Map of Central America

Countries
In that usual definition, Central Usa consists of a ensuing countries (set between a a nor'-west border of Colombia & the southern border of Mexico – about East to West): Panama Costa Rica Nicaragua Honduras El Salvador Guatemala Belize

Geography
Central Usa so has an metropolitan area of astir 540,000 kilometer² (208,500 square miles), & a breadth between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea ranging from astir 560 kilometer to astir L kilometre (350 miles to astir Xxx miles).

A geology of Central Usa move, by using volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occurring from time to time. Inside 1931 and 1972 earthquakes devastated Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. Fertile soils from either weather-beaten volcanic lavas keep around manufactured it imaginable to sustain heavy populations in the agriculturally productive upland areas. A Caribbean Plate is a tectonic plate upon which Central America rests.

A narrowest a portion of The Americas, Central America is the places of the Panama Canal as well as a projected, however never-completed Nicaragua Canal.

History

There was the united states of Central America in the early 19th century, consisting of the present day nations of Guatemalthe, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, & Costa Rica (and a part of the modern Mexican state of Chiapas). This was every now and again referred to as a United Provinces of Central United states of america or even a United States of Central America.