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major treatment
- In Central America: The United Provinces (1823–40)
Costa Rica
- In Costa Rica: Independence of Costa Rica
El Salvador
- In El Salvador: Independence
Guatemala
- In Guatemala: The postcolonial period
Honduras
- In Honduras: Early history
Latin American independence movements
- In history of Latin America: Mexico and Central America

Nicaragua

In Nicaragua: Independence

adapted flag design
- In flag of Nicaragua

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Central America - Historical Unions and Federations.	Grace Young	Dec 24, 2024
	Map added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Aug 21, 2023
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - History - Central American Federation.	Parul Jain	Nov 11, 2011
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998