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South America
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continent located mainly in the southwestern quadrant of the Earth
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South America is a continent and subcontinent that forms part of the world. It is located at coordinates -21, -59 and shares borders with Central America and North America. The landmass is part of the Americas, Earth, and Latin America. It is situated next to the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Caribbean Sea.
The continent has an area of 17843000 and a population of 438104941. Its highest point is Aconcagua. South America contains the administrative territorial entities of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru. It also includes the parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Chile. The demonym for its residents is South American.
The subject is described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. It is referenced by 19,083 other encyclopedia articles. The topic has a main Wikimedia portal, a main category, and a Commons category.
Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Research
263,115 papers- Spotlight edition on South America.Gene therapy · 2020Matte U, Peluffo HDOI: 10.1038/s41434-020-0129-9
- Neosporosis in South America.ReviewVeterinary parasitology · 2005Moore DPDOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.10.001
- Human Streptococcus suis Infections, South America, 1995-2024.ReviewEmerging infectious diseases · 2025Bakpatina-Batako MVP, Li K, Lacouture S et al.DOI: 10.3201/eid3107.241835
- Editorial: Global excellence in fungal pathogenesis: Central and South America.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Alves LR, Borges CL, Almeida FDOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1481806
- Toxoplasma gondii in South America: a differentiated pattern of spread, population structure and clinical manifestations.ReviewParasitology research · 2021de Lima Bessa G, de Almeida Vitor RW, Dos Santos Martins-Duarte EDOI: 10.1007/s00436-021-07282-w
- [Travel destinations South America].ReviewTherapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique · 2013Neumayr ADOI: 10.1024/0040-5930/a000418
- Malaria in South America: a drug discovery perspective.ReviewMalaria journal · 2013Cruz LR, Spangenberg T, Lacerda MV et al.DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-168
- South America prepares for the impact of COVID-19.The Lancet. Respiratory medicine · 2020Kirby TDOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30218-6
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- part of the world
- Part of
- Latin America
- Has part
- Venezuela
- Demonym
- sul-americanas
- Contains
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Population
- 438104941
- Area
- 17461112
- Time zone
- UTC−02:00
- Body of water
- Caribbean Sea
- Highest point
- Aconcagua
- Image
- Mapa político América do Sul (english).svg
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- topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:South America
- Commons category
- South America
- topic's main category
- Category:South America
- Commons gallery
- Sudamérica - América do Sul
- category for films shot at this location
- Category:Films shot in South America
- history of topic
- history of South America
- geography of topic
- geography of South America
- topic has template
- Template:Countries of South America
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in South America
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in South America
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- number of out-of-school children
- 7258400
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- vehicles per thousand people
- 176
- located in/on physical feature
- Northern Hemisphere
- economy of topic
- economy of South America
- short name
- 남미
- P11012
- 2
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C26277
- lowest point
- Laguna del Carbón
- P8168
- (9304) 1986 RA5
- most populous urban area
- São Paulo
- P12749
- Ranunculus penicillatus
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Encyclopedic overview
Scheme for geographical regions and subregions used by the United Nations Statistics Division
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern subregion of the Americas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “South America” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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