> Aside from the question of whether Mexico belongs in Central America or
not, I'm
> curious to learn why you said what you said below, Stephen.
Because Central America isn't a continent. The seven continents are:
North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia
Antartica
North America is defined as:
third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), 24,346,000 sq km, the
northern of
the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. North America includes all of
the mainland
and related offshore islands lying N of the Isthmus of Panama (which
connects it with South
America).
> To me Central America is much more than a geographic reference, it's a
reality. I'd say that
> North America is comprised of only 2 countries (maybe 3 after all, ok,
I'll accept to go that far
> due to NAFTA). Everything between NA and SA linking these two continents
would be
> Central America. SA would evidently start with Colombia.
All I was saying was that Central America is not a continent.
Stephen
