North America
North America is a large continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres of Earth. It is to the east of the Pacific Ocean, the west of the Atlantic Ocean, the south of the Arctic Ocean, and it is the northern part of the Americas. The southernmost part is Central America. It is the third largest continent in the world after Asia and Africa. North America has a population of around 528 million and is the 4th most populous continent in the world.
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| Area | Around 24.71 million km2 |
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| Population | 528,720,588 (2008) |
| Population density | 21.4/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal) | $20.3 trillion (201moo3) |
| GDP (PPP) | $20.9 trillion (2013) |
| Demonym | North American |
| Countries | 25 countries[a] |
| Dependencies | 22 dependencies |
| Languages | List of languages |
| Time zones | UTC−10 to UTC |
| Internet TLD | North American TLD |
| Largest cities | List of urban areas |
North America has three subregions which are the Caribbean, Central America, and North America. Depending on how it is used, "North America" can be used to mean as the continent as a whole to include all 23 countries or as a subregion to mean Canada, Mexico, and the United States only.[1]
Hundreds of millions of years ago, North America was part of a larger ancient supercontinent named Laurasia. A few million years ago, a new land bridge arose and connected North America to South America. Beringia connected North America to Siberia a few times during ice ages in the past 20,000 years. North America has many warm tropical islands such as the Bahamas. North America is currently north of South America.
Countries
| Flag | Official name(s) | Area (km2 or sq mi) | Population | Density (pop. km2) | Capital | Official language(s) |
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Alaska | 1,707,000 km2 (659,000 sq mi) | 733,475 | 0.3 | Juneau | English |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 442 km2 (171 sq mi) | 101,489 | 622 | St John | English |
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Bahamas Commonwealth of the Bahamas |
13,880 km2 (5,360 sq mi) | 358,508 | 24 | Nassau | English |
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Barbados Republic of Barbados |
430 km2 (170 sq mi) | 303,431 | 755 | Bridgetown | English |
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Belize | 22,966 km2 (8,867 sq mi) | 419,137 | 16 | Belmopan | English |
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Canada[b] | 8,338,000 km2 (3,219,000 sq mi) | 38,486,736 | 5 | Ottawa | English French |
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Costa Rica Republic of Costa Rica |
51,100 km2 (19,700 sq mi) | 5,256,612 | 112 | San Jose | Spanish |
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Cuba Republic of Cuba |
110,860 km2 (42,800 sq mi) | 10,985,974 | 95 | Havana | Spanish |
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Dominica Commonwhealth of Dominica |
751 km2 (290 sq mi) | 74,656 | 96 | Roseau | English |
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Dominican Republic | 48,670 km2 (18,790 sq mi) | 10,790,744 | 188 | Santo Domingo | Spanish |
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El Salvador Republic of El Salvador |
21,041 km2 (8,124 sq mi) | 6,670,304 | 330 | San Salvador | Spanish |
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Greenland | 2,166,086 km2 (836,330 sq mi) | 57,777 | 0,02 | Nuuk | Greenlandic |
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Grenada | 344 km2 (133 sq mi) | 114,700 | 477 | St George | English |
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Guatemala Republic of Guatemala |
108,889 km2 (42,042 sq mi) | 17,980,803 | 133 | Guatemala City | Spanish |
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Haiti Republic of Haiti |
27,750 km2 (10,710 sq mi) | 11,270,161 | 77 | Port-au Prince | French |
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Honduras Republic of Honduras |
112,052 km2 (43,264 sq mi) | 9,571,352 | 92 | Tegucigalpa | Spanish |
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Iceland Republic of Iceland |
45,500 km2 (17,600 sq mi) | 133,000 | 3 | Reykjavik | Icelandic |
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Jamaica Republic of Jamaica |
10,991 km2 (4,244 sq mi) | 2,830,932 | 232 | Kingston | English |
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Mexico United Mexican States |
1,964,375 km2 (758,449 sq mi) | 129,875,729 | 87 | Mexico City | Spanish |
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Nicaragua Republic of Nicaragua |
130,370 km2 (50,340 sq mi) | 6,359,689 | 221 | Managua | Spanish |
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Nunavut | 1,646,670 km2 (635,780 sq mi) | 36,000 | 0.04 | Iqaluit | English Inuktitut French |
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Panama Republic of Panama |
75,420 km2 (29,120 sq mi) | 4,404,108 | 66 | Panama City | Spanish |
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Russia Russian Federation |
1,622,000 km2 (626,000 sq mi) | 654,000 | 0.4 | No official capital of North American part | Russian |
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Saba | 13 km2 (5.0 sq mi) | 1,945 | 122 | The Bottom | Dutch English |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis |
261 km2 (101 sq mi) | 54,817 | 313 | Basseterre | English |
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Saint Lucia | 606 km2 (234 sq mi) | 167,591 | 586 | Castries | English |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 388 km2 (150 sq mi) | 100,814 | 722 | Kingstown | English |
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Sint Eustatius | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) | 4,404 | 44 | Oranjestad (Sint Eustatius) | Dutch English |
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Sint Maarten | 34 km2 (13 sq mi) | 45,677 | 1221 | Phillipsburg | Dutch English |
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United States[c] United States of America |
8,109,517 km2 (3,131,102 sq mi) | 338,946,000 | 15 | Washington D.C | English Spanish |
North America Media
A map of North America's physical, political, and population characteristics as of 2018
A 1621 map of North America
General map of North America in 1908 from The Harmsworth atlas and Gazetter
A 2005 NASA satellite image of North America
North America's landforms and land cover depicted in a 2021 map
The Sonoran Desert in Arizona
The principal water divisions in Canada, the United States, and Mexico
A geologic map of North America published by the U.S. Geographical Survey
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References
- ↑ "Central America | Map, Facts, Countries, & Capitals | Britannica". Archived from the original on 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2022-06-04.