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Central America

Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest.

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Area
523,780 km2 (202,230 sq mi)
Countries
Belize · Costa Rica · El Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras
Demonym
Central American[a]
Dependencies
Clipperton Island[c] (France) · Valle del Cauca, Malpelo Island[c] (Colombia) · Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina[d] (Colombia) · Bajo Nuevo Bank[e] · Serranilla Bank[f]
Ethnic groups
Mestizo Indigenous European Garifuna Mulatto African
GDP (nominal)
$362.62 billion (exchange rate) (2023)

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Central America

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related to Further reading · 109
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related to Definitions · 36
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related to Montane forests · 31
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related to Central American forests · 24
Central America → Alaska, Americas, As, Belize, Costa Rica, Due, El Salvador, FAO, Fuego, Guatemala, Honduras, However, Mesoamerican, Mexico, Nearctic, Neotropical, Nicaragua, North America, Over, Panama
related to Parliament · 21
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related to Foreign relations · 20
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related to Geography · 20
Central America → Atlantic Ocean, Atrato River, Belize, Caribbean Sea, Central American, El Salvador, From, Guatemala, Gulf, Isthmus, Mexico, North America, Pacific Lowlands, Pacific Ocean, Santa María, Some, South America, Still, Tehuantepec, The
related to Slavery · 20
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related to External links · 18
Central America → Affairs Digital ArchivesCentral America, American Heritage Dictionaries, Central America Video Links, Centroamérica, Columbia Gazetteer, Columbia University Press, Consuelo, Dean Peter Krogh Foreign, Hernández, Madrid, March, New York, Reconstruyendo, Teaching Central America, Visor, Voces, World Online, XX
related to Geology · 17
Central America → Caribbean Plate, Cocos, Cocos Plate, February, For, January, Many, Mexico City, Middle America Trench, Most, Nazca, North American, North American Plate, Pacific, Seismic, The Middle America Trench, This

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central america guatemala panama american mexico honduras nicaragua salvador belize costa el spanish rica north many caribbean countries part region

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Central AmericaArea523,780 km2 (202,230 sq mi)1.00infobox
Central AmericaCountriesBelize1.00infobox
Central AmericaCountriesCosta Rica1.00infobox
Central AmericaCountriesEl Salvador1.00infobox
Central AmericaCountriesGuatemala1.00infobox
Central AmericaCountriesHonduras1.00infobox
Central AmericaCountriesNicaragua1.00infobox
Central AmericaCountriesPanama1.00infobox
Central AmericaDemonymCentral American[a]1.00infobox
Central AmericaDependenciesClipperton Island[c] (France)1.00infobox
Central AmericaDependenciesValle del Cauca, Malpelo Island[c] (Colombia)1.00infobox
Central AmericaDependenciesArchipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina[d] (Colombia)1.00infobox
Central AmericaDependenciesBajo Nuevo Bank[e]1.00infobox
Central AmericaDependenciesSerranilla Bank[f]1.00infobox
Central AmericaEthnic groupsMestizo Indigenous European Garifuna Mulatto African1.00infobox
Central AmericaGDP (nominal)$362.62 billion (exchange rate) (2023)1.00infobox
Central AmericaGDP (PPP)$738.8 billion (2023)1.00infobox
Central AmericaGDP per capita$6,880 (exchange rate) (2023) $14,019 (PPP) (2023)1.00infobox
Central AmericaLanguagesSpanish1.00infobox
Central AmericaLanguagesEnglish1.00infobox
Central AmericaLanguagesMayan1.00infobox
Central AmericaLanguagesMiskito1.00infobox
Central AmericaLanguagesGarifuna1.00infobox
Central AmericaLanguagesKriol1.00infobox
Central AmericaLanguagesBay Island Creole1.00infobox
Central AmericaLanguagesMekatelyu1.00infobox
Central AmericaLanguagesHonduran and Nicaraguan Miskito Creole1.00infobox
Central AmericaLanguagesOthers1.00infobox
Central AmericaLargest citiesGuatemala City1.00infobox
Central AmericaLargest citiesSan Salvador1.00infobox

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