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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. It is the north part of The Americas.
On the main 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, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island on the east, and Ellesmere Island, Baffin Island, and Victoria Island in the north.
- Mexico
- United States
- includes the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
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. commonwealth)
- 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:
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 (UK) | 1,200 | 53 | 63,960 |
| Barbados | 642 | 431 | 276,607 |
| Puerto Rico (US) | 435 | 9,104 | 3,957,988 |
| Martinique (Fr.) | 384 | 1,100 | 422,277 |
| Aruba (Neth.) | 365 | 193 | 70,441 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 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 (Fr.) | 245 | 1,780 | 435,739 |
| Jamaica | 244 | 10,991 | 2,680,029 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 227 | 5,128 | 1,163,724 |
| Netherlands Antilles (Neth.) | 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 (UK) | 139 | 153 | 21,272 |
| Cayman Islands (UK) | 138 | 262 | 36,273 |
| Guatemala | 122 | 108,890 | 13,314,079 |
| Anguilla (UK) | 122 | 102 | 12,446 |
| Cuba | 101 | 110,860 | 11,224,321 |
| Dominica | 93 | 754 | 70,158 |
| Montserrat (UK) | 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 (UK) | 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 (Fr.) | 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 (Denm.) | 0.03 | 2,166,086 | 56,376 |
| File:NorthAmericaSatelliteImageSmall.jpg |
| Satellite image - Large version |
See also: History of North America