Central America
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Central America (Spanish: América Central, pronounced [aˈmeɾika senˈtɾal] (listen) or Centroamérica pronounced [sentɾoaˈmeɾika] (listen)) is the central geographic region of the continent known as the Americas. It goes from Mexico in the north-west, to Panama in the south-east.
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Area | 523,780 km2 (202,233 sq mi)[1] |
Population | 43,308,660 (2013 est.) |
Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Countries | 7 |
Demonym | Central American, North American |
GDP | $107.7 billion (exchange rate) (2006) $ 226.3 billion (purchasing power parity) (2006). |
GDP per capita | $2,541 (exchange rate) (2006) $5,339 (purchasing power parity) (2006). |
Languages | Spanish, English, Mayan languages, Garifuna, Kriol, European languages, and many others |
Time Zones | UTC - 6:00, UTC - 5:00 |
Most Populated Cities | Guatemala City Tegucigalpa Managua Panama City San Pedro Sula San Salvador City Questzaltenango San Miguelito San José Choloma Quetzaltenango Santa Ana San Miguel La Ceiba |
Central America has an area of 524,000 square kilometers (202,000 sq mi). It is almost 0.1% of the Earth's surface. This is a list of the countries in Central America, from the largest to the smallest:
- Nicaragua (130,372 km2)
- Honduras (112,090 km2)
- Guatemala (108,890 km2)
- Panama (78,200 km2)
- Costa Rica (51,100 km2)
- Belize (22,966 km2)
- El Salvador (21,040 km2)
While Nicaragua is the largest country in area, of Central America, Guatemala has the largest population by country in Central America, with more than 14 million people and they also have the most populated city in Central America, being Guatemala City.
Six of the seven countries have Spanish as their official language, with Belize being the non-Spanish speaking country, as their official language is English, although there are now at least 195,597 (62.8%) of people in Belize who speak Spanish.[2]
Some people also speak indigenous or creole languages like the Maya languages.
Central America has a density of 77 people per square kilometer.