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Luas | 42.549.000 km 2 (16.428.000 mi 2 ) |
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Populasi | 1.002.000.000 (Perkiraan 2016) [ 1 ] |
Demonim | , [ 2 ] New Worlder, [ 3 ] and Pan-American [ 4 ] are used (see usage ) |
Negara | 35 |
Bahasa |
Spanyol
Inggris Portugis Prancis Quechua Kreol Haiti Guaraní Aymara Nahuatl Belanda dan lain-lain |
Zona waktu | UTC-10 to UTC |
Kota terbesar |

Amerika adalah salah satu benua di dunia yang merujuk kepada wilayah daratan di antara Samudra Pasifik dan Samudra Atlantik . Amerika adalah benua terbesar kedua di dunia setelah Asia . Luas wilayahnya ± 42.292.000 km². Benua ini umumnya dibagi menjadi 3 yaitu Amerika Utara , Amerika Tengah , dan Amerika Selatan . Istilah ini juga merujuk kepada wilayah Karibia , pulau-pulau sekitar Laut Karibia , dan Greenland (tetapi tidak dengan Islandia ). Wilayah Amerika Tengah merupakan daratan sempit memanjang yang menghubungkan antara Amerika Utara dan Amerika Selatan . Secara astronomis, Benua Amerika terletak antara 83° LU - 55° LS dan 170° BB - 35° BB. Secara geografis letak Benua Amerika sebelah Barat berbatasan dengan Samudra Pasifik dan Laut Bering , sebelah timur berbatasan dengan Samudra Atlantik dan Laut Karibia , sebelah utara berbatasan dengan , dan sebelah selatan berbatasan dengan Laut Kutub Selatan . Nama Amerika diambil dari nama pertama orang Eropa yang menjelajahi benua ini yaitu " Amerigo Vespucci ."
Negara dan Teritori
Negara/teritori |
(km²) [ 5 ] |
[ note 1 ] |
Pop.
(per km²) |
Bahasa (bahasa resmi di cetak tebal ) | Ibu kota |
PDB
(
GDP
(Nominal))
USD pada tahun 2014 [ 1 ] [ 6 ] |
PDB
(
PPP
)
USD pada tahun 2014 [ 1 ] [ 7 ] |
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91 | 13.452 | 164,8 | English | The Valley | 175.400.000 | |
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442 | 86.295 | 199,1 | Kreol , [ 8 ] English | Saint John's | 1.605.000.000 | |
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2.766.890 | 42.669.500 | 14,3 | Spanyol | Buenos Aires | 540.197.000.000 | 947.573.000.000 |
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180 | 101.484 | 594,4 | Papiamentu , Spanyol, [ 9 ] Dutch | Oranjestad | 2.516.000.000 | |
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13.943 | 351.461 | 24,5 | Kreol , [ 10 ] English | Nassau | 11.240.000.000 | |
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430 | 285.000 | 595,3 | Bajan , [ 11 ] English | Bridgetown | 7.169.000.000 | |
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22.966 | 349.728 | 13,4 | Spanyol , Kreol, English [ 12 ] | Belmopan | 3.048.000.000 | |
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54 | 64.237 | 1.203,7 | English | Hamilton | 5.600.000.000 | |
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1.098.580 | 10.027.254 | 8,4 | Spanyol dan 36 bahasa asli | La Paz and Sucre [ 13 ] | 34.176.000.000 | 69.963.000.000 |
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294 | 12.093 | 41,1 | Papiamentu , Spanyol, Belanda [ 14 ] | Kralendijk | ||
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8.514.877 | 203.106.000 | 23,6 | Portugis | Brasília | 2.346.118.000.000 | 3.263.866.000.000 |
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151 | 29.537 | 152,3 | English | Road Town | 500.000.000 | |
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9.984.670 | 35.427.524 | 3,4 | English , Prancis | Ottawa | 1.786.655.000.000 | 1.566.925.000.000 |
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264 | 55.456 | 212,1 | English | George Town | 2.250.000.000 | |
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756.950 | 17.773.000 | 22 | Soanyol | Santiago | 258.062.000.000 | 396.923.000.000 |
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[ 16 ] | 6[ 17 ] | 00,0 | Tidak berpenghuni | — | 0 | |
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1.138.910 | 47.757.000 | 40 | Spanyol | Bogotá | 377.740.000.000 | 638.357.000.000 |
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51.100 | 4.667.096 | 89,6 | Spanyol | San José | 49.553.000.000 | 70.974.000.000 |
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109.886 | 11.167.325 | 102,0 | Spanyol | Havana | 77.150.000.000 | 234.193.000.000 |
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444 | 150.563 | 317,1 | Papiamentu , Belanda [ 14 ] | Willemstad | 2.838.000.000 | |
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751 | 71.293 | 89,2 | Patoi Prancis , English [ 18 ] | Roseau | 1.018.000.000 | |
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48.671 | 10.378.267 | 207,3 | Spanyol | Santo Domingo | 63.969.000.000 | 138.007.000.000 |
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283.560 | 15.819.400 | 53,8 | Spanyol , Quechua [ 19 ] | Quito | 100.543.000.000 | 180.493.000.000 |
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21.041 | 6.401.240 | 293,0 | Spanyol | San Salvador | 25.220.000.000 | 50.944.000.000 |
