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Central America is a region formed by 7 Hispanic countries and one Anglo-Saxon (Belize). This isthmus unites North America with South America. This made up of: Map of Central America Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. ...
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The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ...
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South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...
Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Central America has an absolute population of 41.081.300. in the 2006 and one 523.674 surface of km², with a 78,4 density of hab/km², although its population is not distributed the same. For example, Belize is greater than El Salvador by 1.924 km², but El Salvador has 30 times the population of Belize. Also it happens with Panama and Costa Rica, Costa Rica has more population than Panama, but Panama has more surface than Costa Rica. Next we presented/displayed the population and surface of each country with its respective density: | COUNTRY | Surface | Population | Density | | Guatemala | 108,889 | 13,500,000 | 124.0 | | Belize | 22,965 | 260,300 | 11.3 | | Honduras | 112,492 | 7,176,760 | 63.8 | | El Salvador | 21,041 | 7,361,360 | 250.0 | | Nicaragua | 131,670 | 5,371,830 | 40.8 | | Costa Rica | 51,100 | 4,057,150 | 79.4 | | Panama | 75,517 | 3,353,900 | 44.4 | | Total | 523,674 | 41,081,300 | 78.4 | The White Population
The white ethnic group has an approximated population of 7.762.251 hab. of where almost more than half one is in Costa Rica, thus occupying 19,0% of the Central American population. | COUNTRY | %local | Population | % Regional | | Guatemala | 5.0 | 675,000 | 11.7 | | Belize | 7.8 | 20,303 | 0.4 | | Honduras | 1.5 | 93,298 | 1.6 | | El Salvador | 9.0 | 736,140 | 7.5 | | Nicaragua | 17.0 | 913,211 | 15.8 | | Costa Rica | 80.0 | 3,651,435 | 62.3 | | Panama | 10.0 | 335,390 | 6,0 | The Mestizo Population The racially mixed population (amerindian and white mixture ) is formed by 25.410.209 hab., occupying therefore the 61,9% of the Central American population. The greater percentage have Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Costa Rica has a small reserve. | COUNTRY | %local | Population | % Regional | | Guatemala | 40.0 | 6,075,000 | 20.9 | | Belize | 48.7 | 113,490 | 0.4 | | Honduras | 49.0 | 6,451,907 | 25.7 | | El Salvador | 90.0 | 6,551,610 | 25.7 | | Nicaragua | 70.0 | 3,706,563 | 14.8 | | Costa Rica | 15.0 | 365,143 | 1.5 | | Panama | 60.0 | 2,146,496 | 8.5 | The Black and Mulatto Population The black and mulatto population (mixture of black and white) is little abundant, is more in Belize and Panama. In this one last one one occurred by the construction of an interoceanic channel that brought black of the Antilles. They form a ethnic minority of 1.461.580, obtaining therefore the 3,6% of the Central American population. | COUNTRY | %local | Population | % Regional | | Guatemala | 2.0 | | | | Belize | 27.7 | | | | Honduras | 5.0 | | | | El Salvador | 0.2 | | | | Nicaragua | 9.0 | | | | Costa Rica | 1.0 | | | | Panama | 20.0 | | | The Amerindian Population This is one of most important, since it is formed by the native towns of America. The greater reserves have Guatemala, and are small minorities in the rest. It has a population of 7.580.674 occupying therefore the 18,5% of the region. | COUNTRY | %local | Population | % Regional | | Guatemala | 55.0 | | | | Belize | 10.0 | | | | Honduras | 4.0 | | | | El Salvador | 1.0 | | | | Nicaragua | 4.0 | | | | Costa Rica | 0.5 | | | | Panama | 8.0 | | | References - "Central America". The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. 2001-6. New York: Columbia University Press.
- "Central America". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
- "Central America". MSN Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2006.
- American Heritage Dictionaries, Central America.
- WordNet Princeton University: Central America
- "Central America". The Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online. 2006. New York: Columbia University Press.
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