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Nicaragua Nicaragua is located in Central America and is the poorest country in the central America. Its official name is Republic of Nicaragua . Its capital is  Managua . It has a population of 5,848,641 people with an area of 129,494 square kilometers. Its official languages are Spanish, English, indigenous languages.  Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America. Nicaragua has suffered disasters due to hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanic activity. Lake Managua is the only freshwater lake where sharks live. Many exotic animals are found in Nicaragua, like toucans, boa constrictors, wild boars, jaguars, manatees and sea turtles. The local people call themselves Nicas. There are over 70 protected areas in the country, which help preserve the habitats of many rare species. The currency used is Gold cordoba. In Spanish – En Español Nicaragua se encuentra en América Central y es el país más pobre de América Central. Su nombre oficial es República de Nicara...

Uruguay Uruguay is located in South America and is a part of Latin America. Its official name is Oriental Republic of Uruguay . Its capital is Montevideo . It has a population of 3,332,972 people with an area of 176,215 square kilometers. Its official language is Spanish. Much of the country consists of rolling land which is only a few hundred feet above the sea level.  Venomous spiders and snakes are common in Uruguay. Pumas and jaguars may occasionally be spotted in rural areas. Most Uruguayans have ancestors from Spain and Italy who immigrated to the country. A popular music and dance in Uruguay is the tango, which originated in Argentina. The currency used is Peso. In Spanish – En Español Uruguay se encuentra en América del Sur y es parte de América Latina. Su nombre oficial es República Oriental del Uruguay. Su capital es Montevideo. Tiene una población de 3,332,972 personas con un área de 176,215 kilómetros cuadrados. Su idioma oficial es el español. Gran p...

                     El Salvador El Salvador is located in Central America and is a part of Latin America. Its official name is Republic of El Salvador. Its capital is San Salvador . It has a population of 6,071,774 people with an area of 21,041 square kilometers. Its official languages are Spanish and Nahua. El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America. Its also known as the Land of Volcanoes. El Salvador has frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity.  The cloud forest is home to orchids, ferns, spider monkeys, jaguars, anteaters, and many bird species, including green toucans.  Along the coastal plains, there are palm trees and tropical fruit trees, such as mango, coconut, and tamarind. Armadillos, snakes, and iguanas also inhabit the warm, humid coast. The currency used is U.S. Dollar. In Spanish – En Español El Sal...

                          Costa Rica Costa Rica is located in Central America and is a part of Latin America. Its official name is Republic of Costa Rica. Its capital is San José. It has a population of 4,755,234 people with an area of 51,100 square kilometers. Its official languages are Spanish and English. Costa Rica is committed to preserving the beauty and diversity of the country through the development of national parks. One fifth of the country is covered in forests. The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is the largest cloud forest in Central America.  There are over 200 species of reptiles, most of which are snakes. There are many brightly colored toads and frogs, including the poison arrow frog. The country is also home to hundreds of mammals including bats, and insects, such as vibrant butterflies and leaf-cutter ants....

                  Bolivia Bolivia is located in South America and is a part of Latin America. Its official name is Plurinational State of Bolivia . Its capital is La Paz, Sucre . It has a population of 10,800,900 people with an area of 1,098,581 square kilometers. Its has Spanish and 36 indigenous languages as its official languages. A trail winds through the Andes Mountains in South America. It passes the ruins of the Inca (a civilization that thrived between the 12th and 16th centuries), valleys filled with llamas, and a lake perched in the peaks. The trail is in Bolivia, a country where the people and wildlife are as diverse as the landscape.  During the 15th and 16th centuries the Inca reigned over the region. In 1538 Spanish conquerors gained control of the territory. They stayed in power until 1825, when they were ousted in a revolt.   ...

                       Guatemala Guatemala is located in Central America and is a part of Latin America. Its official name is Republic of Guatemala . Its capital is Guatemala City . It has a population of 13,677,000 people with an area of 108,890 square kilometers. Its official language is Spanish. Guatemala is a country of volcanoes, mountains, and beaches on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Guatemala has 30 volcanoes, out of which 3 are still active. The Lake Atitlan formed when a volcano exploded over 84,000 years ago and collapsed to form a caldera. The lake is the deepest lake in Central America and is believed to be 300 meters deep. High in the mountains in the misty cloud forests lives the colorful quetzal bird. Today the rare bird is listed as endangered due to destruction of tropical rain forests.  The lowland Petén regio...

