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Mexico has been added to orthographic projection of Central America along with changes to the lead

Orthographic projection of Central America without Mexico colored.
The 7 commonly included countries
Mexico included (per the UN's definition)

Because Mexico's inclusion in Central America is disputed, the map of Central America should reflect that. With the help of fellow Wikipedian M.Bitton, a map of Central America that includes Mexico (colored in a lighter shade of green than the other countries to show it's disputed) was made and I added it to this article. I also changed information in the lead to include Mexico, but I did add {{efn}} notes to all information that I changed to include what the information is without Mexico's inclusion. Please let me know if anyone disputes these changes. Treetoes023 (talk) 16:42, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree Mexico should at least be highlighted because the U.N. holds it as being in Central America so I'm on board. LostKlaus (talk) 01:04, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support As per LostKlaus. Vic Park (talk) 17:40, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In case you need a map that is closer in, I have uploaded File:América Central ubicación 2.svg.

Hogweard (talk) 15:58, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification of definition or potential conflicting views of region

To me it seems to be some unresolved conflicts between the Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America Wikipedia page. The Central America page states that "Central America is located between North and South America [...]." While the North America page states "The region includes Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, Greenland, Mexico, and the United States." Eoramas (talk) 09:27, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment They represent two different views. The article North America is believed to be mainly written by users from Canada and the United States, they use the 7-continent model which treats North America and South America as two separate continents, and Central America is just a continental subregion of North America. The article Central America is believed to be mainly written by users from Mexico and Central America, they use the 6-continent model which treats the Americas as a single continent, North America and Central America are two separate continental subregions of the Americas.

7-continent model VS 6-continent model

7-continent model: North America (continent) = Northern America (Canada, Greenland, and the United States) + Middle America (Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean)

6-continent model: North America (subregion) = Northern America (Canada, Greenland, and the United States) + Mexico

As you can see, even though both models use the same word "North America", the extents of this region aren't the same. 2001:8003:9100:2C01:F8DC:DAAB:16E7:43DE (talk) 01:49, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Trade route

Was Central America ever a serious traderoute before the Panama Canal was built? --95.24.74.137 (talk) 08:50, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Central America

Central America is not a sub-region of North America, it is an independent region: North America, Central America & South America. 2803:7000:6000:E4A:7122:B354:90C3:7D27 (talk) 21:21, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Central America isnt bound by the Gulf of Mexico to the North as referenced since Mexico is North America.

mistake identified 72.143.225.220 (talk) 19:29, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]