Amazwi amnandi malunga neMbindi yaseMerika
I-Central America ingaphezulu nje kwendawo ezele imithi, imifula kunye namachibi apho ukuhamba kungabakhombisi. Inembali yokufikelela, abantu bayo baneenkcubeko ezinemibala kwaye amahlathi afihla zonke iintlobo zobutyebi. Ukwenza ube ngummandla onomdla kakhulu ukufunda.
Nazi i-17 Iinkcukacha malunga ne-Central America:
- Kukho amazwe asixhenxe e-Central Central : eBelize, eGuatemala, eHonduras, eNicaragua, e-El Salvador, eCosta Rica nasePanama. Inani labantu baseCentral America li malunga nama-41,739,000.
- Abantu abathathu be-Central America babemi baseYurophu abaxubekileyo (ikakhulukazi iSpeyin kodwa kukho impembelelo ethile yaseBrithani) kunye nelifa leMeya, elibizwa ngokuba yiMestizos. Enye yesihlanu isakhiwa yinzala yobukumkani bamandulo kunye neentlanga ezazihlala apha ngaphambi kokutshatyalaliswa.
- Akukho ndawo kwiCentral America ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezingama-200 ukusuka elwandle .
- Ngamanye amaxesha igama leCentral America lisetyenziswa ngokuchanekileyo ngeMesoamerica okanye eMelika yaseMelika , edla ngokuquka i-West Indies neMexico. Nangona kunjalo, kunye nokudideka, igama eliphakathi kweMbindi yaseMelika linokusetyenziswa rhoqo ukubhekisela kumazwe aphakathi aseUnited States.
- Kukho iipropati ezili-16 ze- UNESCO zeMveli eNtshona Koloni, kunye neendawo ezimele kuwo wonke amazwe aseMntla yaseMelika . Ezi ziza ziquka iziqithi, iindawo zokubhubha zamandulo , izixeko zaseSpain, iipaki kunye neeninzi, njenge- Antigua Guatemala , i-Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, iCocos Island National Park eCosta Rica, kunye neJoya de Ceren Archaeological Site e-El Salvador.
- I-Central Central i-isthmus . Kanye kunye nelizwi andinakuze ndipake okokuqala, i-isthmus ngumhlaba womhlaba odibanisa ezimbini ezinkulu zomhlaba, kunye nezidumbu zamanzi kumacala amabini. Kwimeko yeCentral America, idibanisa iNyakatho neMzantsi Melika, kwaye iphelelwe ngummandla wePacific kunye nolwandle lwaseAtlantiki. I-Panama Canal , eyakhiwe phakathi kuka-1904 no-1914, yindlela yokuphela kwamanzi okudibanisa iilwandle ezimbini.
- Nangona iCentral America ibhuloho yomhlaba phakathi kweNyakatho neMzantsi Melika , ngokwenene inxalenye yeNtshona Melika.
- Amazwe aseMntla eMerika akwiintetho ekuphunyezweni imali eqhelekileyo yaseMiddle American . Okwangoku, i-Belize, iGuatemala, iHonduras, iNicaragua kunye neCosta Rica zonke ziprintela iifrenti zayo, ngoxa i-United States Dollar iyimali esemthethweni e- El Salvador nasePanama (kwaye yamkelwa kwamanye amazwe amahlanu).
- I-Central America yenza ezininzi zeModiamerican hotspot , ikhaya eliya kuma-7 ekhulwini kwi-biodiversity. I-Panama kunye neCosta Rica ziqhayisa kakhulu i-biowealth; I-Belize neGuatemala ziyabini, ngamazwe aphakathi azincoma kakhulu (nangona kunjalo ekhangayo, kwiimeko zehlabathi!).
- Nangona imbali yaseMntla yaseMerika, idlulileyo kunye nangoko kutshanje, ixhatshazwe yimfazwe, akukho mfazwe ngamazwe okanye yangaphakathi kwimfazwe eMbindi yaseMelika ngoku.
- Inqanawa yasePan-American ihamba phakathi kwamazwe aseMntla yaseMelika kodwa iBelize. Iphule iikhilomitha ezili-54 kwindawo ebizwa ngokuba nguDarién Gap - indawo yodwa umgwaqo omkhulu uphula eMelika.
- I-Central America iyindawo engummangaliso-mlilo , inyaniso eye yachaphazela yonke into esuka eCentral America yokutya (esekelwe kwiziphi izityalo ezikhula kumhlaba onothileyo wentshonalanga) kwiindawo zokuhlala zommandla. Iintaba-mlilo zaseMiddle American ziye zaphazamisa amaxesha amaninzi kwimbali, zibulala nantoni na kubantu abaninzi ukuya kwiwaka. Uninzi lweemibhobho zisasebenza.
- Abantetho-nantlanu be-Central America babantu bamaRoma Katolika. Uninzi lwentsile yiProtestanti, nangona inani labantu liqhuba iMeya kunye nezinye iinkolo zomthonyama, ngamanye amaxesha ngokufanayo neRoma yamaRoma.
- I-Belize ingamaekhilomitha-skwele angama-1195 (iikhilomitha ezingama-1924) ezinkulu kune-El Salvador, kodwa i-El Salvador inabantu abangamashumi amathathu.
- UChristopher Columbus waqala ukubeka unyawo kwilizwe laseMerika ePuerto Castilla, kufuphi neTrujillo, eHonduras. Ekuhambeni kwexesha, waphinde wahlola i-Atlantiki yamanzi eNicaragua, eCosta Rica nasePanama.
- Kukho iilwimi ezinobungozi kwiMbindi yaseMelika, edlalwa ngabantu basekuhlaleni. Ngokomzekelo, abantu abayi-20 kuphela abahamba kakuhle ngolwimi lwase-El Salvadorean Pipil, oluvela kwisiNahuatl. Ngabantu abambalwa nje baxhamle ulwimi lwaseHonduran Lenca.
- Umculo wasePunta ovela kwiindawo zaseNxweme zaseCaribbean zaseBelize, eGuatemala naseHonduras ngabantu baseGarifuna abahlala kule mimandla.
I-Article ehlelwe ngu: Marina K. Villatoro