Pipil and Spanish influences. This music includes religious songs used to celebrate Christmas and other holidays, especially feast days of the saints. Satirical and rural lyrical themes are common...

    • Music of Guatemala
      Music of Guatemala
      The music of Guatemala is diverse. Music is played all over the country, even in the remotest corners. Towns also have wind and percussion bands -week processions, as well as on other occasions. The Garifuna people of Afro-Caribbean descent, who are spread thinly on the northeastern Caribbean...

    • Music of Honduras
      Music of Honduras
      The music of Honduras is very varied, Punta is the main "ritmo" de Honduras, to Caribbean music like salsa, merengue, reggae, and reggaeton all widely heard especially in the North, to Mexican rancheras heard in the interior, rural part of the country...

    • Music of Nicaragua
      Music of Nicaragua
      Music of Nicaragua is a mixture of indigenous and European, especially Spanish, influences. Musical instruments include the marimba and others that are common across Central America...

    • Music of Panama
      Music of Panama
      Panama is a Central American country, inhabited mostly by mestizos . The music of Panama was influenced first by the indigenous populations of Kunas, Teribes, Nobe Bugle and others, and then by the black population who were brought over, first as slaves from Africa, and also Colombia between the...


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  • Naso people
  • National Assembly of Belize
    National Assembly of Belize
    The National Assembly of is the bicameral legislature of Belize. It is divided into the House of Representatives, with 29 members, and the Senate, with 13 members.- History :...

  • National Assembly of Nicaragua
    National Assembly of Nicaragua
    The National Assembly is the legislative branch of the government of Nicaragua.-Composition:The Nicaraguan legislature is a unicameral body....

  • National Assembly of Panama
    National Assembly of Panama
    The National Assembly , formerly the Legislative Assembly , is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Panama.It is a unicameral legislature, currently made up of 71 members, who serve five-year terms...

  • National Congress of Honduras
    National Congress of Honduras
    The National Congress is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras.The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The current President of the National Congress of Honduras is Juan Orlando Hernández. Its members are 128 deputies, who are elected on a proportional representation...

  • National symbols of Nicaragua
    National symbols of Nicaragua
    National symbols of Nicaragua are the symbols that are used in Nicaragua and abroad to represent the country and its people.-Flag:The Flag of Nicaragua was adopted in 1971 and is based on the former flag of the United States of Central America. The colors of the Nicaraguan flag originate from the...

  • Nicaragua
    Nicaragua
    Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

  • Nicaragua Canal
    Nicaragua Canal
    The Inter-Oceanic Nicaragua Canal was a proposed waterway through Nicaragua to connect the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean...

  • Nicaragua v. United States
  • Nicaraguan Revolution
    Nicaraguan Revolution
    The Nicaraguan Revolution encompasses the rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s, the campaign led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front which led to the violent ousting of that dictatorship in 1979, and the...

  • North America
    North America
    North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...


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  • Pacific Ocean
    Pacific Ocean
    The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...

  • Pan-American Highway
    Pan-American Highway
    The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads measuring about in total length. Except for an rainforest break, called the Darién Gap, the road links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system. According to Guinness World Records, the Pan-American Highway is the world's...

  • Panama
    Panama
    Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

  • Panama Canal
    Panama Canal
    The Panama Canal is a ship canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. Built from 1904 to 1914, the canal has seen annual traffic rise from about 1,000 ships early on to 14,702 vessels measuring a total of 309.6...

    • History of the Panama Canal
      History of the Panama Canal
      The history of the Panama Canal goes back almost to the earliest explorers of the Americas. The narrow land bridge between North and South America offers a unique opportunity to create a water passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans...

    • Panama Canal Zone
      Panama Canal Zone
      The Panama Canal Zone was a unorganized U.S. territory located within the Republic of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending 5 miles on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón, which otherwise would have been partly within the limits of...

       1903-1979
  • Panama Railway
    Panama Railway
    The Panama Canal Railway Company is a railway line that links the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean across Panama in Central America. It is jointly owned by the Kansas City Southern Railway and Mi-Jack Products...

  • Panama - United States Trade Promotion Agreement
    Panama - United States Trade Promotion Agreement
    The Panama - United States Trade Promotion Agreement is a bilateral free trade agreement, whose stated objectives include eliminating obstacles to trade, consolidating access to goods and services and favoring private investment in and between both nations...

     of 2007
  • Pipil people
    • Pipil language
      Pipil language
      Pipil is a Uto-Aztecan language descended from Nahuatl which was spoken in several parts of present day Central America before the Spanish conquest. It is on the verge of extinction in western El Salvador and has already gone extinct elsewhere in Central America...

  • Political history of Nicaragua
    Political history of Nicaragua
    Much of Nicaragua's early politics following independence was characterized by the rivalry between the liberal elite of León and the conservative elite of Granada. This rivalry sometimes spilled into civil war...

  • List of political parties in Central America by country
  • Politics of Belize
    Politics of Belize
    Politics of Belize takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the...

