| [Visitor (116.162.*.*)]answers [Chinese ] | Time :2023-02-26 |  Latin America refers to the region of the Americas south of the United States, that is, the continent between 32°42′ north latitude and 56°54′ south latitude, including Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America.
Latin America is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west, with a total length of more than 11,000 kilometers from north to south. The widest point from east to west is more than 5,100 kilometers, and the narrowest point is only 48 kilometers wide from the isthmus of Panama. To the north are the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. The area is 20.567 million square kilometers. The population in 2008 was 577 million. Mainly Indo-European mestizos and mulattoes, followed by blacks, Indians and whites.
In terms of the languages of the inhabitants, Spanish is dominant (Portuguese in Brazil, French in Haiti), and since the region belongs to the Latin language family (Romance language family), many countries south of the United States are called Latin American countries, and this region is called Latin America.
There are 33 countries and territories in Latin America: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Haiti, Dominica, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Dominican Federation, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay , Belize, Antigua and Barbuda. There are also twenty colonies still under American, British, French and Dutch rule.
alias
Latin America, Latin America
Region
Americas
Sub-jurisdictional regions
South America, parts of North America
geographical location
32°42′N and 56°54′S
area
19.197 million square kilometers
population
588 million people
Climatic conditions
The vicinity of the equator is hot and rainy
Major ethnic groups
Indo-European, mulatto
Major religions
catholic
Number of countries
Thirty-four or so
Major countries
Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina
language
Spanish, Portuguese |
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