South America is a continent situated in the western hemisphere and, mostly, the southern hemisphere, bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest.

As part of the Americas like North America, South America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a New World unknown to Europeans.

South America has an area of 17,840,000 km² (6,890,000 sq mi), or almost 3.5% of the Earth's surface. As of 2005, its population was estimated at more than 371,000,000. South America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America).

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did you see JB in concert when they went in south america?? (@camprock2news live on http://twitcam.com/9vil)
caro24v (CarolineVaillancourt) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:39:27 -0000
did you see JB in concert when they went in south america?? (@camprock2news live on http://twitcam.com/9vil)
As pretty as it is, this snow makes me wanna move down South, like.....'South America'... Yeah, that far south.
Miss__Mattie (Mattie Goughler) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:38:44 -0000
As pretty as it is, this snow makes me wanna move down South, like.....'South America'... Yeah, that far south.
Had a great time out on the Tigre River today. It makes so much sense to buy a vacation house in South America only accessible by boat, no?
codypo (Cody Powell) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:33:00 -0000
Had a great time out on the Tigre River today. It makes so much sense to buy a vacation house in South America only accessible by boat, no?
@GoGoCyrus no, i'm from Chile in South America.......
beitarainbow (beatriz leon) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:31:02 -0000
@GoGoCyrus no, i'm from Chile in South America.......
#Travel Filed under: Hiking, History, South America, ChileThe Atacama Desert is a land of extremes. Loca.. http://bit.ly/86L96b
StayBankdotCom (toddmeadows) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:28:57 -0000
#Travel Filed under: Hiking, History, South America, ChileThe Atacama Desert is a land of extremes. Loca.. http://bit.ly/86L96b
I loved that Top Gear crossing South America special despite the wife pointing out how the cameras were always 'set up' for moments of drama
Timforchange (Timforchange) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:26:48 -0000
I loved that Top Gear crossing South America special despite the wife pointing out how the cameras were always 'set up' for moments of drama

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