  • Politics of Costa Rica
    Politics of Costa Rica
    The politics of Costa Rica take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, with a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the president and his cabinet, and the President of Costa Rica is both the head of state and head of government. Legislative power is...

  • Politics of El Salvador
    Politics of El Salvador
    Politics of El Salvador takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of El Salvador is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in...

  • Politics of Guatemala
    Politics of Guatemala
    Politics of Guatemala takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Guatemala is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both...

  • Politics of Honduras
    Politics of Honduras
    Politics of Honduras takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Honduras is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the...

  • Politics of Nicaragua
    Politics of Nicaragua
    Nicaragua is a presidential representative democratic republic, in which the President of Nicaragua is both head of state and head of government, and there is a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National...

  • Politics of Panama
    Politics of Panama
    Politics of Panama takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Panama is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the...

  • Portal:Belize
  • Portal:Costa Rica
  • Portal:El Salvador
  • Portal:Guatemala
  • Portal:Honduras
  • Portal:Nicaragua
  • Portal:Panama
  • List of Prime Ministers of Belize
  • List of Presidents of Costa Rica
  • President of El Salvador
    President of El Salvador
    This page contains a list of Presidents of El Salvador.-Heads of State of El Salvador within the Federal Republic of Central America :*Pedro Barriere : 21 September 1821 - 28 November 1821*José Matías Delgado : 28 Nov 1821 - 9 February 1823...

  • President of Guatemala
    President of Guatemala
    The title of President of Guatemala has been the usual title of the leader of Guatemala since 1839, when that title was assumed by Mariano Rivera Paz...

  • President of Honduras
    President of Honduras
    This page lists the Presidents of Honduras.Colonial Honduras declared its independence from Spain on 15 September 1821. From 5 January 1822 to 1 July 1823, Honduras was part of the First Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide....

    • List of Presidents of Honduras
  • President of Nicaragua
    President of Nicaragua
    The position of President of Nicaragua was created in the Constitution of 1854. From 1825 until the Constitution of 1838 the title of the position was known as Head of State and from 1838 to 1854 as Supreme Director .-Heads of State of Nicaragua within the Federal Republic of Central America...

  • List of heads of state of Panama
  • Protected areas of Nicaragua
  • Proto-Mayan
    Proto-Mayan
    Proto-Mayan is the hypothetical common ancestor of the 30 living Mayan languages, as well as the Classic Maya languages documented in the Maya Hieroglyphical inscriptions.-Phonology:...

     extinct language
  • Provinces and regions of Panama
  • Provinces of Costa Rica
    Provinces of Costa Rica
    Costa Rica consists of 7 provinces :The provinces are further divided into cantons , which are subdivided into districts .-See also:* ISO 3166-2:CR* Cantons of Costa Rica* Districts of Costa Rica...


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  • Rail transport in Central America
    Rail transport in Central America
    Rail transport in Central America consists of several isolated railroad lines with freight or passenger service. The most famous one is Panama Canal Railway, the oldest transcontinental railroad in the world, connecting Panama City with Colón since 1855...

  • Rama language
    Rama language
    Rama is one of the indigenous languages of the Chibchan family spoken by the Rama people on the island of Rama Cay and south of lake Bluefields on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. Other indigenous languages of this region include Miskito and Sumu . Rama is one of the northernmost languages of the...

  • Rama people
  • Religion in Belize
    Religion in Belize
    According to the 2000 census, Roman Catholics constitute 49.6% of the population of Belize; Protestants constitute 29% , Baptists 3.5 percent, and Methodists 3.5 percent...

  • Religion in Costa Rica
    Religion in Costa Rica
    The most recent nationwide survey of religion in Costa Rica, conducted in 2007 by the University of Costa Rica, found that 70.5 percent of the population identify themselves as Roman Catholics , 13.8 percent state they are Evangelical Protestants, 11.3 percent report that they do not have a...

  • Religion in El Salvador
    Religion in El Salvador
    There is diversity of religious and ethnic groups in El Salvador. The majority of the population are Christians, mostly Roman Catholics , while Protestantism represents 27.6% of the population.Mormonism and Pentecostalism are two of the notable non-catholic faiths in El Salvador.11.1 percent of the...

  • Religion in Guatemala
  • Religion in Honduras
    Religion in Honduras
    The prehispanic people that lived in actual Honduras were politeist,they were the Maya people and other groups, in the XVI century came the Chrisianism.-Ancient Religions:...

  • Religion in Nicaragua
    Religion in Nicaragua
    Religion in Nicaragua is a significant part of the culture of Nicaragua and forms part of the constitution. Religious freedom and religious tolerance is promoted by both the Nicaraguan government and the constitution....

  • Religion in Panama
    Religion in Panama
    The government of Panama does not collect statistics on the religious affiliation of citizens, but various sources estimate that 75 to 85 percent of the population identifies itself as Roman Catholic and 15 to 25 percent as evangelical Christian...

  • Republic of Central America
    Republic of Central America
    The Greater Republic of Central America was a short-lived union between Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, lasting from 1896 to 1898. It was an attempt to revive the failed Federal Republic of Central America earlier in the century....

