Federal Republic of Central America
Former country in Central America (1823–1839/1841)
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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| Anthem: La Granadera "The Song of the Grenadier" | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Independence from the First Mexican Empire | 1 July 1823 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 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.
