# The five republics of Central America Author: Munro, Dana Gardner, 1892-1990 Genre: Category: History - American Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76272 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+five+republics+of+Central+America+Munro&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica, the five Republics of Central America, occupy a narrow strip of land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, extending East and South from Mexico to the Isthmus of Panama. Although their combined area is smaller than that of the state of California,[1] they comprise many regions of strikingly different climatic conditions, for the mountains which occupy the greater part of their territory cause variations in the distribution of rainfall, and also provide plateaus and high valleys where the tropical heat is less intense because of the altitude. Along the shore of the Caribbean Sea there is a broad strip of country but little above... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-republics-of-central-america-76272/chapters/7/index.md)