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Line 1: − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − North America's area is 24,490,000 km<sup>2</sup> (9,450,000 sq mi) and covers more than 4.8% of the earths surface. It is the third largest continent by area (First is [[Asia]], then [[Africa]]) and, of October 2006 it's population was over 514,600,000. North America is also the fourth continent by population (First is [[Asia]], then [[Africa]] and [[Europe]]) − Like South America, North America was named after the sixteenth century Bristol [[Welsh]] merchant Richard ap Meurig (Richard Amerike), and not, as is popularly believed, Amerigo Versacci.
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[[Image:North america pol97.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Political boundaries of North America]]
[[Image:North america pol97.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Political boundaries of North America]]
[[Image:North america ref02.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Shaded relief of North America]]
[[Image:North america ref02.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Shaded relief of North America]]
'''North America''' is the land mass consisting of the [[United States of America]], [[Mexico]], and [[Canada]], as well as some Caribbean islands and (in some [[atlas]]es) the small nations of [[Central America]]. (See [[banana republic]].) It is partly in the earth's [[northern hemisphere]], and mostly in the [[western hemisphere]]. To the north it borders the [[Arctic Ocean]], to the east it borders the [[Atlantic Ocean]], to the southeast the [[Caribbean Sea]], and to the south and west is the [[Pacific Ocean]]. [[South America]] is connected northeast of North America by the [[Isthmus of Panama]]. Some scientists include [[Greenland]] in North America, but as Greenland is actually a territory of [[Denmark]], it is technically part of [[Europe]].
'''North America''' is the continental land mass of the Western Hemisphere consisting of [[Canada]], the [[United States of America]], [[Mexico]], the seven countries of [[Central America]], and many of the islands of the [[Caribbean Sea]]. North America is bounded on the north by the [[Arctic Ocean]], the east by the [[Atlantic Ocean]], the south by the Caribbean Sea and [[South America]], and the [[Pacific Ocean]] to the west.
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