<Tr> <Td> Coat of arms of the United Provinces of Central America in 1823 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Central America, 1892 </Td> </Tr> <P> In 1823, the nation of Central America was formed . It was intended to be a federal republic modeled after the United States of America . It was provisionally known as "The United Provinces of Central America," while the final name according to the Constitution of 1824 was "The Federal Republic of Central America ." It is sometimes incorrectly referred in English as "The United States of Central America ." The Central American nation consisted of the states of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica . In the 1830s, an additional state was added, Los Altos, with its capital in Quetzaltenango, occupying parts of what is now the western highlands of Guatemala and part of Chiapas (now part of Mexico), but this state was reincorporated into Guatemala and Mexico respectively in 1840 . </P> <P> Central American liberals had high hopes for the federal republic, which they believed would evolve into a modern, democratic nation, enriched by trade crossing through it between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans . These aspirations are reflected in the emblems of the federal republic: The flag shows a white band between two blue stripes, representing the land between two oceans . The coat of arms shows five mountains (one for each state) between two oceans, surmounted by a Phrygian cap, the emblem of the French Revolution . </P>

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