1 North America 2 North American countries 2.1 Arranging countries by area 2.2 Ranking of countries by population 3 History of North America 4 References North Amarica North America (North America) is the third largest continent in the world, and it is the northern part of the Americas discovered by explorer Columbus. This continent is located entirely in the northern part of the globe, and extends to the western half of the globe. This continent is bordered by three oceans, which are the Arctic Ocean from the north, the Atlantic Ocean from the east, the Pacific Ocean from the west, and from the south it is bordered by South America. [1] The total area of the continent of North America 24.474 million km 2 , which is the third largest continent in the world in terms of area, after Asia and Africa, and occupies the continent 16.5% of the total area of the world, and the length of the continent 8.605 kilometers, while a width of 4,156 kilometers. The highest mountain on the continent is McKinley Mountain, which is located in Alaska , and its length is 6,194 meters. The lowest area on the continent is the Valley of Death in California , which is 86 meters below sea level. [2] The population of the North American continent in 23 countries reaches more than 565 million people, according to statistics in 2016. [3] It is thus the fourth largest continent in the world in terms of population, after Asia, Africa and Europe . [4] The United States and Mexico are the continent's most populous countries. [3] The languages used in the countries of the continent are English, alongside Spanish and French. The continent has a great cultural and ethnic diversity. The continent consists of 63.4% of the white population, 12.6% of blacks, 16.3% of Hispanics, and 4.8% of Asian origins, in addition to several other races. [4] North American countries North America contains 23 countries, in addition to 11 territories belonging to the continent, and 14 other regions on the continent. [5] The continent is divided into three main regions, namely the North American Peninsula, Central America and the Caribbean. [6] The following is a presentation of the 23 North American countries with their capitals: [5] Major North American countries: [5] [4] Mexico: Mexico City. United States of America: Washington . Canada : Ottawa. Central American countries: [5] [7] El Salvador: San Salvador. Belize: Belmopan. Panama: Panama City. Guatemala: City of Guatemala. Costa Rica : San Jose. Nicaragua: Managua. Honduras: Tegucigalpa. Caribbean countries: [5] [8] The Bahamas: Nassau. Antigua and Barbuda: St. John's. Barbados: Bridge Town. Trinidad and Tobago: Port of Spain. Jamaica : Kingston. Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo. Dominica: Russo. St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Kingstown. Saint Kitts and Nevis: Basseterre. Saint Lucia: Castries. Grenada: Saint George. Cuba: Havana. Haiti : Port-au-Prince. The eleven territories that belong to the North American continent with its capitals are: [5] Anguilla: The Valley. Paju Nuevo Bank. Bermuda: Hamilton. British Virgin Islands : Road Town. Cayman Islands: Georgetown. Montserrat: Plymouth. Navasa Island. Puerto Rico: San Juan. Serrana Bank. Turks and Caicos Islands: Cockburn Town. US Virgin Islands : Charlotte Amalie. The other fourteen regions that belong to the North American continent with its capitals are: [5] Aruba: Oranjestad. Bonaire: Kralendijk. Clipperton Island. Curacao: Willemstad. Greenland : Knock. Guadeloupe: Bass Terry. Martinique: Fort de France. Saba: The Bottom. San Bartlemy: Gustavia. St. Martin: Marigot. Saint-Pierre and Miquelon: Saint-Pierre. San Andres and the Archipelago: San Andres. Saint Eustatius: Uraniastad. Saint Martin: Philipsburg. Sort countries by area The 23 North American continent countries are ranked in descending order, as follows: Country The space Canada 9.98467 million km 2 [9] United States of America 9,833,517 km 2 [10] Mexico 1,964,375 km 2 [11] Nicaragua 130.370 km 2 [12] Honduras 112.090 km 2 [13] Cuba 110.860 km 2 [14] Guatemala 108,889 km 2 [15] Panama 75,420 km 2 [16] Costa Rica 51.100 km 2 [17] Dominican Republic 48.670 km 2 [18] Haiti 27,750 km 2 [19] Belize 22.966 km 2 [20] El Salvador 21.041 km 2 [21] The Bahamas 13.880 km 2 [22] Jamaica 10,991 km 2 [23] Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 km 2 [24] Dominica 751 km 2 [25] St. Lucia 616 km 2 [26] Antigua and Barbuda 442.6 km 2 [27] Barbados 430 km 2 [28] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 km 2 [29] Grenada 344 km 2 [30] Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 km 2 [31] Ranking of countries by population The 23 North American countries are ranked in descending order of population as follows: Country population United States of America 323,995,528 inhabitants [10] Mexico 123,166,749 people [11] Canada 35,362,905 people [9] Guatemala 15,189,958 inhabitants [15] Cuba 11,179,995 people [14] Dominican Republic 10,606,865 inhabitants [18] Haiti 10,485,800 people [19] Honduras 8,893,259 people [13] El Salvador 6,156,670 people [21] Nicaragua 5,966,798 people [12] Costa Rica 4,872,543 people [17] Panama 3,705,246 people [16] Jamaica 2,970,340 people [23] Trinidad and Tobago 1,220,479 people [24] Belize 353,858 inhabitants [20] The Bahamas 327,316 people [22] Barbados 291,495 people [28] St. Lucia 164,464 people [26] Grenada 111,219 inhabitants [30] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 102,350 people [29] Antigua and Barbuda 93,581 people [27] Dominica 73,757 people [25] Saint Kitts and Nevis 52,329 inhabitants [31] North American History In 1492 AD, Italian traveler and explorer Christopher Columbus discovered the North American continent, while searching for a route to India from the western side of the European continent. [4] Columbus discovered large parts of the American continent that included the Bahamas, Haiti, Trinidad and Honduras in the same year. Later in 1509, Bartolomeo Columbus, Christopher Columbus' brother, discovered the city of Santo Domingo, and in 1513 the Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Jamaica regions were discovered. [32] The new regions were called the New World , and then they were named after the Italian sailor and American sailor American Vespucci who sailed to the lands of the New World three times and gave his evaluation of the lands. [32] The original inhabitants of the American continent had been settling for thousands of years, and they were called the American Indian or American Indians, to separate them from the Indians of Asia, and they were known as the Aborigins tribes, and the Europeans colonized their regions and their extermination, especially in the United States and Canada. [4]
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