South America
Ruins of ancient civilisations share South America with world-class metropolises, outstanding architecture, many of the world's biggest festivities, and genuine indigenous culture.Tap on the map to travel |
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Brazil
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Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest in the world.
Argentina
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Argentina is a large country in the southern part of South America.
Destinations
Chile
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Chile is a country in South America. Described as having a "mad" geography, the country occupies a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean.
Bolivia
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Bolivia is a beautiful, geographically rich, and multiethnic country in the heart of South America, visited for its stunning mountain landscapes and vibrant indigenous culture.
Uruguay
Uruguay is the second-smallest country in South America, wedged between Argentina and Brazil.Paraguay
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Paraguay is a country of big rivers, green landscapes, folklore and a rich indigenous culture in central South America.
Guyana
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Guyana is the third-smallest country in South America and is also the only English-speaking country on continental South America.
South America
- Type: Locality with 386,000,000 residents
- Description: continent
- Neighbors: Central America and North America
- Categories: continent, subcontinent and statistical territorial entity
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Latitude of centre
-24° or 24° southLongitude of centre
-60.3° or 60° 18' westPopulation
386,000,000OpenStreetMap ID
node 36966069OpenStreetMap Feature
place=continentWikidata ID
Q18South America Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Tamrikt n Wenẓul
- Abkhazian: Аладатәи Америка
- Achinese: Amirika Seulatan
- Adyghe: Къыблэ Америкэ
- Afar: Qubla Amerika
- Afrikaans: Suid-Amerika
- Albanian: Amerika Jugore
- Amharic: ደቡብ አሜሪካ
- Angika: दक्षिण अमेरिका
- Arabic: Salatan nga Amerika
- Arabic: أمريكا الجنوبية
- Aragonese: America d'o Sud
- Armenian: Հարավային Ամերիկա
- Arpitan: Amèrica du Mié-jorn
- Arpitan: Amèrica du Sud
- Assamese: দক্ষিণ আমেৰিকা
- Asturian: América del Sur
- Atayal: Nan-Meco
- Avaric: Geefa Amerika
- Awadhi: दक्खिन अमेरिका
- Azerbaijani: Cənubi Amerika
- Balinese: Amérika Kelod
- Banjar: Amirika Selatan
- Bashkir: Көньяҡ Америка
- Basque: América del Sur
- Basque: Hego Amerika
- Bavarian: Siadamerika
- Bavarian: Siidamerika
- Belarusian: Паўднёвая Амерыка
- Belarusian: Паўднёвая Амэрыка
- Bengali: দক্ষিণ আমেরিকা
- Bhojpuri: दक्क्षिण अमेरिका
- Bhojpuri: दक्खिन अमेरिका
- Bhojpuri: दक्षिण अमेरिका
- Bhojpuri: साऊथ अमेरिका
- Bislama: Saot Amerika
- Bosnian: Južna Amerika
- Brahui: Soelí Amríká
- Breton: Amerika ar su
- Breton: Suamerika
- Breton: su-Amerika
- Bulgarian: Южна Америка
- Burmese: တောင်အမေရိက
