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List of countries and capitals with currency and language

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Africa

Area, 30,221,532 km2 (11,668,599 sq mi)


Population, 2,032,532,974[1] (2011, 2nd)
Pop. density, 30.51/km2 (about 80/sq mi)
Countries, 57

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent. At about 30.2 million
km (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers six percent of the Earth's total
surface area and 20.4 percent of the total land area. [2] With 1.0 billion people (as of 2009,
see table), it accounts for about 15% of the world's human population. The continent is
surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along
the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to
the west. The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagoes. It has 54 fully
recognized sovereign states ("countries"), 10 territories and two de facto states with limited
recognition.[3]
Africa, particularly central Eastern Africa, is widely accepted as the origin of humans and
the Hominidae clade (great apes), as evidenced by the discovery of the earliest hominids and
their ancestors, as well as later ones that have been dated to around seven million years ago
including Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Australopithecus africanus, A. afarensis, Homo
erectus, H. habilis and H. ergaster with the earliest Homo sapiens (modern human) found
in Ethiopia being dated to circa 200,000 years ago.[4] Africa straddles the equator and
encompasses numerous climate areas; it is the only continent to stretch from the
northern temperate to southern temperate zones.[5] The African expected economic growth rate is
at about 5.0% for 2010 and 5.5% in 2011.[6]

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
language

Algeria

Algiers

Dinar

Arabic

Angola

Luanda

Kwanza

Portuguese

Benin

Porto-Novo (official)
Cotonou (seat of government)

CFA franc

French

Botswana

Gaborone

Pula

English
Setswana

Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou

CFA franc

French

Burundi

Bujumbura

Burundian
franc

Kirundi
French

Cameroon

Yaound

CFA franc

French
English

Cape Verde

Praia

Cape Verdean
Portuguese
escudo

Central African
Republic

Bangui

CFA franc

French
Sango

Chad

N'Djamena

CFA franc

French
Arabic

Comoros

Moroni

Comorian
franc

Comorian
Arabic
French

Congo (CongoBrazzaville)

Brazzaville

CFA franc

French

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
language

Cte d'Ivoire (Ivory Yamoussoukro (official)


Coast)
Abidjan (seat of government)

CFA franc

French

Democratic
Republic of the
Congo (CongoKinshasa)

Kinshasa

Congolese
franc

French

Djibouti

Djibouti

Djiboutian
franc

French
Arabic

Egypt

Cairo

Egyptian
pound

Arabic

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo

Equatorial
Guinean
peseta

Spanish
French
Portuguese

Eritrea

Asmara

Tallero

Tigrinya
Arabic
English

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

Birr

Amharic

Gabon

Libreville

CFA franc

French

Gambia

Banjul

Gambian
dalasi

English

Ghana

Accra

Ghana cedi

English

Guinea

Conakry

Guinean franc French

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
language

Guinea-Bissau

Bissau

CFA franc

Portuguese

Kenya

Nairobi

Kenyan
shilling

Swahili
English

Lesotho

Maseru

Lesotho loti

English
Sesotho

Liberia

Monrovia

Liberian dollar English

Libya

Tripoli

Dinar

Arabic

Madagascar

Antananarivo

Malagasy
ariary

Malagasy
French

Malawi

Lilongwe

Kwacha

English
Chichewa

Mali

Bamako

CFA franc

French

Mauritania

Nouakchott

Ouguiya

Arabic

Mauritius

Port Louis

Mauritian
rupee

Mauritian
Creole
French
English

Mayotte

Mamoudzou
Overseas department of France

Euro

French

Morocco

Rabat

Moroccan
dirham

Arabic
Berber

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
language

Mozambique

Maputo

Mozambican
metical

Portuguese

Namibia

Windhoek

Namibian
dollar

English

Niger

Niamey

CFA franc

French

Nigeria

Abuja

Naira

English

Runion

Saint-Denis
Overseas department of France

Euro

French

Rwanda

Kigali

Rwandan
franc

Kinyarwanda
English
French

Saint Helena,
Ascension and
Tristan da Cunha

Jamestown (Saint Helena)


Georgetown (Ascension Island)
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (Tristan da
Cunha)

