Land, climate, resources.
Panama occupies the narrow, S-shaped Isthmus of Panama, the strip of land connecting Central and South America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west and Colombia to the east. The country is relatively small, covering about 75,400 square kilometers, and is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the […]
Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America by area, covering roughly 130,000 square kilometers between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Its territory divides into three distinct natural regions: a volcanic Pacific lowland in the west, a rugged interior of central highlands, and an extensive, sparsely populated Caribbean lowland in the east historically […]
Mexico occupies the southern portion of North America, stretching roughly 2,000 miles from its border with the United States to its southeastern frontier with Guatemala and Belize. Bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and by the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to the east, the country covers nearly 2 […]
Honduras lies in the heart of Central America, bordered by Guatemala and El Salvador to the west and Nicaragua to the south and east, with the Caribbean Sea along its northern coast and a short stretch of Pacific coastline on the Gulf of Fonseca in the south. Covering about 112,780 square kilometers (43,540 square miles), […]
Jamaica lies in the Caribbean Sea about 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of Cuba and 190 kilometers (118 miles) west of Haiti, and is the third-largest island in the Greater Antilles after Cuba and Hispaniola. The island covers approximately 10,990 square kilometers (4,244 square miles) and stretches about 235 kilometers (146 miles) from east to […]
