Location of Central America
Latitude: (shown as a horizontal line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point north or south of the Equator. Lines of latitude are often referred to as parallels.
Longitude: (shown as a vertical line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds, of a point east or west of the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian. Lines of longitude are often referred to as meridians.
Central America Latitude and Longitude examples: (see map)
| Belmopan, Belize: | 17掳 | 15' | N | / 88掳 | 46' | W |
| Guatemala City, Guatemala: | 14掳 | 36' | N | / 90掳 | 32' | W |
| Managua, Nicaragua: | 12掳 | 8' | N | / 86掳 | 15' | W |
| Panama City, Panama: | 8掳 | 58' | N | / 79掳 | 32' | W |
| San Jose, Costa Rica: | 9掳 | 55' | N | / 84掳 | 4' | W |
| San Salvador, El Salvador: | 13掳 | 41' | N | / 89掳 | 11' | W |
| Tegucigalpa, Honduras: | 14掳 | 4' | N | / 87掳 | 12' | W |
