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As of 2024, there are 57 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English is an official language. Many administrative divisions have declared English an official language at the local or regional level. Most states where English is an official language are former territories of the British Empire.
English: Falkland Islands Spanish: Islas Malvinas: Stanley English: Stanley: 3,398 [17] 12,173 km 2 (4,700 sq mi) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands [n 5] SGS British overseas territory: English: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: King Edward Point English: King Edward Point: No permanent population [n 6] 3,903 km 2 (1,507 ...
The South American continent also includes various islands, most of which belong to countries on the continent. The Caribbean territories are grouped with North America. The South American nations that border the Caribbean Sea — Colombia and Venezuela —are also known as the Caribbean South America .
Brazil is the largest country in South America, covering a little less than half of the continent's land area and encompassing around half of the continent's population. [26] The remaining countries and territories are divided among four subregions: the Andean states, Caribbean South America, The Guianas, and the Southern Cone. [27]
Countries by average annual precipitation. ... Per the World Bank (2017) [1] [2] Country mm/ year) Continent 1 Colombia: 3,240: South America: 2
Map of Central America. The water in rivers in Central America flows to either the Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean. The Río Coco, locally known as the Wanks, runs along the border with Honduras and is the longest river flowing totally within Central America. The second longest river in Central America is the Patuca River. [7] [8]
The border between North America and South America is at some point on the Darién Mountains watershed that divides along the Colombia–Panama border where the isthmus meets the South American continent (see Darién Gap). Virtually all atlases list Panama as a state falling entirely within North America and/or Central America. [116] [117]
Universalis Cosmographia, Waldseemüller's 1507 world map—the first to show the Americas separate from Asia. In 1507 Martin Waldseemüller published a world map, Universalis Cosmographia, which was the first to show North and South America as separate from Asia and surrounded by water. A small inset map above the main map explicitly showed ...