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Which Countries Are Located In Central America and How Many People Live In Central America?

June 22, 2020 by Karen Hill

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama are located in Central America.

About 37 million people live in those seven countries south of Mexico.

Belize has the second-longest coral barrier reef in the world, after Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

El Salvador, like much of Central America, lies in a geologically active region.

El Salvador, which means “Republic of the Savior” in Spanish, is the smallest and also the most densely populated country in Central America.

It borders the Pacific Ocean between Guatemala and Honduras.

Its capital, San Salvador, has been laid to ruin at least 10 times in the past 400 years by earthquakes.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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