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Central America: Southernmost region of North America, comprising Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; borders Mexico, Colombia, the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean (area approximately 524,000km²/202,000mi²; population about 42 million). [e]
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Parent topics
- Continent [r]: An extended part of the Earth's crust that extends above sea level. [e]
- North America [r]: The third largest continent, location of three large nations Canada, the United States, and Mexico. [e]
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Countries
- Belize [r]: Country (formerly known as British Honduras) located in Central America, bordering Mexico to the north and Guatemala to the west and south, whose capital city is Belmopan. [e]
- Costa Rica [r]: Democratic third world nation located south of Nicaragua, north of Panama, east of the Pacific Ocean and west of the Caribbean Sea. [e]
- El Salvador [r]: Republic in Central America, one of the smallest but most densely populated in the region. [e]
- Guatemala [r]: Country in Central America that shares borders with Mexico to the north and west, Belize to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the south. [e]
- Honduras [r]: Central American republic (capital Tegucigalpa) with an economy built on agriculture and peoples of mixed European and Amerindian descent; has the world's highest murder rate and high levels of poverty (population about 8.5 million). [e]
- Nicaragua [r]: Country of Latin America, formerly a British colony. [e]
- Panama [r]: Republic in Central America, bounded by Colombia to the east, Costa Rica to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. [e]
- South America [r]: The fourth largest of the Earth's continents, one of the pieces that broke up from the former supercontinent Gondwana. [e]
- Caribbean Sea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Atlantic Ocean [r]: Second largest ocean in the world; separates the Americas from Europe and Africa. [e]
- Pacific Ocean [r]: the largest single mass of water in the world, lying between Asia and Australia on its west, and North America and South America on its east. [e]
- Mexico [r]: A country in North America, bordering the United States of America on the north and Guatemala and Belize on the south. [e]
- Colombia [r]: Country in South America. [e]