Saint Helena
pound
English
Pound sterling

Sao Tome and


Principe

So Tom

Dobra

Portuguese

Senegal

Dakar

CFA franc

French

Seychelles

Victoria

Seychellois
rupee

Seychellois
Creole
French
English

Sierra Leone

Freetown

Leone

English

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
language

Somalia

Mogadishu

Somali
shilling

Somali
Arabic

Somaliland

Hargeisa

Somaliland
shilling

Somali
Arabic

Pretoria (administrative/executive)
Cape Town (legislative)
Bloemfontein (judicial)

Afrikaans
English
Southern
Ndebele
Northern
Sotho
South African Southern
rand
Sotho
Swazi
Tsonga
Tswana
Venda
Xhosa
Zulu

South Sudan

Juba

South
Sudanese
pound

English

Sudan

Khartoum

Sudanese
pound

Arabic
English

Swaziland

Mbabane (administrative)
Lobamba (royal and legislative)

Lilangeni

English
Swati

Tanzania

Dodoma (official)
Dar es Salaam (seat of government)

Tanzanian
shilling

Swahili
English

Togo

Lom

CFA franc

French

Tunisia

Tunis

Tunisian dinar Arabic

South Africa

Flag

Name

Uganda

None

Capital

Kampala

Currency

Ugandan
shilling

Official
language

Swahili
English
Luganda

Western Sahara

None Disputed territory between


Morocco and the
Sahrawi Arab
Democratic Republic

Moroccan
dirham
See respective
Algerian dinar
claimants
Mauritanian
ouguiya

Zambia

Lusaka

Zambian
kwacha

English

Zimbabwe

Harare

various

English
Shona
Sindebele

Asia

Area, 44,579,000 km2(17,212,000 sq mi)[7]


Population, 5,879,000,000 (1st)[8]
Pop. density, 87/km2 (225/sq mi)
Countries, 48

Asia ( /e/ or /e/) is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in
the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of
its land area) and with approximately 4.3 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's
current human population. During the 20th century Asia's population nearly quadrupled. [9]
i

Asia is defined as comprising the eastwards four-fifths of Eurasia. It is located to the east of
the Suez Canal, the Ural river, and the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains(or
the Kuma-Manych Depression) and the Caspian and Black Seas.[10][11] It is bounded on the east by
the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.
Given its size and diversity, Asia a toponym dating back to classical antiquity "is more
a cultural concept" incorporating diverse regions and peoples than a homogeneous physical
entity.[12] Asia differs very widely among and within its regions with regard to ethnic groups,
cultures, environments, economics, historical ties and government systems.

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official language

Abkhazia

Sukhumi
De facto sovereign state
lacking general international
recognition
Recognized by United
Nations as part of Georgia.

Russian ruble

Georgian
Abkhaz
Russian

Afghanistan

Kabul

Afghani

Pashto
Dari (Persian)

Akrotiri and Dhekelia Episkopi Cantonment

Euro

English
Greek

Armenia

Yerevan

Dram

Armenian

Azerbaijan [Europe]

Baku

Manat

Azerbaijani

Bahrain

Manama

Bahraini dinar

Arabic

Bangladesh

Dhaka

Taka

Bengali

Bhutan

Thimphu

Bhutanese
ngultrum

Dzongkha

Diego Garcia
British Indian Ocean
US dollar
Overseas territory of the United
Territory
UK pound
Kingdom

English

Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan

Brunei dollar

Bahasa Melayu

Cambodia

Phnom Penh

Riel

Khmer

China

Beijing

Renminbi (yuan) Standard Chinese

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official language

Christmas Island

Flying Fish Cove


External territory of Australia

Australian dollar English

Cocos (Keeling)
Islands

West Island
External territory of Australia

English

Cyprus [Europe]

Nicosia

Euro

Greek
Turkish

East Timor (TimorLeste)

Dili

US Dollar

Portuguese
Tetum

Georgia [Europe]

