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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RT @OMGFacts: Some parts of the Atacama Desert in South America have gone without rain for 400 years. #omgfacts
bieberbaby (Amber Bieber ) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:51:27 -0000
RT @OMGFacts: Some parts of the Atacama Desert in South America have gone without rain for 400 years. #omgfacts
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RT @sulzberger RT @TechCrunch: Is Globant South America's Next IPO? http://is.gd/5qkO4 by @sarahcuda
javiernanni (Javier Nanni) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:44:18 -0000
RT @sulzberger RT @TechCrunch: Is Globant South America's Next IPO? http://is.gd/5qkO4 by @sarahcuda
According to my south america travel book, its perfectly acceptable to hitchhike in argentina...I think I'll pass...
durangodawg13 (durangodawg13) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:44:15 -0000
According to my south america travel book, its perfectly acceptable to hitchhike in argentina...I think I'll pass...
RT @agustindl: RT: @sulzberger @TechCrunch: Is Globant South America's Next IPO? http://is.gd/5qkO4 by @sarahcuda
eordano (Esteban Ordano) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:43:57 -0000
RT @agustindl: RT: @sulzberger @TechCrunch: Is Globant South America's Next IPO? http://is.gd/5qkO4 by @sarahcuda
RT @OMGFacts: Some parts of the Atacama Desert in South America have gone without rain for 400 years. #omgfacts
SaraBananaHead (Sara Cline) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:43:15 -0000
RT @OMGFacts: Some parts of the Atacama Desert in South America have gone without rain for 400 years. #omgfacts

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