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Union of South American Nations

General information
Name
Union of
South American Nations

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Union of
South American Nations






Administrative centerAdministrative Centers
Largest cityBrazil São Paulo
Official languages4
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Dutch
English
Portuguese
Spanish
Membership12 members
title=12 members
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
2 observers
title=2 observers
Mexico
Panama
DemonymSouth American
Government
GovernmentContinental union
President Pro TemporeGuyana Bharrat Jagdeo
Secretary GeneralColombia María Emma Mejía
FormationFormation
Cusco Declaration8 December 2004
Constitutive Treaty23 May 2008
Functioning entity11 March 2011
Geography
Total Area6846154 sq mi (17731538.9 km2)
Water %8.91
Demography
Population Est.387.948 million
Density (pop.)21.9/km2 (192nd) (56.7/sq mi)
Economy
GDP PPP$7.942 trillion (2010) (3th)
GDP (PPP) per capita$9,736 (77th)
GDP (nominal)$2.879 trillion (2008) (5th)
GDP (nominal) per capita$7,421 (68th)
Other information
Currency12
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Argentine peso
Bolivian boliviano
Brazilian real
Chilean peso
Colombian peso
Guyanese dollar
Paraguayan guaraní
Peruvian nuevo sol
Surinamese dollar
United States dollar
Uruguayan peso
Venezuelan bolívar
Internet TLD12
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.co
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WebsiteUNASUR  

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The Union of South American Nations (Dutch: - UZAN, - UNASUL, - UNASUR) is an intergovernmental union integrating two existing customs unions: Mercosur and the Andean Community of Nations, as part of a continuing process of South American integration. It is modeled on the European Union.

The UNASUR Constitutive Treaty was signed on May 23, 2008, at the Third Summit of Heads of State, held in Brasília, Brazil. According to the Constitutive Treaty, the Union's headquarters will be located in Quito, Ecuador. The South American Parliament will be located in Cochabamba, Bolivia, while the headquarters of its bank, the Bank of the South are located in Caracas, Venezuela.

The combined population of the 12-member Union as at 1 July 2010 was estimated at 396,391,032.

On 4 May 2010, at an extraordinary heads of state summit held in Campana, 75 km (46.6 mi) north of Buenos Aires, former Argentine President Néstor Kirchner was unanimously elected the first Secretary-General of UNASUR for a two-year term. This new office was conceived as a first step towards the establishment of a permanent bureaucratic body for the supranational union, eventually superseding Mercosur and CAN political bodies. On 1 December 2010, Uruguay became the ninth nation to ratify the UNASUR treaty, thus giving the union full legality.

As the Constitutive Treaty enters into force on 11 March 2011, UNASUR will become a legal entity during a meeting of Foreign Ministers in Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador, where they will put the foundation stone for the Secretariat Headquarters.


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