Tbilisi

Lari

Georgian

Hong Kong

Special administrative region of


English
Hong Kong dollar
China
Cantonese

India

New Delhi

Rupee

Hindi
English

Indonesia

Jakarta

Rupiah

Indonesian

Iran

Tehran

Rial

Persian

Iraq

Baghdad

Iraqi dinar

Kurdish
Arabic

Israel

Jerusalem

New Shekel

Hebrew
English
Arabic

Japan

Tokyo

Yen

Japanese

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official language

Jordan

Amman

Jordanian dinar

Arabic

Kazakhstan

Astana

Tenge

Kazakh
Russian

Kurdistan

Erbil

Dinar

Kurdish

Kuwait

Kuwait City

Kuwaiti dinar

Arabic

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek

Som

Kyrgyz
Russian

Laos

Vientiane

Kip

Lao

Lebanon

Beirut

Lebanese pound

Arabic

Macau

Special administrative region of


Portuguese
Macanese pataca
China
Cantonese

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur (official)


Ringgit
Putrajaya (seat of government)

Maldives

Mal

Maldivian rufiyaa Maldivian

Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar

Tgrg

Mongolian

Myanmar (Burma)

Naypyidaw

Kyat

Burmese

Nagorno-Karabakh

Stepanakert
De facto sovereign state
lacking general international
recognition

Armenian dram

Armenian

Malaysian

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official language

Recognized by United
Nations as de jure part
of Azerbaijan

Nepal

Kathmandu

Nepalese rupee

Nepali

Northern Cyprus

Nicosia
De facto sovereign state
lacking general international
recognition
Recognized by United
Nation as de jure part
of Cyprus

Turkish lira

Turkish

North Korea

Pyongyang

North Korean
won

Korean

Oman

Muscat

Rial

Arabic

Pakistan

Islamabad

Pakistani Rupee

English
Urdu

Palestine

Ramallah (West Bank seat of


government)
Gaza (Gaza Strip seat of
government)
East Jerusalem (capital)
State of Palestine (flag
displayed) proclaimed on
territory

Israeli Shekel

Arabic

Philippines

Manila

Philippine Peso

Filipino
English

Qatar

Doha

Riyal

Arabic

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

Saudi riyal

Arabic

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official language

Singapore

Singapore

Singapore dollar

English
Chinese
Malay
Tamil

South Korea

Seoul

South Korean
won

Korean

South Ossetia

Tskhinvali
De facto sovereign state
lacking general international
recognition
Recognized by United
Nations as de jure part
of Georgia

Russian ruble

Ossetic
Georgian
Russian

Sri Lanka

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Sri Lankan rupee

Sinhala
Tamil

Syria

Damascus

Syrian pound

Arabic

Taiwan

Taipei
De facto sovereign state
lacking general international
recognition
Recognized by United
Nations as part of China.

New Taiwan
dollar

Standard Chinese

Tajikistan

Dushanbe

Somoni

Tajik

Thailand

Bangkok

Baht

Thai

Turkey [Europe]

Ankara

Turkish lira

Turkish

Turkmenistan

Ashgabat

Turkmen new
manat

Turkmen

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official language

United Arab
Emirates

Abu Dhabi

UAE dirham

Arabic

Uzbekistan

Tashkent

Uzbekistan som
(O'zbekiston
so'mi)

Uzbek

Vietnam

Hanoi

ng

Vietnamese

Yemen

Sana'a

Yemeni rial

Arabic

Tagalog

Notes
1. The Russian Federation is classified as a European country by the United Nations Statistics Division. Russia is
historically the successor of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, a medieval state of northeastern Europe. The
Russian conquest of Northern Asiabegins in the late 16th century. Today, most of the territory of Russia is in Asia,
but most of its population lives in the European part.

Europe

Area, 10,180,000 km2 (3,930,000 sq mi)[n]


Population, 739,165,030[n] (2011), 3rd)
Pop. density, 72.5/km2
Countries, 50

Europe ( /jrp/ EWR-p or /jrp/ YUR-p[13]) is, by convention, one of the world's
seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided
from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River,
the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting the Black and Aegean Seas.[14]Europe
is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean
Sea to the south, and the Black Sea and connected waterways to the southeast. Yet the borders of
Europea concept dating back to classical antiquityare somewhat arbitrary, as the
primarily physiographic term "continent" can incorporate cultural and politicalelements.
i

