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 Central America 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:
 GUATEMALA
BELIZE
HONDURAS
EL
SALVADOR
NICARAGUA
COSTA RICA
PANAMA
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).
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