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• Capital: Mexico, D.F. (Mexico City)
• Most Spanish-speakers of any country in the world
• Mexico City is the second biggest city in the world
• Home of the ancient Mayas and Aztecs
• Capital: Madrid
• The first country to speak Spanish
• Was the most powerful country in the world in the 16th and 17th centuries
• The worldwide leader in Solar Power
• 2010 World Cup Champions
• Common to eat cereal with chocolate milk
Argentina
• Capital: Santiago
• Southernmost point in South America (Tierra del Fuego – Land of Fire)
• 4672 miles long and only 109 kilometers wide
• Amazing skiing and snowboarding (Andes)
• Capital: La Paz
• Named after South American Libertador Simon Bolivar
• 197 inches of rain per year – 16.5 feet!– Chapel Hill – 49 inches – 4 feet
• Capital: Lima
• Very culturally diverse – very high indigenous population
• Home of the Ancient Incas– Machu Picchu – “Lost city of the Incas” – one
of the New Seven Wonders of the World
• Capital: Bogota
• Colombia is named for Christopher Columbus
• Does not have seasons – consistent weather year round
• Capital: Caracas
• Name means “Little Venice” after the houses built on stilts that were discovered by the first Europeans
• Huge producer of oil
• Capital: Tegucigalpa
• Home to rainforests, mountains, and lowland plains
• Was also home to the Ancient Maya civilization
• Capital: Quito
• The Galapagos Islands are part of Ecuador’s territory
• The country is named Ecuador because it lies on the equator
• 25% of the population is indigenous
• Capital: Guatemala City
• Tikal – Ancient Maya ruins
• The majority of the population of Guatemala lives in Guatemala City
• Capital: San Salvador
• El Salvador means “the savior”
• The smallest at most densely populated Spanish-speaking country in the Americas
• Capital: Managua
• Largest country in Central America
• Lake Nicaragua is the largest lake in Central America
• Very diverse geographically and ecologically
• Capital: San Jose
• Name means “Rich coast”
• Has no military
• Extremely biologically diverse
• Ranked First in the Americas in the Environmental Performance Index
• Capital: Panama City
• Home to the Panama Canal – only passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific between Tierra del Fuego and Canada
• Uses United States currency
• Capital: Santo Domingo
• Along with Haiti, comprises the island of Hispaniola
• Located in the Caribbean
• Has a very large population of Haitian immigrants
• Capital: Havana
• One of the few socialist countries in the world
• United States Embargo against Cuba
• Capital: Malabo
• Only Spanish-speaking county in Africa
• Main export was cocoa until large oil reserves were discovered in 1996
• French is the second official language
• The least populated Spanish-speaking country