Europe is the world's second-smallest continent by surface area, covering about 10,180,000
square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi) or 2% of the Earth's surface and about 6.8% of its land area.
Of Europe's approximately 50 states, Russia is by far the largest by both area and population,
taking up 40% of the continent (although the country has territory in both Europe and Asia),
while the Vatican City is the smallest. Europe is the third-most populous continent
after Asia and Africa, with a population of 733 million or about 11% of the world's population.[15]
Europe, in particular Ancient Greece, is the birthplace of Western culture.[16] It played a
predominant role in global affairs from the 15th century onwards, especially after the beginning
of colonialism. Between the 16th and 20th centuries, European nations controlled at various
times the Americas, most of Africa, Oceania, and large portions of Asia. In 1900, Europe's share
of the world's population was 25%.[17] Both World Wars were largely focused upon Europe,
greatly contributing to a decline in Western European dominance in world affairs by the mid20th century as the United States and Soviet Union took prominence.[18] During the Cold War,
Europe was divided along the Iron Curtain between NATO in the west and theWarsaw Pact in
the east. European integration led to the formation of the Council of Europe and the European
Union in Western Europe, both of which have been expanding eastward since the revolutions of
1989 and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
language

land Islands

Mariehamn
Autonomous region of Finland (recognized by Euro
international treaty)

Swedish

Albania

Tirana

Lek

Albanian

Andorra

Andorra la Vella

Euro

Catalan

Austria

Vienna

Euro

German

Belarus

Minsk

Belarusian
ruble

Belarusian
Russian

Belgium

Brussels

Euro

Dutch
French
German

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Convertible
mark

Bosnian
Croatian
Serbian

Bulgaria

Sofia

Lev

Bulgarian

Croatia

Zagreb

Kuna

Croatian

Czech Republic Prague

Czech koruna Czech

Denmark

Copenhagen

Danish
krone[a]

Danish

Estonia

Tallinn

Euro

Estonian

Flag

Currency

Official
language

Name

Capital

Faroe Islands

Trshavn
Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm

Faroese krna

Faroese
Danish

Finland

Helsinki

Euro

Finnish
Swedish

France

Paris

Euro
CFP franc

French

Germany

Berlin

Euro

German

Gibraltar

Gibraltar
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Gibraltar
pound

English

Greece

Athens

Euro

Greek

Guernsey

Saint Peter Port


British Crown dependency

Pound sterling

English
French

Hungary

Budapest

Forint

Hungarian

Iceland

Reykjavk

Icelandic
krna

Icelandic

English

Ireland

Dublin

Euro

Isle of Man

Douglas
British Crown dependency

Pound sterling

English
Manx

Italy

Rome

Euro

Italian

Jersey

Saint Helier
British Crown dependency

Pound sterling

English
French

Kosovo

Pristina
Euro
De facto sovereign state recognized by over 80
UN member states

Irish

Albanian
Serbian

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
language

A United Nations mandate in Serbian territory


was put in place starting in 1999.
Latvia

Ryga

Euro

Latvian

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Swiss franc

German

Lithuania

Vilnius

Lithuanian
litas

Lithuanian

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Euro

Luxembourgish
French
German

Macedonia

Skopje

Macedonian
denar

Macedonian

Malta

Valletta

Euro

Maltese
English

Moldova

Chiinu

Moldovan leu Moldovan

Monaco

Monaco

Euro

French

Montenegro

Podgorica

Euro

Montenegrin

Netherlands

Amsterdam

Euro
US dollar
Dutch
NA guilder
Aruban florin

Norway

Oslo

Norwegian
krone

Norwegian
Bokml
Nynorsk

Poland

Warsaw

Zoty

Polish

Portugal

Lisbon

Euro

Portuguese

Romania

Bucharest

Romanian leu Romanian

Russia

Moscow

Russian
Russian ruble 27 others coofficial

San Marino

San Marino

Euro

Serbia

Belgrade

Serbian dinar Serbian

Slovakia

Bratislava

Euro

Slovak

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Euro

Slovene

Spain

Madrid

Euro

Spanish
Catalan

Italian

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
language
Galician
Basque

Svalbard

Longyearbyen
Special territory of Norway (recognized by
international treaty)

Norwegian
krone

Norwegian

Sweden

Stockholm

Swedish
krona

Swedish

Switzerland

Bern

Swiss franc

German
French
Italian
Romansh

Transnistria

Tiraspol
De facto sovereign state lacking general
international recognition
Recognized by United Nations as de jure part
of Moldova

Transnistrian
ruble

Russian
Moldovan
Ukrainian

Ukraine

Kiev

Ukrainian
hryvnia

Ukrainian

United
Kingdom

London

Pound sterling English

Vatican City

Vatican City

Euro

Italian

Notes
1.

