10 Facts about America

Thursday, January 8th 2015. | World


Facts about America talk about one of the continents in the world. There are 35 countries in America.  Based on the report in July 2013, America was inhabited by 954 million people. The total area is around 42,549,000 kilometer square. Here are other facts about America for you:

Facts about America 1: the largest cities

Let me show you the largest cities in America. Those are Mexico City, Sao Paulo, New York City, Los Angeles and Buenos Aires.

Facts about America 2: the languages

The America is inhabited by different people. Therefore, you can find them speaking in different languages such as English, Spanish, Dutch, Nahuatl, Guarani, Haitian Creole, French, Portuguese, and Aymara.

America Brazil

America Brazil

Facts about America 3: the New World

America is also called as the New World. The continent is the combination of South America and North America. The landmasses of American occupy 8.3 perfect from the total surface of earth.

Facts about America 4: the largest river basin

There are many large river basins in America. Most of them can be found on the eastern side. Those include La Plata, Amazon and Mississippi. Get facts about Amazon River here.

America Canada

America Canada

Facts about America 5: the ecology and climate

You can find different ecology and climates in America.  The South America and Central America are filled with tropical rainforests. The Alaska, Greenland and Northern Canada have arctic tundra.

Facts about America 6: the most populous countries and cities

Sao Paulo, Mexico City and New York City are the most populous cities in America. The most populous countries include US, Brazil and Mexico. There are at least 900 million people living in America.

America

America

Facts about America 7: Latin America

The culture of Latin America is rooted from the Latin Europe culture. Most of the people speak Portuguese and Spanish languages.

Facts about America 8: religion

Most people in America embrace Christianity. But you can find 12 percent of the whole population is irreligion. They can be agnostic or atheist. There is only 1 percent of Muslim in North America.

Facts about America

Facts about America

Facts about America 9: Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci discovered America. It was known as a new continent. The name America was taken from his name. Get facts about Amerigo Vespucci here.

Facts about America 10: the second expedition of Amerigo Vespucci

The second expedition of Amerigo Vespucci was in May 1499.  He went to South America and discovered Amazon River and Cape St. Augustine.

Facts about America

Facts about America

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