Honduras Honduras is located in Central America and is a part of Latin America. Its official name is Republic of Honduras. Its capital is Tegucigalpa . It has a population of 8,598,561 people with an area of 112,090 square kilometers. Its official language is Spanish. Honduras is the second largest country in Central America and is bordered by Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Honduras has four distinct regions: the central highlands, Pacific lowlands, eastern Caribbean lowlands, and northern coastal plains and mountains. Mountains are plentiful in Honduras with high peaks. Honduras is home to many colorful insects, including butterflies, beetles, and spiders. Reptiles, including snakes and crocodiles, are also plentiful in the Honduras’s tropical forests. Popular food items vary across the country and include cassava (tapioca), seafood, and chili peppers. Some of the major rivers of Colombia are Patuca and Ulúa . Its major mountain ranges are Volcanic Highlands, ...

Ecuador Ecuador is located in the continent South America and is a part of Latin America. Its official name is Republic of Ecuador. Its capital is Quito. It has a population of 14,573,101 people with an area of 283,560 square kilometers. Its official languages are Spanish and Quechua. Ecuador is named after the Equator, the imaginary line around the Earth that splits the country in two.  The Galápagos Islands, 960 kilometers west of the mainland of Ecuador are part of Ecuador and are home to unique reptiles, birds, and plants. The Andes mountains form the backbone of the country. There are some 25,000 plant species, and over 1,600 known bird species. Ecuador has nine national parks, including the Galápagos Islands. These 18 islands are home to some of the most amazing creatures, like the Galápagos tortoise, Galápagos penguin, blue-footed booby, and iguanas. Its currency is U.S. Dollar and its national sport is soccer. In Spanish – En Español Ecuador está ubicad...

Colombia Colombia is located in the continent South America and is a part of Latin America. Its official name is Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Bogotá. It has a population of 46,245,297 people with an area of 1,138,910 square kilometers. Its official language is Spanish. Colombia is also called the “gateway to South America” because it lies in the northwestern part of the continent where South America connects with Central and North America. Colombia is one of the most biologically diverse countries on Earth. Even though it takes up less than one percent of the world’s land area, about 10 percent of all animal species live in Colombia. Some of the major rivers of Colombia are Magdalena, Cauca, Atrato and Sinú. Its major mountain ranges are Andes, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The currency used is peso. In Spanish – En Español Colombia está ubicada en el continente de América del Sur y es parte de América Latina. Su nombre oficial es República de Colombia. Su cap...

Venezuela Venezuela is located on the north coast of South America. It limits to the north with the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, to the east with Guyana and Brazil, to the south with Brazil and to the west with Colombia. The best known and most touristy of its 300 islands in the Caribbean Sea is perhaps Margarita Island. Venezuela is divided into 23 states, a capital district (Caracas) and 72 federal dependencies on the islands. Its most important river is the Orinoco, affluent of the Amazon. The capital is Caracas and other important cities are Maracaibo, Valencia, Barquisimeto, Ciudad Guayana and Ciudad Bolívar. It has 24 million inhabitants and the official language is Spanish. In Venezuela there is a very varied nature: the highlands of the Andes, the lowlands next to Lake Maracaibo, the famous plains of the Orinoco River basin, tropical forests, savannah and white sand beaches. Canaima National Park is an area of ​​great interest in flora and fauna (Venez...

Chile Chile is a long and narrow country and is located in South America, between the Cordillera de los Andes and the Pacific Ocean. It has a population of 15 million inhabitants and an extension of 756,950 km square. The capital is called Santiago. The official language is Spanish, but it is also they speak indigenous languages like the Mapuche, Quechua or Aymara These animals are typical of Chile: the guanaco, the alpaca, the llama, the vicuna, the Andean chinchilla. Chile is a wonderful country, full of contrasts: the Desert of Atacama, to the north; the tourist beaches of Viña del Mar, in the center; snowy mountains and volcanoes in the south: next to the Strait of Magellan, the polar landscapes of Tierra del Fuego, and the mystery of Easter Island in the moais, its colossi of stone. In Spanish – En Español Chile es un país largo y estrecho y está situado en América del Sur, entre la Cordillera de los Andes y el océano Pacifico. Tiene una población de 15 millones...

