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South America ranks fourth among all continents in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America). [1] The border between North and South America is at some point in the Isthmus of Panama.
A historical sovereign state is a state that once existed, but has since been dissolved due to conflict, war, rebellion, annexation, or uprising. This page lists sovereign states, countries, nations, or empires that ceased to exist as political entities sometime after 1453, grouped geographically and by constitutional nature.
For convenience, all Former countries in South America should be included in this category. This includes all countries that can also be found in the subcategories.
British America (New Britain) Canada. Island of St. John; Rupert's Land (A private estate stretching from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains, and from the prairies to the Arctic Circle. [1]) Lower Canada. Province of Quebec; Upper Canada; Newfoundland Colony "Thirteen Colonies" (The United States of America) New England Colonies: Province of ...
1816–1830: United Provinces of South America (On 9 July 1816, the Congress of Tucumán issued the formal Declaration of Independence, the country became a republic) 1810–1816: United Provinces of South America (via the 1810 May Revolution; nominally a monarchic state in personal union with Spain, recognizing Ferdinand VII as king)
Flag Name Capital(s) Type Existed Region Today part of Kingdom of Bailundo: Kingdom: 1700–1904: Africa: Central: Angola Portuguese Angola: Luanda: Colony of Portugal
From 1815 to 1932, 65 million people left Europe (with many returning home), primarily to areas of European settlement in North and South America, [3] in addition to South Africa, Australia, [4] New Zealand, and Siberia. [5] These populations also multiplied rapidly in their new habitat; much more so than the populations of Africa and Asia.
Political evolution of Central America and the Caribbean 1700 to present. This is a timeline of the territorial evolution of the Caribbean and nearby areas of North, Central, and South America, listing each change to the internal and external borders of the various countries that make up the region.