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1 day ago · This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area. The entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories .
18 hours ago · The member states of the United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states. The United Nations (UN) is the world's largest intergovernmental organization. All members have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. [3] The Charter of the United Nations defines the rules for admission of member states.
Jul 30, 2024 · The North American continent, composed of 23 countries, spans approximately 24.71 million square kilometers and is home to nearly 600 million people. Indigenous groups have lived on this land for around 14,000 years, with history dramatically changed by the arrival of European colonists in the 15th century.
18 hours ago · There are 35 sovereign states in the Americas, as well as an autonomous country of Denmark, three overseas departments of France, three overseas collectivities of France, [77] and one uninhabited territory of France, eight overseas territories of the United Kingdom, three constituent countries of the Netherlands, three public bodies of the ...
Jul 30, 2024 · The Americas can be roughly divided into two major cultural regions: Latin America, which includes North America south of the Rio Grande, the islands of the West Indies, and all of South America; and Anglo-America, which includes Canada and the United States.
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Jul 18, 2024 · Latin America spans two continents, North America (including Central America and the Caribbean) and South America. Latin America includes 19 sovereign nations and one dependent territory, Puerto Rico. Most people in the region speak Spanish or Portuguese.
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2 days ago · South America is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the northwest and north, the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast, east, and southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. In the northwest it is joined to North America by the Isthmus of Panama, a land bridge narrowing to about 50 miles (80 km) at one point.
