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___ Countries of the Americas and the Caribbean

Area: North America (Canada, USA): 20 000,000 km2 (7 700,000 mi2);
Central America and the Caribbean: 20 720 000 km2 (8 000,000 mi2);
South America: 17 900,000 km2 (6 900,000 mi2)

Population: 929 million
North America: 344 million (Canada and USA); Central America and the Caribbean (incl. Mexico): 195 million; South America: 391 million.

Highest Point: Aconcagua, 6959 m (22,831 ft), Mendoza, Argentina.

Largest Lake: Lake Superior, surface area 82,000 km2 (32,000 mi2), larger than Panama.

Longest River: Rio Amazonas (Amazon), 6 296 km (3 912 mi), South America.

Languages of the Americas: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, various native Indian languages, French patois, and Creole.

Maps
Map of Central America and the Caribbean
Reference Map of Central America and the Caribbean. 
Political Map of North America
Reference Map of North America.
Relief Map of North America
Physical Map of North America.
Map of South America
Reference map of South America.
Map of the United States
Map of continental USA.
Maps of the U.S. States
Index of Reference Maps of the 50 U.S. States.

Flags
Flags of the Americas and the Caribbean
Flags of the 50 U.S. States

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States and Territories of the Americas and the Caribbean

Caribbean

   
  Country
Population
   Capital City
AIA Anguilla 13 000   The Valley
ATG Antigua and Barbuda 100,000   Saint John's
ABW Aruba 103 000   Oranjestad
BHS Bahamas 300,000   Nassau
BRB Barbados 300,000   Bridgetown
BMU Bermuda 65 000   Hamilton
VGB British Virgin Islands 22 000   Road Town
CYM Cayman Islands 38 000   George Town
CUB Cuba 11,200,000   Havana
DMA Dominica 100,000   Roseau
DOM Dominican Republic 9,900,000   Santo Domingo
GRD Grenada 100,000   Saint George's
GLP Guadeloupe 400,000   Basse-Terre
HTI Haiti 9,800,000   Port-au-Prince
JAM Jamaica 2,700,000   Kingston
MTQ Martinique 400,000   Fort-de-France
M Montserrat 5 000   Plymouth
ANT Netherlands Antilles 220 000   Willemstad
PRI Puerto Rico 3 900,000   San Juan
KNA Saint Kitts and Nevis 100,000   Basseterre
LCA Saint Lucia 200,000   Castries
VCT Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100,000   Kingstown
TTO Trinidad and Tobago 1,300,000   Port-of-Spain
VIR US Virgin Islands 93 000   Charlotte Amalie
 

Central America

   
  Country Population   Capital City
BLZ Belize 300,000   Belmopan
CRI Costa Rica 4,600,000   San José
SLV El Salvador 6,200,000   San Salvador
GTM Guatemala 14,400,000   Guatemala (City)
HND Honduras 7,600,000   Tegucigalpa
NIC Nicaragua 6,000,000   Managua
PAN Panama 3,500,000   Panama (City)
 

South America

   
  Country Population   Capital City - Largest City
ARG Argentina 40,500,000   Buenos Aires
BOL Bolivia 10,400,000   La Paz, Sucre
BRA Brazil 193,300,000   Brasilia - São Paulo
CHL Chile 17,100,000   Santiago
COL Colombia 45,500,000   Bogotá D.C.
ECU Ecuador 14,200,000   Quito
GUF French Guiana 200,000   Cayenne
GUY Guyana 800,000   Georgetown
PRY Paraguay 6,500,000   Asunción
PER Peru 29,500,000   Lima
SUR Suriname 500,000   Paramaribo
URY Uruguay 3,400,000   Montevideo
VEN Venezuela 28,800,000   Caracas
 

North America

   
  Country Population   Capital City - Largest City
CAN Canada 34,100,000   Ottawa - Toronto
MEX Mexico 110,600,000   Mexico (City)
USA United States 309,600,000   Washington - New York
Source: Population Reference Bureau -- World Population Data Sheet 2010


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