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Which Countries Make Up North America?

Maya Pillai
The continent of North America comprises the Caribbean Islands, Central America, and Northern America. This story gives you the list of countries that make up North America. Have a look...
North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere. This continent is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean on the north, on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, and on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea.

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North America is the third largest continent, area wise, and fourth, population wise.
It covers a gross area of 24,709,000 square kilometers, which makes up 16.5% of the total land surface of the planet. It has been the birthplace of many ancient civilizations, such as the Aztecs and the Mayans. This area was later colonized by the European countries in the 16th and 17th centuries.
It was earlier mistaken to be the East Indies, however, the Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci, was the first to realize and suggest that this land mass, was in fact, not the East Indies.
This prompted the German cartographers, Martin Waldseemüller and Matthias Ringmann, to rename the continent as America, which was a latinized version of Amerigo Vespucci's name. The huge extent of this area, later caused it to be called North America and South America, based on the hemispheres of the planet.

Capitals and Countries in North America

Some of the countries mentioned in the next few slides are the territories of UK, France, Denmark, The Netherlands, and the USA.
  • Anguilla (UK): The Valley
  • Antigua and Barbuda: St. John's
  • Aruba (Netherlands): Oranjestad
  • Bahamas: Nassau
  • Barbados: Bridgetown
  • Belize: Belmopan
  • Bermuda (UK): Hamilton
  • Bonaire (Netherlands): Kralendijk
  • British Virgin Islands (UK): Road Town
  • Canada: Ottawa
  • Cayman Islands (UK): George Town
  • Clipperton Island (France): -
  • Costa Rica: San José
  • Cuba: Havana
  • Curaçao (Netherlands): Willemstad
  • Dominica: Roseau
  • Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo
  • El Salvador: San Salvador
  • Greenland (Denmark): Nuuk
  • Grenada: St. George's
  • Guadeloupe (France): Basse-Terre
  • Guatemala: Guatemala City
  • Haiti: Port-au-Prince
  • Honduras: Tegucigalpa
  • Jamaica: Kingston
  • Martinique (France): Fort-de-France
  • Mexico: Mexico City
  • Montserrat (UK): Brades
  • Navassa Island (USA): -
  • Nicaragua: Managua
  • Panama: Panama City
  • Puerto Rico (USA): San Juan
  • Saint Barthélemy (France): Gustavia
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis: Basseterre
  • Saint Lucia: Castries
  • Saint Martin (France): Marigot
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France): Saint-Pierre
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Kingstown
  • Sint Eustatius (Netherlands): Oranjestad
  • Sint Maarten (Netherlands): Philipsburg
  • Trinidad and Tobago: Port of Spain
  • Turks and Caicos Islands (UK): Cockburn Town
  • United States: Washington, D.C.
  • U.S. Virgin Islands (USA): Charlotte Amalie