- Catalan: Amèrica del Sud
- Catalan: Amèrica del sud
- Catalan: Sud-Amèrica
- Catalan: Sud-amèrica
- Catalan: Sud Amèrica
- Catalan: Sudamèrica
- Cebuano: Habagatang Amerika
- Central Bikol: Amerika nin Sur
- Central Bikol: Habagatan na Amerika
- Central Kurdish: ئەمریکای باشوور
- Chechen: Къилба Америка
- Cherokee: ᏧᎦᎾᏮ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ
- Chinese: Lâm Bí-chiu
- Chinese: 南美
- Chinese: 南美洲
- Church Slavic: Южьна Амєрїка
- Chuvash: Кăнтăр Америка
- Cornish: Amerika Dheghow
- Corsican: America meridiunale
- Crimean Tatar: Cenübiy Amerika
- Croatian: Južna Amerika
- Croatian: južnoamerički kontinent
- Czech: Jižní Amerika
- Dagbani: South America
- Danish: Sydamerika
- Dimli (individual language): Amerika Veroci
- Dotyali: दक्षिण अमेरिका
- Dutch: Zuid-Amerika
- Eastern Mari: Кечывалвел Америка
- Egyptian Arabic: امريكا الجنوبيه
- Erzya: Лембеёнксонь Америка
- Esperanto: Sud-Ameriko
- Esperanto: Sudameriko
- Estonian: Lõuna-Ameerika manner
- Extremaduran: América del Sul
- Faroese: Suðuramerika
- Fiji Hindi: South America
- Fijian: Ceva Amerika
- Fijian: Sudamerica
- Finnish: Etelä-Amerikka
- French: Amérique du Sud
- French: Amérique méridionale
- Friulian: Americhe dal Sud
- Gagauz: Üülen Amerika
- Galician: América do Sur
- Galician: Sudamérica
- Galician: نسايي آمريکا
- Gan Chinese: 南美洲
- Ganda: South America
- Georgian: სამხრეთი ამერიკა
- German: Süd-Amerika
- German: Südamerika
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: South America
- Gilaki: نسا آمریکا
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍂𐌰 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍂𐌰 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳
- Greek: Νότια Αμερική
- Guarani: Ñemby Amérika
- Guarani: Ñembyamérika
- Guianese Creole French: Lanmérik di Sid
- Gujarati: દક્ષિણ અમેરિકા
- Haitian: Amerik disid
- Hakka Chinese: Nàm-mî-chû
- Hausa: Amurka ta Kudu
- Hausa: Nàm Mî-chû
- Hausa: ʻAmelika Hema
- Hawaiian: ‘Amelika Hema
- Hebrew: אמריקה הדרומית
- Hebrew: דרום-אמריקה
- Hebrew: דרום אמריקה
- Hindi: दक्षिण अमेरिका
- Hungarian: Dél-Amerika
- Icelandic: Suður-Ameríka
- Ido: Sud-Amerika
- Igbo: South Amerika
- Iloko: Abagatan nga Amerika
- Inari Sami: Maadâ-Amerik
- Indonesian: Amerika Selatan
- Ingush: ЗIилбухера Америка
- Interlingua: America del Sud
- Interlingue: America del Sud
- Inuktitut: ᐊᒥᐊᓕᑲ ᓂᒋᖅ
- Irish: Meiriceá Theas
- Italian: America del Sud
- Italian: America meridionale
- Italian: Sud America
- Italian: Sudamerica
- Jamaican Creole English: Sout Amerika
- Jamaican Creole English: Sout Amoerka
- Japanese: 南アメリカ
- Japanese: 南米
- Javanese: Amérika Kidul
- Kabardian: Ипшъэ Америкэ
- Kabiyè: Amerika nɛ hadɛ tɛtʋ wandamm
- Kabyle: Tamrikt n Wenẓul
- Kalaallisut: Amerika Kujalleq
- Kannada: ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಅಮೇರಿಕ
- Kannada: ಸೌಥ್ ಅಮೇರಿಕ
- Kara-Kalpak: Qubla Amerika
- Karachay-Balkar: Къыбыла Америка
- Kashubian: Pôłniowô Amerika
- Kazakh: Оңтүстік Америка
- Khmer: អាមេរិចខាងត្បូង
- Kikuyu: Amerika ya Kuthini
- Kinaray-A: Kaamerikhan Nabagatnan
- Kinaray-A: Nabagatnan nga Kaamerikhan
