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Western Hemisphere



BoundaryLines

InordertoavoiddividingsomecountriesinEuropeandAfricaintotheeasternandwesternhemispheres,itiscustomarytodividethewestlongitude20°westandeastlongitude160°east(20°W——160°E)ThehalfoftheearthiscalledtheWesternHemisphere.ThewesternhemispherehasallofSouthAmerica,themainpartofNorthAmerica,asmallpartofnortheasternAsia,asmallpartofthewestofAfrica,asmallpartofthewestofEurope,asmallpartoftheeastofOceania,andapartofthewestofAntarctica.TherearemainlyNorthAmericaandSouthAmerica.

Proportionoflandandsea

Thelandofthewesternhemisphereaccountsfor19.1%;theoceanaccountsfor80.9%

Countrydivision

Overviewofdivision

TherearethreemethodsforthedivisionofSouthAmericaandNorthAmericaintheWesternHemisphere:

Specificdivision

1)TakingthePanamaCanalasthedividingline,itisdividedintoSouthAmericaandNorthAmerica.

2)Takingthelanguagefamilyasthedividingline,dividetheUnitedStatesanditsnortherncountriesintoNorthAmerica,anddividetheUnitedStatessouth

intoLatinAmerica(becauseoftheMostresidentsspeakLatinlanguages).

3)Basedonthesparsenessofthecountry,theMexicoandthecountriesnorthofitaredividedintoNorthAmerica,thecountriessouthofMexicoandthecountriesnorthofColombia(includingtheWestIndies)aredividedintoCentralAmerica,DivideColombiaandthecountriessouthofitintoSouthAmerica.

Majorcountries

SouthAmerica:Colombia,Venezuela,Guyana,Suriname,Ecuador,Peru,Brazil,Bolivia,Chile,Paraguay,Uruguay,Argentina12independentcountriesandFrenchGuiana,MalvinasIslands(FalklandIslands)2regions.

NorthAmerica:Bahamas,Belize,UnitedStates,Barbados,Canada,CostaRica,Cuba,ElSalvador,Grenada,Guatemala,Honduras,Haiti,Jamaica,SaintLucia,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama,Dominica,DominicaNick,SaintVincentandtheGrenadines,TrinidadandTobago,AntiguaandBarbuda,SaintKittsandNevis,PuertoRico,NetherlandsAntilles.Largestcity:NewYork,thelargestcityinthesouthernhemisphere:SaoPaulo

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