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Spanish and English are the predominant languages, but indigenous languages are known to many people because of their ancestry.
Map of Central America
List of Central American Countries
Central America is a subcontinent that has 20 countries, from a total of 37 countries that are part of the American continent.
Antigua and Barbuda
- Capital: Saint John's
- Territorial extension: 440 km²
- English language
- Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar
Bahamas
- Capital: Nassau
- Territorial extension: 13,880 km²
- English language
- Currency: Bahamian Dollar
Barbados
- Capital: Bridgetown
- Territorial extension: 430 km²
- English language
- Currency: Barbados Dollar
Belize
- Capital: Belmopan
- Territorial extension: 22,970 km²
- English language
- Currency: Belize Dollar
Costa Rica
- Capital: São José
- Territorial extension: 51,100 km²
- Spanish language
- Currency: Costa Rican Colon
Cuba
- Capital: Havana
- Territorial extension: 109,890 km²
- Spanish language
- Currency: Cuban Peso
Dominica
- Capital: Roseau
- Territorial extension: 750 km²
- English language
- Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar
El Salvador
- Capital: São Salvador
- Territorial extension: 21,040 km²
- Spanish language
- Currency: US Dollar and Colon
Grenade
- Capital: Saint George's
- Territorial extension: 340 km²
- English language
- Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar
Guatemala
- Capital: Guatemala City
- Territorial extension: 108,890 km²
- Spanish language
- Currency: Quetzal
Haiti
- Capital: Port-au-Prince
- Territorial extension: 27,750 km²
- Language: French and Creole
- Currency: Gourde
Honduras
- Capital: Tegucigalpa
- Territorial extension: 112,490 km²
- Spanish language
- Currency: Lempira
Jamaica
- Capital: Kingston
- Territorial extension: 10,990 km²
- English language
- Currency: Jamaican Dollar
Nicaragua
- Capital: Managua
- Territorial extension: 130,370 km²
- Spanish language
- Currency: Cordoba
Panama
- Capital: Panama City
- Territorial extension: 75,420 km²
- Spanish language
- Currency: Balboa
Dominican Republic
- Capital: São Domingo
- Territorial extension: 48,670 km²
- Spanish language
- Currency: Peso
Saint Lucia
- Capital: Castries
- Territorial extension: 620 km²
- English language
- Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Capital: Basseterre
- Territorial extension: 260 km²
- English language
- Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Capital: Kingstown
- Territorial extension: 390 km²
- English language
- Currency: Jamaican Dollar
Trinidad and Tobago
- Capital: Port of Spain
- Territorial extension: 5,130 km²
- English language
- Currency: Trinidad and Tobago Dollar
MCCA countries
The MCCA - Central American Common Market was created in 1960 with the objective of creating a common market for the region. From this block, the intention is to constitute the Central American Union, along the same lines as the European Union.
The following nations are founding and current member countries of the MCCA:
Nicaragua
- Government: Presidential Republic
- Independence: September 15, 1821
- Approximate population: 6,080,000
- GDP: US$ 11.26 billion
Guatemala
- Government: Presidential Republic
- Independence: September 15, 1821
- Approximate population: 15,470,000
- GDP: US$ 53.8 billion
El Salvador
- Government: Presidential Republic
- Independence: September 15, 1821
- Approximate population: 6,340,000
- GDP: US$24.26 billion
Honduras
- Government: Presidential Republic
- Independence: September 15, 1821
- Approximate population: 8,098,000
- GDP: US$ 18.55 billion
Costa Rica
- Government: Presidential Republic
- Independence: September 15, 1821
- Approximate population: 4,872,000
- GDP: US$49.62 billion
Read too:
- Central America
- South American countries
- North American countries
- countries of america
