Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. Some geographers classify Central America as a large isthmus, and in this geographic sense it sometimes includes the portion of Mexico east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, namely the Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo. However, Central America is much more commonly understood to correspond with the nations between Mexico and Colombia.
In this most common definition, Central America consists of the countries of:
Central America thus has an area of about 540,000 km² (208,500 square miles), and a width between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea ranging from about 560 km to about 50 km (350 miles to about 30 miles).
Additionally, there was a nation of Central America in the early 19th century, consisting of the present day nations of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica (and a portion of the modern Mexican state of Chiapas). This was sometimes known as the United Provinces of Central America or the United States of Central America.
The related term Mesoamerica (occasionally also called "Middle America") is used in English mostly restricted to referring to the Pre-ColumbianNative American cultures of this region, which extended north into central Mexico.
The Central Banks of the Signatory States shall co-operate closely in order to prevent any currency speculation that might affect the rates of exchange and to maintain the convertibility of the currencies of the respective countries on a basis which, in normal conditions, shall guarantee the freedom, uniformity and stability of exchange.
The CentralAmerican Economic Council, composed of the Ministers of Economic Affairs of the several Contracting Parties, is hereby established for the purpose of integrating the CentralAmerican economies and Co-ordinating the economic policy of the Contracting States.
The CentralAmerican Economic Council shall be the organ responsible for facilitating implementation of the resolutions on economic integration adopted by the CentralAmerican Economic Co-operation Committee.
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas.
Physiographically, Central America is a narrow isthmus of southern North America extending from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico southeastward to the Isthmus of Panama where it connects to the Colombian Pacific Lowlands in northwestern South America.
The largest CentralAmerican cities [according to the lastest census figures available] are: a)cities only: Guatemala City (0,9 million), Managua (0,9 million), Tegucigalpa (0,7 million), San Salvador (0,5 million, Panama City (0,4 million), San Pedro Sula (0,4 million), San Jose (0,3 million) and San Miguel (in El Salvador, with 0,18 million).
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