*7 COUNTRIES*
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*spanish* –>
“américa central” / “centroamérica”
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(‘central america’ is the southernmost ‘isthmian portion’ of the ‘north american continent’, which connects with ‘south america’ on the ‘southeast’)
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(‘central america’ is bordered by…)
‘mexico’
(to the ‘north’)
‘colombia’
(to the ‘south-east’)
the ‘caribbean sea’
(to the ‘east’)
the ‘pacific ocean’
(to the ‘west’)
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(‘central america’ consists of 7 countries…)
‘belize’,
Guatemala,
El Salvador,
Honduras,
Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, and ‘
panama’)
(the combined population of Central America is between 41,739,000 (2009 estimate) and 42,688,190 (2012 estimate))
Central America is a part of the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from northern Guatemala through to central Panama.
Due to the presence of several active geologic faults and the Central America Volcanic Arc, there is a great deal of seismic activity in the region.
Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur frequently; these natural disasters have resulted in the loss of many lives and much property.
In the Pre-Columbian era, Central America was inhabited by the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica to the north and west and the Isthmo-Colombian peoples to the south and east. Soon after Christopher Columbus’s voyages to the Americas, the Spanish began to colonize the Americas.
From 1609 until 1821, most of the territory within Central America—except for the lands that would become Belize and Panama—was governed by the Viceroyalty of New Spain from Mexico City as the Captaincy General of Guatemala.
After New Spain achieved independence from Spain in 1821, some of its provinces were annexed to the First Mexican Empire, but soon seceded from Mexico to form the Federal Republic of Central America, which lasted from 1823 to 1838.
(the 7 states finally became independent autonomous states, beginning with Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Guatemala (1838), followed by El Salvador (1841), then ‘Panama’ (1903))
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*countries*
BELIZE
(a constitutional monarchy)
MEXICO
(32 federal entities:)
federal district
jalisco
“gaybirds”
have you heard?
mexico city’s legislative assembly legalized same-sex marriage within the federal district, the first such recognition in latin america.
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“and i thought they were such virulent ‘catholics’ down there round the equator!”
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