SOUTH

AMERICA

BY,
VARNA
SOUTH AMERICA

The southern continent of America.

It is 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.
Area: 1,78,40,000 km2 (68,90,000 sq mi)

Population: 38,57,42,554

Pop. Density: 21.4 per km2 (56.0 per sq mi)

Ranks 4th in area (after ASIA, AFRICA & NORTH AMERICA).

Ranks 5th in population (after ASIA, AFRICA, EUROPE &

NORTH AMERICA).
South America is home to:

• The world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls in

Venezuela.

The largest river (by volume), the Amazon River.

The driest place on earth, the Atacama Desert.

The largest rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest.

The highest capital city, La Paz, Bolivia.

The highest commercially navigable lake in the

world, Lake Titicaca.
COUNTRIES IN SOUTH
AMERICA
1. ARGENTINA

OFFICIAL NAME: Argentine Republic

CAPITAL: Buenos Aires

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Federal presidential

republic
2.BOLIVIA

OFFICIAL NAME: Plurinational State of Bolivia

CAPITAL: La Paz & Sucre

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara.

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Republic

3. BRAZIL

OFFICIAL NAME: Federative Republic of Brazil

CAPITAL: Brasília.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Portuguese

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Federative Republic of

Brazil
4. CHILE

OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Chile

CAPITAL: Santiago

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Republic

5. COLOMBIA

OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Colombia

CAPITAL: Bogotá

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Presidential republic

6. ECUADOR

OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Ecuador

CAPITAL: Quito

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Presidential republic

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7. FALKLAND ISLANDS

OFFICIAL NAME: Falkland Islands

CAPITAL: Stanley

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Territory of the United

Kingdom
8. FRENCH GUIANA

OFFICIAL NAME: French Republic (Guyane)

CAPITAL: Cayenne

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: French

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Presidential republic.

9. GUYANA

OFFICIAL NAME: Co-operative Republic of Guyana

CAPITAL: Georgetown

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Semi-presidential

republic
10. PARAGUAY

OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Paraguay

CAPITAL: Asunción

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish, Guaraní

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional

presidential republic
11. PERU

OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Peru

CAPITAL: Lima

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish, Quechua

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Presidential republic

12. SURINAME

OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Suriname

CAPITAL: Paramaribo

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Dutch

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional democracy

13. URUGUAY

OFFICIAL NAME: Oriental Republic of Uruguay

CAPITAL: Montevideo

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional republic

14. VENEZUELA

OFFICIAL NAME: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

CAPITAL: Caracas

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Federal presidential

republic
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