Central America

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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

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.

CONCACAF League → participantFrom → Central America ⓘ
Stephen Kinzer → placeOfActivity → Central America ⓘ
Viceroy of New Spain → positionHeldIn → Central America ⓘ
Native American religions → practicedIn → Central America ⓘ
Ngäbe → primaryRegion → Central America ⓘ
Christopher Columbus → reached → Central America ⓘ
1986 San Salvador earthquake → region → Central America ⓘ
Afro-Belizeans → region → Central America ⓘ
America/El_Salvador → region → Central America ⓘ
Arawakan languages → region → Central America ⓘ
Atlacatl Battalion → region → Central America ⓘ
BLZ → region → Central America ⓘ
Belize → region → Central America ⓘ
CCL (former branding) → region → Central America ⓘ
CONCACAF Champions Cup → region → Central America ⓘ
CONCACAF Futsal Championship → region → Central America ⓘ
CONCACAF Gold Cup → region → Central America ⓘ
CONCACAF League → region → Central America ⓘ
CONCACAF Nations League → region → Central America ⓘ
CONCACAF U-17 Championship → region → Central America ⓘ
CONCACAF U-20 Championship → region → Central America ⓘ
CONCACAF W Gold Cup → region → Central America ⓘ
CONCACAF Women's Championship → region → Central America ⓘ
Central American Cup → region → Central America ⓘ
CAC → region → Central America ⓘ
subject surface form: Central American Cup
Chapultepec Peace Accords → region → Central America ⓘ
Costa Rican colón → region → Central America ⓘ
Council of Ministers of SICA → region → Central America ⓘ
Deportivo Walter Ferretti → region → Central America ⓘ
Estadio Cuscatlán → region → Central America ⓘ
Estadio Olímpico del IND → region → Central America ⓘ
F.C. Managua → region → Central America ⓘ
subject surface form: GANA
Garifuna → region → Central America ⓘ
Guatemala national football team → region → Central America ⓘ
Guatemalan quetzal → region → Central America ⓘ
Guaymí → region → Central America ⓘ
Gulf of Honduras → region → Central America ⓘ
Honduran lempira → region → Central America ⓘ
Kuna → region → Central America ⓘ
subject surface form: Kuna language
Lake Managua → region → Central America ⓘ
Mayan languages → region → Central America ⓘ
Metropolitan Cathedral → region → Central America ⓘ
subject surface form: Metropolitan Cathedral (Guatemala City)