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12.173 | 3.000 | 0,26 | English | Stanley | 164.500.000 | |
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91.000 | 237.549 | 2,7 | Prancis | Cayenne | ||
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2.166.086 | 56.483 | 0,026 | Greenlandic , Danish | Nuuk ( Godthåb ) | 2.133.000.000 | |
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344 | 103.328 | 302,3 | English | St. George's | 1.467.000.000 | |
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1.628 | 405.739 | 246,7 | Prancis | Basse-Terre | ||
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108.889 | 15.806.675 | 128,8 | Spanyol , Garifuna dan 23 bahasa Maya | Guatemala City | 58.728.000.000 | 119.375.000.000 |
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214.999 | 784.894 | 3,5 | English | Georgetown | 6.256.000.000 | |
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27.750 | 10.745.665 | 361,5 | Kreol Haiti , Prancis | Port-au-Prince | 13.150.000.000 | |
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112.492 | 8.555.072 | 66,4 | Spanyol | Tegucigalpa | 19.385.000.000 | 36.487.000.000 |
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10.991 | 2.717.991 | 247,4 | Patois , English | Kingston | 25.620.000.000 | |
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1.128 | 392.291 | 352,6 | Patois , [ 21 ] Prancis | Fort-de-France | ||
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1.964.375 | 119.713.203 | 57,1 | Spanyol, 68 bahasa asli daerah | Kota Meksiko | 1.282.720.000.000 | 2.125.257.000.000 |
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102 | 4.922 | 58,8 | Kreol English , English [ 22 ] | Plymouth ; Brades [ 23 ] | 43.780.000 | |
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[ 16 ] | 5[ 17 ] | 00,0 | Tidak berpenghuni | — | 0 | |
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130.373 | 6.071.045 | 44,1 | Spanyol | Managua | 27.100.000.000 | |
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75.417 | 3.405.813 | 45,8 | Spanyol | Kota Panama | 46.213.000.000 | 80.811.000.000 |
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406.750 | 6.783.374 | 15,6 | Guaraní , Spanyol | Asunción | 30.985.000.000 | 58.280.000.000 |
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1.285.220 | 30.814.175 | 22 | Spanyol , Quechua, Aymara | Lima | 202.903.000.000 | 371.347.000.000 |
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8.870 | 3.615.086 | 448,9 | Spanyol , English | San Juan | 103.135.000.000 | 125.630.000.000 |
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13 | [ 24 ] | 1.537118,2 | English , Belanda | The Bottom | ||
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[ 16 ] | 21[ 17 ] | 8.938354,7 | Prancis | Gustavia | ||
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261 | 55.000 | 199,2 | English | Basseterre | 946.300.000 | |
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539 | 180.000 | 319,1 | English , Kreol Prancis | Castries | 2.233.000.000 | |
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[ 16 ] | 5436.979 | 552,2 | Prancis | Marigot | 561.500.000 | |
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242 | 6.081 | 24,8 | Prancis | Saint-Pierre | 215.300.000 | |
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389 | 109.000 | 280,2 | English | Kingstown | 1.312.000.000 | |
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21 | [ 24 ] | 2.739130,4 | Belanda , English | Oranjestad | ||
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34 | 37.429 | 1.176,7 | English , Spanyol, Belanda | Philipsburg | 798.300.000 | |
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3.093 | 20 | 0,01 | English | Grytviken | ||
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163.270 | 534.189 | 3 | Belanda dan lainnya [ 26 ] | Paramaribo | 6.874.000.000 | |
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5.130 | 1.328.019 | 261,0 | English | Port of Spain | 24.434.000.000 | 40.832.000.000 |
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948 | 31.458 | 34,8 | Kreol English , English [ 27 ] | Cockburn Town | 632.000.000 | |
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9.629.091 | 320.206.000 | 34,2 | English , Spanyol | Washington, D.C. | 17.419.000.000.000 | 17.419.000.000.000 |
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347 | 106.405 | 317,0 | English , Spanyol | Charlotte Amalie | ||
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176.220 | 3.286.314 | 19,4 | Spanyol | Montevideo | 57.471.000.000 | 71.414.000.000 |
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916.445 | 30.206.307 | 30,2 | Spanyol dan 40 bahasa asli | Caracas | 509.964.000.000 | 538.932.000.000 |
Total | 42.320.985 | 973.186.925 | 21,9 | 24.864.000.000.000 |
Lihat pula
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Referensi
- ^ a b c "The World Factbook" . Central Intelligence Agency. 2013. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2011-09-27 . Diakses tanggal September 30, 2013 .
