Central America

E2671

isthmus region subregion of the Americas

Central America is the narrow isthmus connecting North and South America, comprising seven countries and serving as a cultural and ecological bridge between the two continents.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Central America (parts)	1
Central America region	1
Central American	1
Costa del Este	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	isthmus ⓘ region ⓘ subregion of the Americas ⓘ
borderedBy	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
climateType	subtropical ⓘ tropical ⓘ
connects	North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
continentPartOf	North America ⓘ
culturalRegionOf	Latin America ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Volcán Tajumulco ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Belize City ⓘ Guatemala City ⓘ Managua ⓘ Panama City ⓘ San José ⓘ San Salvador ⓘ Tegucigalpa ⓘ
hasMajorEcosystem	coral reef ⓘ mangrove forest ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasMajorEthnicGroup	Afro-descendant populations ⓘ Mestizo ⓘ indigenous peoples ⓘ
hasMajorLake	Lake Managua ⓘ Lake Nicaragua ⓘ
hasMajorMountainRange	Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ
hasMajorWaterway	Panama Canal ⓘ
hasPart	Belize ⓘ Costa Rica ⓘ El Salvador ⓘ Guatemala ⓘ Honduras ⓘ Nicaragua ⓘ Panama ⓘ
hasUNSubregionCode	013 ⓘ
highestPointElevation	4220 meters ⓘ
languageMajority	Spanish ⓘ
languageSignificant	English ⓘ indigenous languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Western Hemisphere ⓘ tropics ⓘ
partOf	Mesoamerica ⓘ
religionMajority	Christianity ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religionSignificant	Protestantism ⓘ

Referenced by (342)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hispanic and Latino Americans → ancestralOrigin → Central America ⓘ

Big Stick diplomacy → appliedIn → Central America ⓘ

Institute of Inter-American Affairs → appliesToJurisdiction → Central America ⓘ

Meeting of Presidents of SICA → appliesToJurisdiction → Central America ⓘ

Protocol of Tegucigalpa → appliesToJurisdiction → Central America ⓘ

WHA → appliesToJurisdiction → Central America ⓘ

WMO regional associations → appliesToJurisdiction → Central America ⓘ

CRI → appliesToRegion → Central America ⓘ

class E – History of the Americas → appliesToRegion → Central America ⓘ

subject surface form: Class E – History of the Americas

HND → appliesToRegion → Central America ⓘ

Pre-Columbian era → appliesToRegion → Central America ⓘ

Pedro Arias Dávila → areaOfInfluence → Central America ⓘ

U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command → areaOfResponsibility → Central America ⓘ

Santa María → ashFall → Central America ⓘ

subject surface form: 1902 eruption of Santa María

Western Caribbean → borderedBy → Central America ⓘ

southern Mexico → borders → Central America ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Mexico

eastern North Pacific Ocean → borders → Central America ⓘ

Caribbean Sea → boundedBy → Central America ⓘ

Mexican diaspora → concentratedInRegion → Central America ⓘ

El Dorado International Airport → connectsTo → Central America ⓘ

LIM → connectsToContinent → Central America ⓘ

Spanish conquistadors → conqueredRegion → Central America ⓘ

Torrid Zone → contains → Central America ⓘ

Americas → containsSubregion → Central America ⓘ

CONCACAF Giants Cup → continent → Central America ⓘ

Central American Volcanic Arc → continent → Central America ⓘ

Copa Airlines → continent → Central America ⓘ

Copa Interamericana → continent → Central America ⓘ

Inter-American Committee against Terrorism → continent → Central America ⓘ

Inter-American Highway → continent → Central America ⓘ

Viceroyalty of New Spain → continent → Central America ⓘ

expedition to Honduras (1524–1526) → continent → Central America ⓘ

Bernal Díaz del Castillo → continentOfActivity → Central America ⓘ

Pedro Arias Dávila → continentOfActivity → Central America ⓘ

Ronald Cerritos → continentOfCitizenship → Central America ⓘ

Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities in Latin America → continentServed → Central America ⓘ

CIDI → continentServed → Central America ⓘ

Organization of American States → continentServed → Central America ⓘ

TACA Airlines → continentServed → Central America ⓘ

United Provinces of Central America → country → Central America ⓘ

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Managua → countryRegion → Central America ⓘ

NIC → countrySubdivision → Central America ⓘ

Stephen Kinzer → coveredTopic → Central America ⓘ

Belize dollar → currencyOfRegion → Central America ⓘ

Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent → describes → Central America ⓘ

Bufonidae → distribution → Central America ⓘ

Cathartidae → distribution → Central America ⓘ

Colinus → distribution → Central America ⓘ

Dactylortyx → distribution → Central America ⓘ

Mimidae → distribution → Central America ⓘ