Federal Republic of Central America

  • United Provinces of Central America
  • Provincias Unidas de Centroamérica

  • Federal Republic of Central America
  • República Federal de Centroamérica
1823–1841
Coat of arms (1824–1841) of Central America
Coat of arms
(1824–1841)
Anthem: La Granadera
"The Song of the Grenadier"
Location of Central America
Capital
Common languagesSpanish
Religion
Catholicism
Demonym(s)Central American
GovernmentRevolutionary republic
President 
• 1825–1829
Manuel José Arce (first)
• 1835–1839
Francisco Morazán (last)
Historical eraSpanish American wars of independence
• Independence from the Spanish Empire
15 September 1821
• Independence from the First Mexican Empire
1 July 1823
• Disestablished
February 1841
CurrencyCentral American real
Preceded by
Succeeded by
First Mexican Empire
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Los Altos
British Honduras
Guatemala or United States of Central America
Guatemala or United States of Central America; with the exception of the Kingdom of Mosquitia, which was a British Protectorate until 1860.
Federal Republic of Central America, 4 Escudos/Shields (1835). Struck in the San Jose, Costa Rica mint (697 were minted).[1]

The Federal Republic of Central America[2] (Spanish: República Federal de Centroamérica) was a sovereign state in Central America which existed from 1823 to 1841. Originally known as the United Provinces of Central America, the democratic republic was composed of the territories of the former Captaincy General of Guatemala of New Spain.

The Federal Republic of Central America consisted of the present-day countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, as well as parts of Belize. In the 1830s, a sixth state was added—Los Altos, with its capital in Quetzaltenango and territories that are now parts of Chiapas, Mexico (Soconusco) and the western highlands of Guatemala.

Shortly after Central America declared independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, some of its countries were annexed by the First Mexican Empire in 1822, before again becoming independent and forming the federal republic in 1823. The federation was unstable and quickly descended into a series of civil wars, first from 1826 to 1829 and again from 1838 to 1840, with conservatives fighting against liberals, and separatists fighting to secede. These factions were unable to overcome their ideological differences and the bloody conflicts ended in the federation's dissolution in 1841.[3]

  1. ^ Cuhaj, George S., ed. (2009). Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins 1601–Present (6 ed.). Krause. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-4402-0424-1.
  2. ^ Constitución de la República Federal de Centroamérica
  3. ^ Foster, Lynn V. (2000). A Brief History of Central America. New York: Facts on File. pp. 134–136. ISBN 0-8160-3962-3.

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