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Latin American History

Modern Latin America
Latin America (Spanish: América Latina or Latinoamérica; Portuguese: América Latina; French: Amérique latine) is a region of the Americas where Romance languages (i.e., those derived from Latin) – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken.[2][3]Latin America has an area of approximately (7,880,000 sq mi), or almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface. As of 2008, its population was estimated at more than 569 million. Source; Wikipedia
Globe of Latin America
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Source of map and stats below Wikipedia
Area 21,069,501 km²
Population 569 million
Demonym Latin American, American
Countries 21
Dependencies 10
Languages Spanish, Portuguese, French, Quechua, Aymara, Nahuatl, Mayan languages, Guaraní, English, Haitian Creole, Papiamentu, Jamaican Creole, Dutch, others
Time Zones starts UTC-2  Brazil
to ends UTC-8  Mexico
Largest cities 1. Mexico City
2. São Paulo
3. Buenos Aires
4. Rio de Janeiro
5.Bogotá
6.Lima
7. Santiago
8. Belo Horizonte
9. Guadalajara
10. Monterrey
Pre-contact languages distribution 
Quechua, Guarani, Aymara, Nahuatl, Mayan languages, Mapuche
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Source: Wikipedia
Websites
Latin America - Wikipedia
Informational Site with lots of statistics
20th Century Latin America
Information about 20th Century Latin America
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Informational Site
History of the World - Modern Latin America 
Informational Site
Latin American History: The Modern Era 
Informational Site
Internet Resources for Latin America
Informational Site
Latin America - Modern History
Informational Site

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