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^
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- ^ "New Worlder" . Oxford English Dictionary (Edisi Online). Oxford University Press .
- ^ "Pan-American – definition of Pan-American by The Free Dictionary" . TheFreeDictionary.com . Diakses tanggal September 8, 2014 .
- ^ Unless otherwise noted, land area figures are taken from "Demographic Yearbook—Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF) . United Nations Statistics Division. 2008 . Diakses tanggal October 14, 2010 .
- ^ http://databank.worldbank.org/data/download/GDP.pdf
- ^ http://databank.worldbank.org/data/download/GDP_PPP.pdf
- ^ Kras, Sara Louise (2008). Antigua and Barbuda . Marshall Cavendish. hlm. 95 . ISBN 0-7614-2570-5 .
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- ^ "Belize 2000 Housing and Population Census" . Belize Central Statistical Office. 2000. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2017-07-12 . Diakses tanggal June 24, 2011 .
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^
La Paz
is the administrative capital of
Bolivia
;
Sucre
is the judicial seat.
- ^ a b . Central Bureau of Statistics. Diarsipkan dari tanggal 2012-10-29 . Diakses tanggal 2016-06-25 .
-
^
Includes
Easter Island
in the
Pacific Ocean
, a
Chilean
territory frequently reckoned in
Oceania
.
Santiago
is the administrative capital of Chile;
Valparaíso
is the site of legislative meetings.
- ^ a b c d Land area figures taken from "The World Factbook: 2010 edition" . Government of the United States, Central Intelligence Agency. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2014-01-31 . Diakses tanggal October 14, 2010 .
- ^ a b c These population estimates are for 2010, and are taken from "The World Factbook: 2010 edition" . Government of the United States, Central Intelligence Agency. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2018-12-25 . Diakses tanggal October 14, 2010 .
- ^ Paul M. Lewis; M. Paul, ed. (2009). "Languages of Dominica" . Dallas: Ethnologue: Languages of the World . Diakses tanggal August 30, 2012 .
- ^ Levinson, David (1998). Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook . Greenwood Publishing Group. hlm. 347. ISBN 1-57356-019-7 .
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^
Diklaim oleh
Argentina
.
- ^ Paul M. Lewis, ed. (2009). "Languages of Martinique" . Dallas: Ethnologue.
- ^ Paul M. Lewis, ed. (2009). "Languages of Montserrat" . Dallas: Ethnologue.
- ^ Due to ongoing activity of the beginning in July 1995, much of Plymouth was destroyed and government offices were relocated to Brades. Plymouth remains the de jure capital.
- ^ a b Population estimates are taken from the Central Bureau of Statistics Netherlands Antilles. "Statistical information: Population" . Government of the Netherlands Antilles. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2011-07-06 . Diakses tanggal October 14, 2010 .
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^
diklaim oleh Argentina; the
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
in the
South Atlantic Ocean
are commonly associated with
Antarctica
(due to proximity) and have no permanent population, only hosting a periodic contingent of about 100 researchers and visitors.
- ^ Lewis, Paul (2009). "Languages of Suriname" . Dallas, Texas: Ethnologue.
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul (2009). "Languages of Turks and Caicos Islands" . Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition . Dallas: SIL International. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2012-12-24 . Diakses tanggal 2016-06-25 .
Pranala luar
- United Nations population data by latest available Census: 2008–2009
- Organization of American States
- Council on Hemispheric Affairs
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