     1896-1898
  • Republic of New Granada
    Republic of New Granada
    The Republic of New Granada was a centralist republic consisting primarily of present-day Colombia and Panama with smaller portions of today's Ecuador, and Venezuela. It was created after the dissolution in 1830 of Gran Colombia. It was later abolished in 1858 when the Granadine Confederation was...

     1831-1858
  • List of rivers of Belize
  • List of rivers of Honduras

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  • Salvadoran Civil War
  • Sandinista National Liberation Front
    Sandinista National Liberation Front
    The Sandinista National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas in both English and Spanish...

     (FSLN)
  • List of schools in Honduras
  • List of schools in Nicaragua
  • South America
    South America
    South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

  • Sport in Belize
    Sport in Belize
    Sports have always played a major part of Belizean culture. While Belize has never been an international sporting power, the nation's athletes have taken their discipline seriously. Sports in the country is plagued by a lack of finance and sporting facilities, and little emphasis on sports as an...

  • Sport in Honduras
    Sport in Honduras
    The most popular sport in Honduras is football, the governing body of football in Honduras is the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras. Honduras has taken part in the Summer Olympics eight times, and the Winter Olympics in 1992. Other sports played in Honduras include tennis, baseball...


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  • Telecommunications in Belize
  • Telecommunications in Costa Rica
    Telecommunications in Costa Rica
    Communications Service Provider Type:Government Monopoly Telephones - main lines in use:1 389 359 Telephones - mobile cellular:934 764 Telephone system:Domestic telephone servicedomestic:...

  • Telecommunications in El Salvador
  • Telecommunications in Guatemala
  • Telecommunications in Honduras
  • Telecommunications in Nicaragua
  • Telecommunications in Panama
  • Teribe language
    Teribe language
    Teribe is a language spoken by the Naso or Teribe Indians; it is used primarily in the Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama and in the southern part of Costa Rica's Puntarenas Province, but is almost extinct in the latter. It is part of the Chibchan language family, in the Talamanca...

  • Torrijos-Carter Treaties
    Torrijos-Carter Treaties
    The Torrijos–Carter Treaties are two treaties signed by the United States and Panama in Washington, D.C., on September 7, 1977, which abrogated the Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty of 1903...

     of 1977
  • Tourism in Belize
    Tourism in Belize
    The tourism industry is an important part of the economy of Belize, in 2007 contributing to over 25% of all jobs, and making up over 18% of the GDP. This constituted 590 million BZD , according to the Belize government, up 90 million BZD from the year before...

  • Tourism in Costa Rica
    Tourism in Costa Rica
    Tourism in Costa Rica is one of the fastest growing economic sectors of the country and by 1995 became the largest foreign exchange earner. Since 1999, tourism earns more foreign exchange than bananas, pineapples and coffee exports combined...

  • Tourism in Nicaragua
    Tourism in Nicaragua
    Tourism in Nicaragua has grown considerably recently, and it is now the second largest industry in the nation. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has stated his intention to use tourism to combat poverty throughout the country. The growth in tourism has positively affected the agricultural,...

  • List of town tramway systems in Central America
  • Transport in Belize
    Transport in Belize
    - Public transportation :Most Belizeans travel the country using public buses as their primary form of transportation. In the larger towns and cities, such as Belize City or Belmopan, there are bus terminals. In smaller places, there are bus stops. However, the most common way of catching a bus is...

  • Transport in El Salvador
    Transport in El Salvador
    -Railways:*total: 602 km . Rehabilitation in progress*narrow gauge: 602 km gauge...

  • Transport in Guatemala
  • Transport in Honduras
  • Transport in Nicaragua
  • Transport in Panama
  • Transportation in Costa Rica
    Transportation in Costa Rica
    -Railways:*total: *narrow gauge: of gauge - Railways links to adjacent countries : Nicaragua - no Panama - no...


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List of universities in Panama

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:Category:Waterfalls of Costa Rica
  • Wildlife of Costa Rica
    Wildlife of Costa Rica
    Costa Rica supports an enormous variety of wildlife, due in large part to its geographic position between the North and South American continents, its neotropical climate, and its wide variety of habitats...

  • Wildlife of Nicaragua
    Wildlife of Nicaragua
    The fauna of Nicaragua is characterized by a very high level of biodiversity. Much of Nicaragua's wildlife lives in protected areas. There are currently 78 protected areas in Nicaragua, covering more than , or about 17% of its landmass. These protected areas encompass a wide variety of habitats,...

  • List of Central American writers

See also

  • Anglo-America
    Anglo-America
    Anglo-America is a region in the Americas in which English is a main language, or one which has significant British historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural links...

  • List of Caribbean-related topics
  • Lists of country-related topics
    • Index of Belize-related articles
    • Index of Costa Rica-related articles
    • Index of El Salvador-related articles
    • Index of Guatemala-related articles
    • Index of Honduras-related articles
    • Index of Nicaragua-related articles
    • Index of Panama-related articles
  • Outline of North America
  • Outline of South America
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