America

When people talk about “America” they often mean the United States of America, while in fact the name of the continent carrying the USA is North-America. Together with South-America, this huge landmass could be referred to as the Americas.

In this menu you will find my stories about traveling to/through the Americas, but so far I’ve only been to the USA, about which I wrote the following stories:

• Imagine, a morning walk through Central Park (New York, November 2009)
• Antelope Canyon (near Page, Arizona, USA West Coast 2007)
• A good deed is never lost, nor is a good pizza (San Francisco, USA West Coast 2007)
• Grand Canyon, nature’s beauty beyond words (Grand Canyon, USA West Coast 2007)

Map of Americas (credits: wikipedia)

Even though the Americas cover about 28% of the total land surface on earth, they only carry about 900 million people (around 14% of the world’s population). Combined, they have 35 countries, 23 in North America and 12 in South America.

Map of North America (credits: wikipedia)

North America houses around 525 million people and it covers 16,5% of the world’s landmass, making it the third largest continent after Asia and Africa. In this example, North America includes the Carribean and Central American countries and population.

Map of South America (credits: wikipedia)

South America has a population of around 372 million people. South America is the fourth largest landmass, but it ranks fifth in terms of population (after Asia, Africa, North-America and Europe).
Countries in South America include Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname , Uruguay and Venezuela.

Map of American countries (credits: Wikipedia)