{{short description|Academic institute}} {{Expand Spanish|date=June 2021}} 180px|thumb|right|Logo of the Pan American Institute of Geography and History 150px|thumb|right|Headquarters in Mexico City The '''Pan American Institute of Geography and History''' ('''PAIGH''', {{langx|es|Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia}} - IPGH) is an international organisation dedicated to the generation and transference of knowledge specialized in the fields of cartography, geography, history and geophysics.
The institute was created on February 7, 1928, during a conference held in Havana. The city that was established to be the host was Mexico City. The Institute signed an agreement with the Organization of American States and became a specialized organization of the OAS; in 1974 this agreement was modified and signed.
== Member states == The PAIAGH has 20 member states:
{{columns-list|colwidth=35em| *{{Flag2|Argentina}} *{{Flag2|Belize}} *{{Flag2|Bolivia}} *{{Flag2|Brazil}} *{{Flag2|Chile}} *{{Flag2|Colombia}} *{{Flag2|Costa Rica}} *{{Flag2|Ecuador}} *{{Flag2|El Salvador}} *{{Flag2|Guatemala}} *{{Flag2|Haiti}} *{{Flag2|Honduras}} *{{Flag2|Mexico}} *{{Flag2|Nicaragua}} *{{Flag2|Panama}} *{{Flag2|Paraguay}} *{{Flag2|Peru}} *{{Flag2|Dominican Republic}} *{{Flag2|Uruguay}} *{{Flag2|Venezuela}} }}
=== Former member states === *{{Flag2|United States}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-08 |title=These are the 66 global organizations the Trump administration is leaving |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-global-organizations-un-daaa4c9f459d7a492536a1a4e3b7697c |access-date=2026-01-19 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
==Publications== PAIGH publishes the following academic journals: ;Biannual publications: *''Revista Cartográfica'' *''Revista Geográfica'' *''Revista de Historia de América'' *''Revista Geofísica'' ;Annual publications: * ''Boletín de Antropología Americana'' * ''Revista de Arqueología Americana y Folklore Americano''
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==External links== {{Commons category}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060702040551/http://www.ipgh.org/english/ Pan American Institute of Geography and History]
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Category:Organization of American States Category:Geography organizations Category:History organizations based in Mexico Category:Cartography organizations Category:Geophysics organizations Category:International geographic data and information organizations