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Central America is usually defined as consisting of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Within Central America is the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from southern Mexico to southeastern Panama.
The United Provinces of Central America (or PUCA- Provincias Unidas De Centro-America in Spanish) is the name given to the different states of Central America in the time after Central America's independence and before becoming their own distinct nations (between 1823 and 1840 [6]). It was a political movement that strived to unify the regions ...
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Central America was a unified nation at several points throughout its history, and while united, the country has used several national flags. The design of the Central American flag, a blue and white horizontal triband, was inspired by the flag of Argentina. [2] [3]
20th century political map of Central America (from History of Central America) Image 42 The xoloitzcuintle is one of the naguales of the god Quetzalcoatl . In this form, it helps the dead cross the Chicnahuapan, a river that separates the world of the living from the dead.
English: An equiangular cylindrical projection of the Federal Republic of Central America as its borders were in circa 1835–1838 with the State of Guatemala (and the disputed territory of Belize) highlighted in red. Note that the Cerrón Grande, La Angostura, and Malpaso lakes are not included on this map as they are artificial lakes created ...
The United Provinces of Central America, later known as the Federal Republic of Central America, continued to exist until its 1841 collapse following the First and Second Central American Civil Wars. [116] Central America's independence led many Mexican provinces to desire increased regional autonomy for themselves.
In 1824, Central America had a population of 1,287,491. [36] [198] By 1836, it had an estimated population of 1,900,000; [196] the estimate, by federal administrator Juan Galindo, "largely over-estimated" the number of whites and excluded Honduras' indigenous population. [215] Central America was the most densely-populated country in the ...