Peru Peru has an area of ​​1,285,216 square kilometers, 26 million inhabitants, and its capital is Lima. It is located on the Pacific coast and is the third largest country in South America, after Brazil and Argentina. It has a border with five countries: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile. In Peru there are three very different landscapes: The coast of the Pacific Ocean, with great beaches. The Andes Mountains. The Amazon jungle. The official languages ​​are Spanish and Quechua, but Aymara is also spoken. Peru has wonderful places, full of history and magic: Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world. Its waters belong to Peru and Bolivia. There are many Inca legends about Titicaca. Nazca, south of Lima, has some mysterious drawings on the earth along 500 square km. Cuzco and the Machu-Picchu: Cuzco, capital of the Inca Empire. Near Cuzco is Machu Picchu, Sacred city of the Incas. It is a Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In Spanish – En ...

Cuba The Republic of Cuba is located in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Mexico (210 km) and the United States (180 km) It is formed by the island of Cuba, the Isle of Youth and more than 1,600 islets, and is part of the Greater Antilles archipelago. It has 11,217,000 inhabitants. Havana, its capital, is a seaport and has 3,000,000 inhabitants. The old quarter of the capital, Old Havana, is a World Heritage Site. There are many monuments of the Spanish colonial era. The official language is Spanish. In Cuba the climate is good and there are magnificent beaches like Varadero and Santa Lucía. Cubans love music and dancing, for example, salsa. There are very famous Cuban singers in the world, such as Gloria Estefan and Compay Segundo. These are some plants and some typical animals of Cuba: sugarcane tropical fruits such as pineapple, mango or coconut; the tobacco plantations; the tocororo, flamenco and zunzuncito (the smallest bird in the world). In Spanish – En Es...

Argentina Argentina is in South America and borders Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Chile through the Andes. It has an area of 2,780,000 square km. The capital is called Buenos Aires and is located to the east, on the right bank of the Rio de la Plata estuary. To the south are the regions of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, almost polar climate; to the north the plain of El Chaco; to the east and in the center the green plains of the Pampa. It has 36 million inhabitants, and a third lives in the capital. The official language is Spanish, but in some places indigenous languages are also spoken. Some animals of Argentina are in danger of extinction: the blue whale, the yaguareté, the red fox, the chinchila and the ocelot. In Spanish – En Español Argentina está en América del Sur y limita con Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brasil y con Chile a través de los Andes. Tiene una superficie de 2.780.000 km square. La capital se llama Buenos Aires y está situada al este, en la ...

Spain The country has an area of 504.782 square kilometers and forty million inhabitants. It is divided into seventeen autonomous communities in the Mediterranean, and the Canary Islands, in the Aleares and two are archipelagos: the Balearic Islands, Atlantic Ocean. The official language is Spanish (or Castilian), but also Catalan (in Catalonia), Galician (in Galicia) and Euskera (in the Basque Country). The euro is the currency of the European Union since on January 1, 2002 In Spanish – En Español El país tiene una superficie de 504.782 kilómetros cuadrados y cuarenta millones de habitantes. Está dividido en diecisiete comunidades autónomas en el ar Mediterráneo, y las Islas Canarias, en el aleares y dos son archipiélagos: las Islas Baleares, océano Atlántico. El idioma oficial es el español (o castellano), pero también el catalán (en Cataluña), el gallego (en Galicia) y el euskera (en el País Vasco). El euro es la moneda de la Unión Europea desde el 1 de enero de...

México Mexico is located in North America, between United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the south. It is between two oceans to the east the Atlanic ocean and to the west the Pacific Ocean. It has an area of ​​1,964,162 kilometers square and almost 98 million inhabitants. It is divided into 32 states and the capital is City of Mexico, but people call it Mexico City (District Federal), or simply DF, and it is the most populated world: it has more than 17 million population. Its old name is Tenochtitlán and it was the capital of the Aztecs. In Mexico, Spanish is spoken and more than 60 languages indigenous people like Nahuatl, Maya and Zapotec. In Mexico we speak Spanish and more than 60 indigenous languages ​​such as El Nahualt, Maya and Zapotec. It is a very old country and has art from all times – above all huge pyramids – very beautiful beaches and impressive volcanoes. This bird is called the quetzal. Live in the forests of the state of Chiapas, south ...