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Which countries make up Central America?

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Map of Central America showing country borders, capital cities, major lakes, and the Panama Canal, with shaded relief indicating elevation changes across the region.
Central America

Central America is a geographic region of the Americas that comprises seven sovereign nations. These countries are:1

While these seven republics define the region politically, some geologists and physical geographers extend the northern boundary of the region to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico.1