Southern Cone
The term Southern Cone (Spanish: Cono Sur, Portuguese: Cone Sul) refers to a geographic region composed of the southernmost areas of South America, below the Tropic of Capricorn. Due to geographical affinities, natural, economic and social, the Southern Cone is usually understood as the region that includes all of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, the southern states of Brazil (and sometimes part of São Paulo state, because have several features in common: proximity, the high rate of industrialization and urbanization and the high GDP). In rare exceptions - just because geographical reasons - sometimes also includes Paraguay and southern Bolivia, although both have fundamentally different characteristics of other countries (such as standards of living, industrialization, ethnicity, etc.)
Major Cities
| City | Country | Population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 10,927,985 |
| Santiago | File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | 5,428,590 |
| Buenos Aires | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 2,995,397 |
| Curitiba[1] | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 1,828,092 |
| Montevideo | File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay | 1,668,335 |
| Porto Alegre | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 1,488,252 |
Southern Cone Media
Regions counted to the Southern Cone* regions included in all forms*
Köppen Climate Zone Classification map of Southern Cone.
Mate, as shown in the picture, is a typical beverage from the Southern Cone.
Southern Cone cultural map.
A history of Catholicism has left landmarks like the Churches of Chiloé (pictured) in the Southern Cone
Population density of the Southern Cone by first-level national administrative divisions. Population/km2
Major agglomerations of the Southern Cone
Ethnic map of Argentina and Uruguay.
Related pages
References
- ↑ Estimativas populacionais 2008Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). Retrieved 2008-09-01.
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