Republic of Central America 928982 223309219 2008-07-03T14:27:25Z 77.88.179.98 {{Infobox Former Country |native_name = ''República Mayor de Centroamérica'' |conventional_long_name = Greater Republic of Central America |common_name = Central America |continent = North America |region = Central America |status = Federation |event_start = |year_start = 1896 |date_start = |year_end = 1898 |date_end = November 21 |event_end = |p1 = El Salvador |flag_p1 = Flag of El Salvador.svg |p2 = Honduras |flag_p2 = Flag of Honduras.svg |p3 = Nicaragua |flag_p3 = Flag of Nicaragua.svg |s1 = El Salvador |flag_s1 = Flag of El Salvador.svg |s2 = Honduras |flag_s2 = Flag of Honduras.svg |s3 = Nicaragua |flag_s3 = Flag of Nicaragua.svg |image_flag = Zentralamerikanische Großrepublik 1898.svg |image_coat = Coat of arms of the Greater Republic of Central America (1898).png |image_map = Locatie Republica Mayor de Centro America.png |capital = Amapala |government_type = Republic |common_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] }} The '''Greater Republic of Central America''' was an attempt to unite the [[Central America]]n countries of [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], and [[El Salvador]] into a single state, lasting from 1896 to 1898. It came about as a result of the [[Pact of Amapala]] signed on [[20 June]] 1895 and it came in the aftermath of the failed [[Federal Republic of Central America]] earlier in the century. Although [[Guatemala]] and [[Costa Rica]] considered joining the republic, neither country joined. The republic, which was rechristened the '''United States of Central America''' when its constitution went into effect in 1898, intended to locate its capital city at the Honduran town of [[Amapala]] on the [[Gulf of Fonseca]]. However, the union did not survive a seizure of power in El Salvador by General Tomás Regalado in 1898. == See also == *[[History of Central America]] [[Category:Central America]] [[el:Μεγάλη Δημοκρατία της Κεντρικής Αμερικής]] [[es:República de América Central]] [[nl:Republiek van Centraal-Amerika]] [[pl:Republika Środkowoamerykańska]] [[tl:Republika ng Gitnang Amerika]]