South America is a continent situated in the western hemisphere and, mostly, the southern hemisphere, bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest.

As part of the Americas like North America, South America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a New World unknown to Europeans.

South America has an area of 17,840,000 km² (6,890,000 sq mi), or almost 3.5% of the Earth's surface. As of 2005, its population was estimated at more than 371,000,000. South America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America).

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Un 10 en Geografia,excelente! RT @selenagomez Thank You Panama for an amazing welcome to South America, what a great crowd #WOTNSOUTHAMERICA
julioeffio (Julio A. Effio) Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:52:05 -0000
Un 10 en Geografia,excelente! RT @selenagomez Thank You Panama for an amazing welcome to South America, what a great crowd #WOTNSOUTHAMERICA
I get so annoyed when people are dumb. Panama is not in South America...get a map. And while you're doing that get a clue too.
meaghanm_o (Meaghan Olsen) Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:51:55 -0000
I get so annoyed when people are dumb. Panama is not in South America...get a map. And while you're doing that get a clue too.
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