The Southern Cone is the southernmost region of South America, comprising Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay, and sometimes the southern Brazilian states. Its name reflects the tapering, cone-like shape of the continent below the Tropic of Capricorn. The region shares a broadly temperate climate, a colonial Spanish and Portuguese heritage, and deep economic and political integration through bodies such as Mercosur, distinguishing it from the tropical and Andean regions further north.
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Which countries make up the Southern Cone?
Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, and sometimes Paraguay.
Traditionally the Southern Cone covers Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Some definitions also include Paraguay.
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1. Southern Cone (Wikipedia)
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The Southern Cone (Spanish: Cono Sur, Portuguese: Cone Sul) is a geographical and cultural subregion composed of the southernmost areas of South America, mostly south of the Tropic of Capricorn.
2. Southern Cone (Wikipedia)
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5,712,034 km2
Infobox, label2/data2 (Population)
135,707,204 (July 2010 est.)
View the SourceEncyclopaedia Britannica
Wikidata: Southern Cone
Wikidata Q236118, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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