Transcontinental countries in Europe and Asia, classified as West Asian countries by the United Nations
Statistics Division:
Azerbaijan,
Georgia,
Turkey,
Armenia.

In West Asia, but a member of the European Union:

Cyprus.

North America

Area, 24,709,000 km2 (9,540,000 sq mi)


Population, 528,720,588 (2008, 4th)
Pop. density, 22.9/km2 (59.3/sq mi)[b]
Countries, 23

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within
the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of theAmericas.[19] It is
bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west and
south by the Pacific Ocean, and to the southeast by South America and theCaribbean Sea.
North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles),
about 4.8% of the planet's surface or about 16.5% of its land area. As of July 2008, its
population was estimated at nearly 529 million people across 23 independent states. North
America is the third-largest continent in area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth in
population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
language

Anguilla

The Valley
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom

East Caribbean
Dollar

English

Antigua and
Barbuda

St. John's

East Caribbean
Dollar

English

Aruba

Oranjestad
Constituent country of the Kingdom Aruban florin
of the Netherlands

Papiamento
Dutch

Bahamas

Nassau

Bahamian Dollar

English

Barbados

Bridgetown

Barbadian Dollar

English

Belize

Belmopan

Belize Dollar

English

Bermuda

Hamilton
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom

Bermudian Dollar

English

Bonaire

Kralendijk
Special municipality of the
Netherlands

United States Dollar Dutch

British Virgin Islands

Road Town
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom

United States Dollar English

Canada

Ottawa

Canadian Dollar

French
English

Cayman Islands

George Town
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom

Cayman Islands
Dollar

English

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
language

Clipperton Island

uninhabited
Overseas territory of France

Euro

French

Costa Rica

San Jos

Costa Rican colon

Spanish

Cuba

Havana

Cuban peso

Spanish

Curaao

Willemstad
Netherlands
Constituent country of the Kingdom
Antillean guilder
of the Netherlands

Dominica

Roseau

Papiamento
Dutch

East Caribbean
Dollar

English

Dominican Republic Santo Domingo

Dominican peso

Spanish

El Salvador

San Salvador

United States Dollar Spanish

Greenland

Nuuk
Self-governing territory of
the Danish Realm

Danish Krone

Greenlandic

Grenada

St. George's

East Caribbean
Dollar

English

Guadeloupe

Basse-Terre
Overseas department of France

Euro

French

Guatemala

Guatemala City

Guatemalan quetzal Spanish

Haiti

Port-au-Prince

Haitian gourde

French

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
language

Honduras

Tegucigalpa

Honduran lempira

Spanish

Jamaica

Kingston

Jamaican Dollar

English

Martinique

Fort-de-France
Overseas department of France

Euro

French

Mexico

Mexico City

Mexican peso

Spanish

Montserrat

Plymouth (official)
Brades (seat of government)
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom

East Caribbean
Dollar

English

Navassa Island

Insular area of the United States of


America

United States Dollar English

Nicaragua

Managua

Nicaraguan cordoba Spanish

Panama

Panama City

United States Dollar


Spanish
Panamanian balboa

Puerto Rico

San Juan
Insular area of the United States of
America

United States Dollar

Saba

The Bottom
Special municipality of the
Netherlands

United States Dollar

Saint Barthlemy

Gustavia
Overseas collectivity of France

Euro

English
Spanish

French

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
language

Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre

East Caribbean
Dollar

English

Saint Lucia

Castries

East Caribbean
Dollar

English

Saint Martin

Marigot
Overseas collectivity of France

Euro

French

Saint Pierre and


Miquelon

Saint-Pierre
Overseas collectivity of France

Euro

French

Saint Vincent and


the Grenadines

Kingstown

East Caribbean
Dollar

English

Sint Eustatius

Oranjestad
Special municipality of the
Netherlands

United States Dollar

Sint Maarten

Philipsburg
Netherlands
Constituent country of the Kingdom
Antillean guilder
of the Netherlands

Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain

Trinidad and
Tobago Dollar

English

Turks and Caicos


Islands

Cockburn Town
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom

United States Dollar English

United States

Washington, D.C.

