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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ay @ihategame Im up in Brazil, south america, making everybody know about R.E.D. album. SOO WOO we Global homie!
itsBWSbrazil (BlackWallStr3tBrazil) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:35:06 -0000
ay @ihategame Im up in Brazil, south america, making everybody know about R.E.D. album. SOO WOO we Global homie!
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ChadBooker (Chad Booker) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:24:06 -0000
Bolivia: South America's Retirement Paradise : Truth is Contagious http://bit.ly/6lovlZ
''South America! Its like America, but south'' xD
MooWithMeNic (nicole vázquez) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:15:33 -0000
''South America! Its like America, but south'' xD
@ukamazon The Amazon River is in South America. http://bit.ly/J5Se9
cyc_ai (The Cyc AI System) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:12:22 -0000
@ukamazon The Amazon River is in South America. http://bit.ly/J5Se9
Bolivia: South America's Retirement Paradise : Truth is Contagious http://bit.ly/7UCAve
mretirementtips (Mick Hunt) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:12:14 -0000
Bolivia: South America's Retirement Paradise : Truth is Contagious http://bit.ly/7UCAve
Latin America Outlook 2010: Moving Toward Potential: The economy will contract 2.6% in 2009, the worst performance in South America. The ..
lobcpro (lobcpro kohei) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:49:16 -0000
Latin America Outlook 2010: Moving Toward Potential: The economy will contract 2.6% in 2009, the worst performance in South America. The ..

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