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Central America

A region of southern North America extending from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia.

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Is central American on the same latitude a Africa Australia or south America?

Yes, but Central America only covers between 7.27 and 18.48 degrees north of the Equator (11.27 degrees), while Africa covers between 34.84 degrees south of the Equator and 37.34 degrees north of the Equator (72.18 degrees).

What was the first independent country in Latin America?

There were 5. El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua.

What factors caused the revolution in Latin America?

People can and do endure under extremely unjust and corrupt government. But if there is a sudden change in policy or circumstance (a new tax on tea, a sudden famine) this can be like a spark on dry kindling.

Another equally important factor is that over time, colonial areas (like Latin America) begin to develop their own elite class, which is usually not allowed to take part in colonial government. This class eventually decides that they are better off running the country, and foment revolution to that end. This was the case in the American Revolution, as well as most if not all of those in Latin America.

Is Cuba the largest country in Central America?

Negative, Nicaragua is.

Panama:

total: 78,200 sq km

land: 75,990 sq km

water: 2,210 sq km

Nicaragua

total: 129,494 sq km

land: 120,254 sq km

water: 9,240 sq km

Which caricom country is found in the central America?

As far as I know is Belize the only CARICOM member in Central America.

What areas of Mexico and Central America that were civilized before the Spaniards arrived?

Central Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula and parts of Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador were part of the Aztec and Mayan civilizations before contact with Europeans was established in 1519.

What are the countries that speak Spanish that are not in Latin America?

These include Spain itself, which is located in Europe, as well as many other countries where Spanish is not the official nor main language, but is extensively spoken by its population. Some examples include:

  • United States: 52 million (second largest Spanish-speaking country after Mexico)
  • Spain: 46.2 million
  • France: 6.6 million
  • Italy: 5.7 million
  • Morocco: 3.4 million
  • Philippines: 3.0 million
  • Germany: 2.5 million
  • Canada: 1.0 million
  • Equatorial Guinea: 0.9 million
  • Romania: 0.9 million

What airlines fly into panama central America from Florida?

The following is a list of airlines that service Panama City-Bay County International Airport:

  • Atlantic Southeast Airlines
  • Northwest Airlines
  • US Airways
  • Comair
  • Sky West Airlines

Is the Panama canal in Panama city?

The Panama Canal does not surround Panama, rather, it bisects Panama. It travels from the Atlantic Ocean on the east side of Panama to the Pacific Ocean on the west side of Panama, passing through the middle of the country, so approximately half of Panama is north of the canal and half is south of the canal.

Why is latin America divided into three regions?

Latin America is known as a culture region due to the common ancestral background and culture that is similar amongst all the Latin American countries, from Mexico down through Brazil. They are known as Latin America due to the fact that Latin is the root language of the Spanish, the Portuguese and the French, all of whom colonized and had control over these areas starting the the 15th century.

Who are the mestizos of Latin America?

Mestizos are descended from Europeans, frequently Spanish, and indigenous peoples of Latin America

Is Haiti in Central America?

yes

No, it's not. Haiti is in North America, although some mapmakers who differentiate between North and Central America will classify it as the latter. The country occupies about one-third of the island of Hispaniola, the the rest of which belongs to the Dominican Republic. Hispaniola is in the Caribbean, near Cuba and Jamaica.

What region include Mexico and north Central America?

Mesoamerica. It includes central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, as well as some parts of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

What Central American country's capital is Tegucigalpa?

Tegucigalpa is the capital and largest city of Honduras, a country in Central America.

Was Central America a Spanish colony?

Spain is in Europe next to France. Spain used to have colonies here in central America, but they won their independece after a series of revolutionary wars.

Where in the world is central America on a on a map?

Central America is located between Northern America and South America.

How big is the population of Honduras?

According to the CIA World Factbook, 112,090 sq km which translates as slightly larger than the State of Tennesee

What surrounds Honduras?

None.

Honduras has the Caribbean Sea to the North, (which eventually leads to the Atlantic) and the Gulf of Fonesca to the South (which leads into the Pacific Ocean)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Honduras_rel_1985.jpg

The geographical divide between the tidewater and the Piedmont is called?

The geographical dividing line between the Tidewater and the Piedmont in Virginia is the Fall Line

What country in Central America does not touch the Caribbean Sea?

El Salvador is the only Central American country not to touch the Caribbean Sea, it does however, touch the Pacific.