United States Dollar many

United States Virgin


Islands

Charlotte Amalie
Insular area of the United States of
America

United States Dollar English

South America

Area, 17,840,000 km2


(6,890,000 sq mi)
Population, 387,489,196 (2011, 5th)
Pop. density, 21.4 per km2 (56.0 per sq mi)
Countries, 12

South America is a continent located in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern
Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.[20][21]
It is 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. It is formed by twelve
sovereign states
- Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uru
guay, and Venezuela - the French Guiana, which is an overseas region ofFrance, and
the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory. In addition to this, the ABC islands of
the Netherlands may also be considered part of South America, as well as Trinidad and Tobago.
The South American states that border the Caribbean Sea Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana,
Suriname, and French Guiana are also known as Caribbean South America.
South America has an area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890,000 sq mi). Its population as
of 2005 has been estimated at more than 371,090,000. South America ranks fourth in area
(after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe,
and North America). The word America was coined in 1507 by cartographers Martin
Waldseemller and Matthias Ringmann, after Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to
suggest that the lands newly discovered by Europeans were not India, but a New Worldunknown
to Europeans.

Flag

Name

Argentina

Capital

Buenos Aires

Currency

Peso

Official
language

Spanish

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
language

Bolivia

Sucre (official)
La Paz (seat of government)

Boliviano

Spanish
Quechua
Aymara

Brazil

Braslia

Real

Portuguese

Chile

Santiago

Peso

Spanish

Colombia

Bogot

Peso

Spanish

Ecuador

Quito

United States dollar

Spanish

Falkland
Islands

Stanley
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom

Falkland Islands
pound

English

French Guiana

Cayenne
Overseas department of France

Euro

French

Guyana

Georgetown

Guyanese dollar

English

Paraguay

Asuncin

Guaran

Spanish
Guaran

Peru

Lima

Nuevo sol

Spanish

Suriname

Paramaribo

Surinamese dollar

Dutch

Uruguay

Montevideo

Uruguayan peso

Spanish

Flag

Name

Venezuela

Capital

Caracas

Currency

Bolvar fuerte

Official
language

Spanish

Oceania

Geopolitical Oceania
Area, 8,560,000 km2
(3,310,000 sq mi)
Population, 38,304,000 (2013, 5th)
Pop. density, 4.47 per km2 (11.57 per sq mi)
Countries, 14

Australia (UK /on/ or /osn/;[22] US /oini/)[23] is a region centered on the


islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean.[24] Opinions of what constitutes Oceania range from the
coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific (ethnologically divided into
the subregions of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia)[25] to the entire insular region
between Asiaand the Americas, including Australasia and the Maritime Southeast Asia.The term
is sometimes used more specifically to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate
islands,[26][27][28][29] or biogeographically as a synonym for either the Australasian
ecozone (Wallacea and Australasia) or the Pacific ecozone (Melanesia, Polynesia, and
Micronesia apart either from New Zealand[30] or from mainland New Guinea).[31]

Flag

Name

American
Samoa

Capital

Currency

Pago Pago
Insular area of the United States of United States dollar
America

Ashmore and
Cartier Islands
External

territory of
Australia

Australia

Canberra

Australian dollar

Baker Island

Insular area of the United


States of America

Cook Islands

Avarua
Self-governing parliamentary
New Zealand dollar
democracy in free association with Cook Islands dollar
New Zealand

Coral Sea
Islands

External territory of
Australia

Fiji

Suva

Fijian dollar

French
Polynesia

Papeete
Overseas collectivity of France

CFP Franc

Guam

Hagta

Insular area of the United


States of America

Howland
Island

Insular area of the United


States of America

Jarvis Island

Insular area of the United


States of America

Official
language

English
Samoan

None[c]

