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.

TACA Airlines → regionServed → Central America ⓘ
Torrijos–Tocumen Airport → regionServed → Central America ⓘ
U.S. Southern Command → responsibleFor → Central America ⓘ
Alaska Airlines → servesRegion → Central America ⓘ
Cubana de Aviación → servesRegion → Central America ⓘ
Great White Fleet → serviceArea → Central America ⓘ
The Wrath of God → setInRegion → Central America ⓘ
Pan-American Highway → spansRegion → Central America ⓘ
Belizean Creole → spokenIn → Central America ⓘ
Buglere language → spokenIn → Central America ⓘ
Central American Spanish → spokenIn → Central America ⓘ
Latin American Spanish → spokenIn → Central America ⓘ
Cocos Plate → subductsBeneath → Central America ⓘ
Altagracia → subregion → Central America ⓘ
America/Managua → subregion → Central America ⓘ
Central American Cup → subregion → Central America ⓘ
Guatemala → subregion → Central America ⓘ
Guatemala City → subregion → Central America ⓘ
Juigalpa → subregion → Central America ⓘ
Managua → subregion → Central America ⓘ
Masaya, Nicaragua → subregion → Central America ⓘ
SLV → subregion → Central America ⓘ
San José → subregion → Central America ⓘ
Wargandí → subregion → Central America ⓘ
7th Infantry Division (Light) → theater → Central America ⓘ
Atlantic hurricanes → threaten → Central America ⓘ
Mestizo → usedIn → Central America ⓘ
ET → usedInRegion → Central America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central America (parts)
La Frutera → usedInRegion → Central America ⓘ
Dumetella carolinensis → winteringRange → Central America ⓘ
Scissor-tailed flycatcher → winteringRange → Central America ⓘ
subject surface form: American robin
Hermit thrush → wintersIn → Central America ⓘ
Mountain bluebird → wintersIn → Central America ⓘ
Giovanni Battista Antonelli → workLocation → Central America ⓘ