- Kinyarwanda: Amerika y’Epfo
- Kirghiz: Советтер Биримдиги
- Kirghiz: Түштүк Америка
- Komi-Permyak: Лунвыв Америка
- Kongo: Amelika ya Sudi
- Korean: 남미
- Korean: 남아메리카
- Kotava: Geefa Amerika
- Kurdish: Amerîkaya Başûr
- Ladin: America dl Sud
- Ladino: Amerika del Sud
- Lao: Abagatan nga Amerika
- Lao: ທະວີບອາເມຣິກາໃຕ້
- Lao: ທະວີບອາເມລິກາໃຕ້
- Lao: ອາເມຣິກາໃຕ້
- Latin: America Australis
- Latvian: Dienvidamerika
- Lezghian: Кьиблепатан Америка
- Ligurian: America do Sud
- Limburgan: Zuud-Amerika
- Lingua Franca Nova: America Sude
- Lithuanian: Pietų Amerika
- Livvi: Suvi-Amerikku
- Lojban: ketytu'a
- Lombard: America del Süd
- Low German: Süüdamerika
- Low German: Zuud-Amerika
- Lower Sorbian: Pódpołdnjowa Amerika
- Luxembourgish: Südamerika
- Macedo-Romanian: America di Not
- Macedonian: Јужна Америка
- Maithili: दक्षिण अमेरिका
- Malagasy: Amerika Atsimo
- Malay: Amerika Selatan
- Malayalam: തെക്കേ അമേരിക്ക
- Maltese: Amerika t'Isfel
- Maltese: Amerka t’Isfel
- Maltese: L-Amerika t'Isfel
- Maltese: L-Amerka t’Isfel
- Manx: America Yiass
- Maori: Amerika ki te Tonga
- Marathi: दक्षिण अमेरिका
- Mazanderani: آمریکای جنوب
- Mazanderani: جنوبی امریکا
- Min Dong Chinese: Nàng Mī-ciŭ
- Min Nan Chinese: Lâm-bí-chiu
- Min Nan Chinese: Lâm-bí
- Min Nan Chinese: Lâm America
- Min Nan Chinese: Lâm Bí-chiu
- Minangkabau: Amerika Selatan
- Mingrelian: ობჟათე ამერიკა
- Mirandese: América de l Sul
- Mon: အမေရိကသမၠုင်ကျာ
- Mongolian: Өмнөд Америк
- Mongolian: အမေရိကသမၠုင်ကျာ
- Moroccan Arabic: أمريكا لجانوبية
- Moroccan Arabic: أمريكا لجنوبية
- Narom: Améthique du Sud
- Nepali: दक्षिण अमेरिका
- Newari: दक्षिण अमेरिका
- Northern Frisian: Süüd-Ameerikoo
- Northern Luri: اْمریکا هارگٱ
- Northern Sami: Lulli-Amerihkká
- Northern Sami: Mátta-Amerihkká
- Norwegian: Sør-Amerika
- Norwegian Bokmål: Syd-Amerika
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sør-Amerika
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Syd-Amerika
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Sør-Amerika
- Novial: Sudi Amerika
- Occitan (post 1500): America del Sud
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܡܪܝܩܐ ܬܝܡܢܝܬܐ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Sūðamerica
- Oriya: ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଆମେରିକା
- Oromo: Ameerikaa Kibbaa
- Oromo: South America
- Ossetian: Хуссар Америкæ
- Pa'o Karen: အမေႏရိကနဝ်
- Pampanga: Mauling America
- Pampanga: Mauling Amerika
- Panjabi: ਦੱਖਣੀ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ
- Papiamento: Sur Amérika
- Pedi: Amerika Borwa
- Pennsylvania German: Saut Amerikaa
- Pennsylvania German: Sudd-Amerikaa
- Persian: آمریکای جنوبی
- Picard: Anmérike du Sud
- Piemontese: América Meridional
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Sowth Merika
- Polish: Ameryka Południowa
- Portuguese: América Latina
- Portuguese: América do Sul
- Portuguese: continente sul-americano
- Pushto: جنوبي امریکا
- Pushto: سوېلي امريکا
- Quechua: Urin Awya Yala
- Romanian: America de Sud
- Romansh: America dal Sid
- Russia Buriat: Урда Америка
- Russia Buriat: Урда Америкэ