English
Cook Islands
Mori

French

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Johnston Atoll

Insular area of the United


States of America

Kingman Reef

Insular area of the United


States of America

Kiribati

South Tarawa

Marshall
Islands

Majuro

Micronesia

Palikir

Midway Atoll

Nauru

Yaren (seat of government)

Nouma
New Caledonia Sui generis collectivity (special
collectivity) of France

Official
language

Insular area of the United


States of America

CFP Franc

French

Wellington

New Zealand Dollar

Maori
New Zealand
Sign
English

Niue

Alofi

Self-governing
parliamentary democracy in
free association with New
Zealand

Norfolk Island

Kingston

Self-governing territory of
Australia

New Zealand

Flag

Name

Capital

Northern
Mariana
Islands

Saipan

Palau

Ngerulmud

Palmyra Atoll

Papua New
Guinea

Port Moresby

Pitcairn
Islands

Adamstown

Samoa

Apia

Solomon
Islands

Honiara

Tokelau

Nukunonu (main settlement,


although each atoll has its own
administrative centre)

Tonga

Nukualofa

Tuvalu

Funafuti

Currency

Official
language

Insular area of the United


States of America

Insular area of the United


States of America

Overseas territory of the


United Kingdom

Dependent territory of New


Zealand

Vanuatu

Port Vila

Vanuatu vatu

Wake Island

Insular area of the United States of United States dollar


America

Bislama
French
English

Flag

Name

Wallis and
Futuna

Capital

Mata-Utu
Overseas collectivity of France

Currency

CFP Franc

Official
language

French

Antarctica

Area, 14,000,000 km2 (5,400,000 sq mi)[32]

Antarctica ( /ntrtk/ or /ntrktk/)[d] is Earth's southernmost continent, containing the


geographic South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost
entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14.0
million km2 (5.4 million sq mi), it is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa,North
America, and South America. For comparison, Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia.
About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages at least 1 mile (1.6 km) in thickness.
i

Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest
average elevation of all the continents.[35] Antarctica is considered a desert, with
annualprecipitation of only 200 mm (8 inches) along the coast and far less inland.[36] The
temperature in Antarctica has reached 89 C (129 F). There are no permanent human
residents, but anywhere from 1,000 to 5,000 people reside throughout the year at the research
stations scattered across the continent. Only cold-adapted organisms survive there, including
many types of algae, animals (for
example mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades), bacteria, fungi, plants, and protista.
Vegetation where it occurs is tundra.
Although myths and speculation about a Terra Australis ("Southern Land") date back to
antiquity, the first confirmed sighting of the continent is commonly accepted to have occurred in
1820 by the Russian expedition of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail
Lazarev on Vostok and Mirny. The continent, however, remained largely neglected for the rest of
the 19th century because of its hostile environment, lack of resources, and isolation.
The Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1959 by 12 countries; to date, 49 countries have signed the
treaty. The treaty prohibits military activities and mineral mining, prohibits nuclear explosions
and nuclear waste disposal, supports scientific research, and protects the continent's ecozone.
Ongoing experiments are conducted by more than 4,000 scientists from many nations.

Antarctica is regulated by the Antarctic Treaty System, which defines it as all land and ice
shelves south of 60S, and has no government and belongs to no country. However, the
following territorial claims in Antarctica have been made:
Argentina: Argentine Antarctica
Australia: Australian Antarctic Territory
Brazil: Brazilian Antarctica (unofficial)
Chile: Antrtica
France: Adlie Land
New Zealand: Ross Dependency
Norway: Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land
United Kingdom: British Antarctic Territory
(Unclaimed: Marie Byrd Land)
Moreover, the following dependent territories are situated in the wider Antarctic Region:

Flag

Name

Capital

Currency

Official
Language

Bouvet Island
Dependent territory of
Norway

French Southern
Territories

Alfred Faure (Crozet Islands)


Port-aux-Franais (Kerguelen Islands)
Martin-de-Vivis (Saint
Euro
Paul and Amsterdam Islands)
Overseas territory of France

French

Heard Island and


McDonald Islands
External territory of
Australia

South Georgia and the


South Sandwich Islands

King Edward Point


Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom

Pound
sterling

English

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