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Latin America is the vast cultural and linguistic macro-region of the Americas comprising the countries and territories where Spanish, Portuguese or French, the Romance languages descended from Latin, are predominant, spanning Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America. Bound together more by colonial history, language and culture than by any single physical boundary, it is home to over 600 million people across dozens of countries and some of the world's most linguistically and ethnically diverse societies.

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Classification
Region Type
Cultural Region 1
Region Type
Cultural Region 1
Area (sq km)
20,111,457 1
Population
656,098,097 1
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Sources
1. Latin America (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, Area field
    20,111,457 km2 (7,765,077 sq mi)
  • Infobox, Population field
    656,098,097 (2021 est.)
  • Introduction
    Latin America (Spanish: América Latina or Latinoamérica; Portuguese: América Latina) is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish and Portuguese.
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Wikidata: Latin America
Wikidata Q12585, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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