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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South America - Twitter SearchRT @Sharolayn: Ayuden a la comunidad LGBT de Latino America. Denle RT y a sus seguidores We need #NOH8in South AmericaDruizor (Daniela Ruiz) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:07:35 -0000
RT @Sharolayn: Ayuden a la comunidad LGBT de Latino America. Denle RT y a sus seguidores We need #NOH8in South America
@CHEERography South America is in the lead :D. Pls RT We need #NOH8in South America We need #NOH8in South AmericaSharolayn (Sharolayn Jarque) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:04:43 -0000
@CHEERography South America is in the lead :D. Pls RT We need #NOH8in South America We need #NOH8in South America
#photographs Path surfaces from Europe, South America, and the US. http://tinyurl.com/y9hsjfybcxorg (bcxorg) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:04:31 -0000
#photographs Path surfaces from Europe, South America, and the US. http://tinyurl.com/y9hsjfy
RT @BlakeVE: I hope we visit Brazil, Australia, Spain, South America, Mexico, Indonesia and all of asia soon. Don't know when though!amarahartmann (Amara Hartmann) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:04:24 -0000
RT @BlakeVE: I hope we visit Brazil, Australia, Spain, South America, Mexico, Indonesia and all of asia soon. Don't know when though!
Ayuden a la comunidad LGBT de Latino America. Denle RT y a sus seguidores We need #NOH8in South America We need #NOH8in South AmericaSharolayn (Sharolayn Jarque) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:04:02 -0000
Ayuden a la comunidad LGBT de Latino America. Denle RT y a sus seguidores We need #NOH8in South America We need #NOH8in South America
RT @johngerzema Fifty faces that shaped the decade http://bit.ly/5JJIx6 by @financialtimes <- Lula da Silva the only one from South America.ferisella (Fer Isella) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:03:31 -0000
RT @johngerzema Fifty faces that shaped the decade http://bit.ly/5JJIx6 by @financialtimes <- Lula da Silva the only one from South America.
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