United Provinces of Central America

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former federal republic historical state political federation

The United Provinces of Central America was a short-lived early 19th-century federation of several Central American states that emerged after independence from Spanish colonial rule.

Aliases (4)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former federal republic → historical state → political federation →
alsoKnownAs	Provincias Unidas del Centro de América → United Provinces of Central America and Mexico →
capital	Guatemala City →
continent	North America →
country	Central America →
currency	Spanish real →
dissolvedToForm	Federal Republic of Central America →
endTime	1824 →
establishedFrom	Spanish Empire →
executiveBranch	federal executive →
flagUsed	blue-white-blue horizontal triband →
followedBy	Federal Republic of Central America →
governmentForm	federal republic →
hadBorderWith	Gran Colombia → Mexico →
historicalEra	19th century → postcolonial period →
independenceFrom	Spain →
inspiredBy	Argentine flag →
judicialBranch	federal judiciary →
legislativeBody	federal congress →
locatedInTimeZone	UTC−06:00 →
memberState	Costa Rica → El Salvador NERFINISHED → Guatemala NERFINISHED → Honduras NERFINISHED → Nicaragua NERFINISHED →
officialLanguage	Spanish →
originatedFrom	Act of Independence of Central America →
partOf	Central American independence movement → history of Central America →
politicalStatus	sovereign state →
precededBy	Captaincy General of Guatemala →
reasonForDissolution	political instability → regional conflicts → tensions between liberals and conservatives →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
startTime	1823 →
successorState	Republic of Costa Rica → Republic of El Salvador → Republic of Guatemala → Republic of Honduras → Republic of Nicaragua →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Central American independence movement ("Federal Republic of Central America") → United Provinces of Central America ("Federal Republic of Central America") → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata →	followedBy
United Provinces of Central America ("Provincias Unidas del Centro de América") → United Provinces of Central America ("United Provinces of Central America and Mexico") →	alsoKnownAs
Guatemala Captaincy General ("Federal Republic of Central America") → Viceroyalty of New Spain ("Central American United Provinces") →	successor
United Provinces of Central America ("Federal Republic of Central America") →	dissolvedToForm