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Americas

Americas
Area42,549,000 km2
Population910,720,588 (July 2008 est.)
Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
DemonymAmerican
Countries35
Dependencies23
List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas
LanguagesSpanish, English, Portuguese,
French, Quechua, Haitian Creole, Guaraní, Aymara, Dutch and many others
TimeUTC-10 to UTC

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The Americas, or America ( , , , , , , , ), are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily used to refer to the United States of America. The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.4% of its land area) and contain about 13.5% of the human population (about 900 million people).


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