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Latin America is a collective region of the Americas where Romance languages—languages derived from Latin—are predominantly spoken. 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.
- Spanish language in the Americas
Of the more than 498 million people who speak Spanish as...
- Spanish Language
Spanish ( español) or Castilian ( castellano) is a Romance...
- History
The term Latin America primarily refers to the Spanish- and...
- Spanish Colonization of The Americas
The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on...
- Spanish language in the Americas
Hispanic America also contrasts with Latin America, which includes not only Hispanic America, but also Brazil (the former Portuguese America) and the former French colonies in the Western Hemisphere (areas that are now in either the United States or Canada are usually excluded).
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Spanish and Portuguese are the most common languages in Latin America. Portuguese is the official language of Brazil , while Spanish is the official language of most other Latin America mainland countries, and of Cuba , Puerto Rico (along with English), and the Dominican Republic .
- 20,111,457 square kilometers (7,765,077 square miles)
- 31 per square kilometer (80 per square mile)
- 656,098,097 (2021 estimate)
- Latin American
