Federal Republic of Central America
The Federal Republic of Central America was known as the United Provinces of Central America in its first year of creation. It was an independent nation in Central America. It was made up of the former territories of the Mexican Empire. It existed from September 1821 to 1841. It was a republican democracy.
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| Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Catholicism | ||||||||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Central American | ||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Revolutionary republic | ||||||||||||||||||
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• 1825–1828 | Manuel José Arce (first) | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1829, 1830–1834, 1835–1839 | Francisco Morazán (last) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Spanish American wars of independence | ||||||||||||||||||
• Independence from the Spanish Empire | 15 September 1821 | ||||||||||||||||||
• | 1 July 1823 | ||||||||||||||||||
• | February 1841 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Central American real | ||||||||||||||||||
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The republic was made up of the present-day countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica (Panama was part of the Republica de Colombia in 1821). Los Altos was added to the republic in the 1830s. Its capital was Quetzaltenango. Although the nation was independent of Spain, it had been annexed by the First Mexican Empire.
Federal Republic Of Central America Media
La Granadera. Marcha militar de Guatemala
Firma del Acta de Independencia by Luis Vergara Ahumada (20th century)
A drawing of José Cecilio del Valle
A painting of Manuel José Arce
A depiction of the 1827 Battle of La Trinidad on the Honduran 5 lempira bill
A painting of Francisco Morazán
Painting of Rafael Carrera
Political organization of the Central American federal government
An 1840 map of the federal republic by cartographer Heinrich Berghaus
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