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San Miguel de Allende  is a city and  municipality  located in the far eastern part of the state of  Guanajuato  in central  Mexico . It is part of the macroregion  of  Bajío . [1]  It is 274 km from  Mexico City  and 97 km from the state capital of  Guanajuato . [2]  Historically, the town is important as being the birthplace of  Ignacio Allende , whose surname was added to the town’s name in 1826, as well as the first municipality declared independent of Spanish rule by the nascent insurgent army during the Mexican War of Independence . However, the town waned during and after the war, and at the beginning of the 20th century was in danger of becoming a  ghost town . Its Baroque / Neoclassical  colonial structures were "discovered" by foreign artists who moved in and began art and cultural institutes such as the Instituto Allende  and the  Escuela de Bellas Artes . This gave t...

Cancún  ( Spanish pronunciation:  [kaŋˈkun] ) is a city in southeastern  Mexico , located on the northeast coast of the  Yucatán Peninsula  in the Mexican state of  Quintana Roo . It is a major world-renowned tourist destination, [2]  as well as being the seat of the municipality of  Benito Juárez . The city is located on the  Caribbean Sea , and is one of the easternmost points in Mexico. Cancún is located just north of Mexico's Caribbean coast resort band known as the  Riviera Maya . As documented in the earliest colonial sources, the island of Cancún was originally known to its  Maya inhabitants  as Nizuc ( Yucatec Maya  [ niʔ suʔuk ]) meaning either "promontory" or "point of grass". [5]  In the years after the Conquest, much of the population died off or left as a result of disease, warfare, piracy, and famines, leaving only small settlements on Isla Mujeres and Cozumel Island. [ citation needed ] The nam...

Belize City Belize Belize City  is the  largest city  in the Central American country of  Belize  and was once the  capital  of the former  British Honduras . The population of Belize City is 67,964, with neighboring suburbs adding up to about 80,000. [3]  It is located at the mouth of the  Belize River  on the coast of the  Caribbean . The city is the country's principal port and its financial and industrial hub. Several cruise ships drop anchor outside the port and are tended by local citizens. The city was almost entirely destroyed in 1961 when  Hurricane Hattie  swept ashore on 31 October. It was the capital of British Honduras (as Belize was then named) until the government was moved to the new capital of  Belmopan  in 1970. [4]

Guatemala City  (in full,  La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción ; locally known as  Guatemala  or  Guate ), is the  capital  and largest city of the  Republic of Guatemala , and the most populous in  Central America . The city is located in the south-central area of the country and has a large number of green areas. In 2009, it had a formal population of 1,075,000, but the metropolitan population is believed to be at least 2.3 million. [1]  Guatemala City is also the capital city of the local Municipio de Guatemala, and  Guatemala Department . The city is located at  14°38′N   90°33′W , in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita in the south central part of the country Guatemala. Within the confines of modern Guatemala City is the ancient Maya city of  Kaminaljuyu . Kaminaljuyu was first occupied between 1200 and 1000 BC and the city continued to be inhabited for about 2000 years before it was abandoned in...

San Miguel  is the third most populous  city  in  El Salvador  after  Santa Ana . It is located 138 km east of the capital,  San Salvador . It is also the capital of  the department of San Miguel  and a municipality. The population of the city in (2007) was 218,410 habitants. After the foundation of the Villa de, the Spaniards sent Captain  Luis de Moscoso east of the  Lempa River  with the entrust of the establishment of a new Spanish village. Such event took place on May 8, 1530, being the name given to the new village  San Miguel de la Frontera  (San Miguel of the Frontier). By 1586 the village had obtained the title of  city . The native language is Spanish. The city has been an important center of the agriculture, textile and chemical industries of  El Salvador . However, in the last decade the services sector, specially health care and commerce, have increased considerably, resulting in s...

San Pedro Sula  ( Spanish pronunciation:  [sam ˈpeðɾo sula] ) is a city in  Honduras . The city is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula (Sula Valley), about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of  Puerto Cortés  on the  Caribbean Sea . With an estimated population of 873,824 people in the main municipality, and 1,245,598 in its metro area (2010), it is the second largest city, after the capital Tegucigalpa . It is the capital of the  Cortés Department . As of 2013 San Pedro Sula has the highest murder rate on Earth. To know more about this country, read the book below.

Managua  ( Spanish pronunciation:  [maˈnaɣwa] ) is the  capital  city of  Nicaragua  as well as the  department  and  municipality  by the same name. It is the largest city in Nicaragua in terms of population and geographic size. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán or  Lake Managua , the city was declared the national capital in 1852. [3]  Prior to its inception as the capital city, the title had alternated between the cities of  León  and Granada . The city has a metropolitan population of about 2,200,000, composed predominantly of  mestizos . Managua is the second most populous city in Central America, after  Guatemala City .

San Jose  ("Saint Joseph",  Spanish :  San José ,  pronounced:  [saŋ xoˈse] ) is the capital of  Costa Rica , head of the province of San José, and the nation's largest city. Located in the  Central Valley , San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this  Central American  nation. The population of  San José Canton  is 288,054, [3]  though the metropolitan area  stretches beyond the canton limits and comprises a third of the country's population. Culturally, the city can be considered almost entirely European influenced, in part because of Spanish immigration soon after Costa Rica's discovery by Christopher Columbus, and the privileged classes which generally studied in Europe during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. This can be seen in the architecture of the city, namely theatres, museums and houses in th...

Panama  city  (Spanish:  ciudad de Panamá ) is the  capital  and largest city of the Republic of  Panama . [3] [4]  It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, [5]  and is located at the Pacific entrance of the  Panama Canal , in the province  of Panama. The city is the political and administrative center of the country, as well as a hub for international banking and commerce. [6]  It is considered a  "beta-" world city , one of three Central American cities listed in this category. [7] The city of Panama has an average  GDP   per capita  of $15,300. [8]  It has a dense skyline of mostly high-rise buildings, and it is surrounded by a large belt of  tropical rainforest . Panama's  Tocumen International Airport , the largest and  busiest airport in Central America , offers daily flights to major international destinations. Panama was chosen as the 2003...