Index of Central America–related articles

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This is an index of Central America-related articles. This index defines Central America as the seven nations of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central America</span> Subregion of the Americas

Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Central America is usually defined as consisting of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Within Central America is the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from northern Guatemala to central Panama. Due to the presence of several active geologic faults and the Central America Volcanic Arc, there is a high amount of seismic activity in the region, such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, which has resulted in death, injury, and property damage.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of Central America</span>

Central America is commonly said to include Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. This definition matches modern political borders. Central America begins geographically in Mexico, at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico's narrowest point, and the former country of Yucatán (1841–1848) was part of Central America. At the other end, before its independence in 1903 Panama was part of South America, as it was a Department of Colombia. At times Belize, a British colony until 1981, where English instead of Spanish is spoken, and where the population is primarily of African origin, has been considered not part of (Spanish-speaking) Central America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists</span> Sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

The Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which oversees the Church's work in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Northern South America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central American Spanish</span> Spanish dialect family

Central American Spanish is the general name of the Spanish language dialects spoken in Central America. More precisely, the term refers to the Spanish language as spoken in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Panamanian Spanish is considered a variety of Caribbean Spanish, it is transitional between Central American and Caribbean dialects.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ethnic groups in Central America</span>

Central America is a subregion of the Americas formed by six Latin American countries and one (officially) Anglo-American country, Belize. As an isthmus it connects South America with the remainder of mainland North America, and comprises the following countries : Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

The Central America bioregion is a biogeographic region comprising southern Mexico and Central America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Outline of Guatemala</span> Overview of and topical guide to Guatemala

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Guatemala:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Outline of Honduras</span> Overview of and topical guide to Honduras

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Honduras:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Index of Costa Rica–related articles</span>

The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Republic of Costa Rica.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Index of El Salvador–related articles</span>

The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Republic of El Salvador.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Index of Guatemala-related articles</span>

The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Republic of Guatemala.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Index of Panama-related articles</span>

The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Republic of Panamá.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Index of Honduras-related articles</span>

The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Republic of Honduras.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central American Games</span> Central American multi-sport event

The Central American Games are a multi-sport regional championships event, held quadrennial, typically in the first year after Summer Olympics. The Games are open for member federations of the Central American Sports Organization ORDECA in Central American countries.

The 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Preliminary round was a preliminary round contested by some CONCACAF teams that determined the qualified teams to the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. Six teams were drawn into 3 matchups that were contested in a two-legged tie. The first leg of each of the preliminary round matchups was played on March 21, 2010, and the second leg was played on March 27–28. Costa Rica did not participate in the first part, being the strongest team, they got an automatic spot into an extra playoff series against the best losing team of the two-legged series. Nicaragua, having the best result, played against Costa Rica. All 7 Central American associations took part of the qualifying process.

The western Caribbean zone is a region consisting of the Caribbean coasts of Central America and Colombia, from the Yucatán Peninsula in southern Mexico to the Caribbean region in northern Colombia, and the islands west of Jamaica are also included. The zone emerged in the late sixteenth century as the Spanish failed to completely conquer many sections of the coast, and northern European powers supported opposition to Spain, sometimes through alliances with local powers.

The Men's Association football competition at the 2001 Central American Games took place from 22 November to 2 December at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City. This was the seventh Football edition since 1973.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 in Central America</span>

The following lists events that happened during 2020 in Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.