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'''Central America''' is a central geographic region of the [[Americas]], which you can hitchhike all the way through.
=== Countries ===
* [[ImageFile:Flag of Belize.png|20px]] [[Belize]]* [[ImageFile:Flag of Costa Rica.png|20px]] [[Costa Rica]]* [[ImageFile:Flag of El Salvador.png|20px]] [[El Salvador]]* [[ImageFile:Flag of Guatemala.png|20px]] [[Guatemala]]* [[ImageFile:Flag of Honduras.png|20px]] [[Honduras]]* [[ImageFile:Flag of Nicaragua.png|20px]] [[Nicaragua]]* [[ImageFile:Flag of Panama.png|20px]] [[Panama]]
=== Usage ===
'''Central America''' may mean different things to different people in the world according to the context:
* In English, Central America is considered a region of the [[North America|North American]] n continent. Geopolitically, it usually comprises seven countries – Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. [[Mexico]], in whole or in part, is occasionally included. Some geographers include the {{wiki|Political_divisions_of_Mexico|five states}} of [[Campeche]], [[Chiapas]], [[Tabasco]], [[Quintana Roo]], and [[Yucatán]], together representing 12.1% of the country's total area.
* In {{wiki|Latin America|Latin America}}, {{wiki|Iberian Peninsula|Iberia}}, and some other parts of [[Europe]], the Americas are considered to be a single continent, and '''Central America''' is considered a region of this continent. In {{wiki|Ibero-America|Ibero-America}}, the region is defined as seven nations – Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama – and may occasionally include Mexico's southernmost region. Geopolitically, Mexico is not considered part of the region.
* The {{wiki|United Nations geoscheme|UN geoscheme}} defines the region as all states of North America south of the [[United States]]; conversely, the [[European Union]] excludes Belize and Mexico from its definition of the region.
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