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North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere of earth, located to the east of the Pacific Ocean, the west of the Atlantic Ocean, the south of the Arctic Ocean, and the north of South America. On the continent itself can be found three large and relatively populous countries:

Canada
- Some other large islands off the shore of North America and belonging to Canada include Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands on the west and Prince Edward Island, Baffin Island, Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island on the east.
Mexico
United States
- includes the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

File:North america2.jpg

At the extreme southern end of the continent, in a relatively small area (smaller than an average Canadian province) called Central America are:

In the Caribbean are a number of island territories, including:

Anguilla (British dependency)
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Bahamas
Barbados
British Virgin Islands (British dependency)
Cayman Islands (British dependency)
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe (overseas department of France)
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique (overseas department of France)
Montserrat (British dependency)
Netherlands Antilles (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Puerto Rico (U.S. free associated state)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands (British dependency)
U.S. Virgin Islands (territory of the USA)

In the Atlantic Ocean:

Bermuda (British dependency)

Greenland, the largest island in the world, is considered to be in North America and is located in the far north, to the east of Canada's Nunavut Territory. It is a self-governing dependency of Denmark.

Off the coast of Canada is found Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the last of France's once vast North American possessions.

country	pop. dens.	area	population
	(/sq.km)	(sq.km)	(2002-07-01 est.)
Bermuda	1,200	53	63,960
Barbados	642	431	276,607
Puerto Rico	435	9,104	3,957,988
Martinique	384	1,100	422,277
Aruba	365	193	70,441
U.S. Virgin Islands	351	352	123,498
El Salvador	302	21,040	6,353,681
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	299	389	116,394
Saint Lucia	260	616	160,145
Grenada	259	344	89,211
Haiti	255	27,750	7,063,722
Guadeloupe	245	1,780	435,739
Jamaica	244	10,991	2,680,029
Trinidad and Tobago	227	5,128	1,163,724
Netherlands Antilles	223	960	214,258
Dominican Republic	179	48,730	8,721,594
Antigua and Barbuda	152	443	67,448
Saint Kitts and Nevis	148	261	38,736
British Virgin Islands	139	153	21,272
Cayman Islands	138	262	36,273
Guatemala	122	108,890	13,314,079
Anguilla	122	102	12,446
Cuba	101	110,860	11,224,321
Dominica	93	754	70,158
Montserrat	83	102	8,437
Costa Rica	75	51,100	3,834,934
Honduras	59	112,090	6,560,608
Mexico	52	1,972,550	103,400,165
Turks and Caicos Islands	44	430	18,738
Nicaragua	39	129,494	5,023,818
Panama	37	78,200	2,882,329
United States	29	9,629,091	280,562,489
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	29	242	6,954
Bahamas	22	13,940	300,529
Belize	11	22,966	262,999
Canada	3.2	9,976,140	31,902,268
Greenland	0.03	2,166,086	56,376

File:NorthAmericaSatelliteImageSmall.jpg

Satellite image - Large version

See also: History of North America