Central America
a geographical division, including the stretch of territory from the Isthmus of Panama to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, but by political arrangements the limits most generally assigned to it include the Republics of Guatemala, Honduras, San Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, with British Honduras. It thus has Mexico on the N. W., Colombia on the S. E., and the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea on either side. Its entire CENTRAL PARK length may be about 800 miles, with a breadth varying from between 20 and 30 to 350 miles. It is generally mountainous, contains a number of active volcanoes, and on the whole is a rich and fertile, but almost totally undeveloped region. The area is about 220,000 square miles; the pop., about 5,500,000.