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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.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
Source of map and stats 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
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
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DataBase Handbook of Latin American Studies Latin American History: The Modern Era 
 

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