- Russian: Южная Америка
- Rusyn: Южна Америка
- Samoan: Amerika i Saute
- Samogitian: Pėitu Amerėka
- Samogitian: Pėitū Amerika
- Samogitian: Pėitū Amerėka
- Sanskrit: दक्षिण अमेरिका
- Sanskrit: दक्षिणामेरिका
- Santali: ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱟᱢᱮᱨᱤᱠᱟ
- Santali: ᱠᱚᱸᱭᱮ ᱟᱢᱮᱨᱤᱠᱟ
- Saraiki: جنوبی امریکہ
- Sardinian: Amèrica de su Sud
- Saterfriesisch: Suud-Amerikoa
- Scots: Sooth Americae
- Scottish Gaelic: Aimearaga a Deas
- Serbian: Јужна Америка
- Serbian: Јужноамерички континент
- Serbo-Croatian: Južna Amerika
- Shan: ဢမႄႇရိၵၸၢၼ်း
- Shona: Amerika Chamhembe
- Shona: South America
- Sicilian: Amèrica dû Sud
- Silesian: Połedniowŏ Ameryka
- Sindhi: ڏکڻ آمريڪا
- Sinhala: දකුණු ඇමෙරිකාව
- Skolt Sami: Saujj-Amerikk
- Slovak: Južná Amerika
- Slovenian: Južna Amerika
- Slovenian: zelena celina
- Somali: Ameerikada koonfureed
- South Azerbaijani: جنوبی آمریکا
- South Azerbaijani: گونئی آمریکا
- Southern Sotho: Amerika Borwa
- Spanish: América del Sud
- Spanish: América del Sur
- Spanish: Sudamerica
- Spanish: Sudamérica
- Spanish: Suramérica
- Spanish: sudamaricas
- Sranan Tongo: Ondro Amrika
- Sundanese: Amérika Kidul
- Swahili: Amerika Kusini
- Swahili: Amerika ya Kusini
- Swedish: Sydamerika
- Swiss German: Südamerika
- Tagalog: Timog Amerika
- Tajik: Америкаи Ҷанубӣ
- Tajik: Амрикои Ҷанубӣ
- Talysh: Nıso Amerikə
- Tamil: தென் அமெரிக்கா
- Tamil: தென்னமெரிக்கா
- Tatar: Könyak Amerika
- Tatar: Көньяк Америка
- Telugu: దక్షిణ అమెరికా
- Telugu: దక్షిణమెరికా
- Thai: ทวีปอเมริกาใต้
- Thai: อเมริกาใต้
- Tigrinya: ደቡብ ኣመሪካ
- Tok Pisin: Saut Amerika
- Tornedalen Finnish: América do Sul
- Tosk Albanian: Südamerika
- Tsonga: Amerikha ya le Dzongeni
- Tulu: ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಅಮೇರಿಕ
- Tumbuka: Amelika wa Kummwela
- Tumbuka: South America
- Turkish: Güney Amerika
- Turkish: Güney Amerika kıtası
- Turkmen: Günorta Amerika
- Twi: South America
- Tyap: Amerika A̱tak
- Udmurt: Лымшор Америка
- Uighur: جەنۇبىي ئامېرىكا
- Ukrainian: Південна Америка
- Upper Sorbian: Južna Amerika
- Urdu: جنوبی امریکا
- Uzbek: Janubiy Amerika
- Venetian: Amèrica del Sud
- Venetian: sudamèrica
- Veps: Suviamerik
- Vietnamese: Nam Mỹ
- Vlaams: Zuud-Amerika
- Vlax Romani: Sudutni Amerika
- Volapük: Sulüda-Merop
- Võro: Lõuna-Ameeriga
- Võro: Lõunõ-Ameeriga
- Walloon: Amerike nonnrece
- Waray (Philippines): Salatan nga Amerika
- Wayuu: Ameerika Uuchimüin
- Welsh: De America
- Western Frisian: Súd-Amearika
- Western Panjabi: جنوبی امریکا
- Western Panjabi: لما امریکا
- Wolof: Bëj-saalumu Aamerig
- Wu Chinese: 南美洲
- Xhosa: UmZantsi Melika
- Yakut: Соҕуруу Америка
- Yiddish: דרום אמעריקע
- Yoruba: Gúúsù Amẹ́ríkà
- Yue Chinese: 南美
- Yue Chinese: 南美洲
- Yue Chinese: 南阿美利加洲
- Zeeuws: Zuud-Amerika
- Zhuang: Nanzmeijcouh
- Zulu: IMelika Eningizimu
- America Huitztlampa
- Americhe d'u Sud
- Americhe meridionale
- Amerika Kidul
- Amerikay Veroci
- Ixachitlān Huitztlāmpa
- Sud Americhe
- ma Amelika seli
- ЗӀилбухера Америка
- Ипшэ Америкэ
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page South America. Photo: S23678, CC BY-SA 3.0.