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  2. South America - Wikipedia

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    South America has an area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890,000 sq mi). Its population as of 2021 has been estimated at more than 434 million. [1] [2] South America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America). Brazil is by far the most populous South ...

  3. Geography of South America - Wikipedia

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    The geography of South America contains many diverse regions and climates. Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the landmass of the Americas, south and east of the Colombia–Panama border by most authorities, or south and east of the Panama Canal by some.

  4. Americas - Wikipedia

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    019 – Americas 001 – World. 1990s CIA political map of the Americas in Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection. The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, [5] [6] [7] are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. [8] [9] [10] The Americas make up most of the land in Earth 's Western Hemisphere and comprise the ...

  5. Patagonia - Wikipedia

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    Patagonia ( Spanish pronunciation: [pataˈɣonja]) is a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers in the west and deserts, tablelands, and steppes to the east.

  6. Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Latin America [c] is a collective region of the Americas where Romance languages —languages derived from Latin —are predominantly spoken. [4] The term was coined in France in the mid-19th century to refer to regions in the Americas that were ruled by the Spanish, Portuguese, and French empires.

  7. Uruguay - Wikipedia

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    Topographical map of Uruguay. With 176,214 km 2 (68,037 sq mi) of continental land and 142,199 km 2 (54,903 sq mi) of jurisdictional water and small river islands, Uruguay is the second smallest sovereign nation in South America (after Suriname) and the third smallest territory (French Guiana is the smallest).

  8. Peru - Wikipedia

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    Peru is located on the central western coast of South America facing the Pacific Ocean. It lies wholly in the Southern Hemisphere, its northernmost extreme reaching to 1.8 minutes of latitude or about 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) south of the equator, covers 1,285,216 km 2 (496,225 sq mi) of western South America.

  9. History of South America - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary political map of South America. The history of South America is the study of the past, particularly the written record, oral histories, and traditions, passed down from generation to generation on the continent of South America. The continent continues to be home to indigenous peoples, some of whom built high civilizations prior to ...

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