• North America
• Capital: Mexico City(La
Ciudad de
México)
•Interesting fact: The Christmas
season in Mexico lasts from
December 9th- February 2nd.
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Central America
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Capital:
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Interesting fact:
Once home to the
ancient Mayan
civilization.
Guatamala City
(La Ciudad de
Guatemala
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Central America
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Capital: Tegucigalpa
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Interesting fact: The
Honduran flag has three
stripes. In the middle stripe
there are five stars that
represent the five states of
the Central American
Union. The star in the
middle represents
Honduras because it is at
the grographic center of
these five states.
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Central America
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Capital:
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Interesting fact: It is
known as “The Land
of the Volcanoes”
because there are
more than 20
volcanoes in the
territory.
San Salvador
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Central America
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Capital:
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Interesting fact:
Nicaragua’s
baseball team took
2nd in the 1996
Olympics in Atlanta.
Managua
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Central America
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Capital:
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Interesting fact:
Costa Ricans often
refer to themselves
as Ticos (males) or
Ticas (females).
San José
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Central America
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Capital:
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Interesting fact:
Panama was the first
Latin American
country to adopt the
U.S. currency as its
own.
Panama City (La
Ciudad de
Panamá
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South America
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Capital:
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Interesting fact:
Baseball is more
popular than soccer
in this country. The
national soccer
team is only about
15 years old.
Caracas
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South America
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Capital: Bogotá
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Interesting fact:
Origin of famous
author Gabriel
García Márquez.
What did he write?
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South America
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Captial:
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Interesting Fact: In
Ecuador, there is an
exhibit that sits on the
equator. There you
can see water flush
straight down and can
balance an egg on a
nail.
Quito
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South America
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Capital:
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Interesting fact:
Machu Picchu is the
home to many Incan
ruins.
Lima
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South America
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Capital:
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Interesting Fact: The
largest deposit of salt
on the planet is
found in Bolivia.
(Uyuni salt beds)
La Paz
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South America
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Capital:
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Interesting fact:
There are more than
275 individual
cascades within the
Iguacu Falls, which
spans the River
Iguacu
Asunción
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South America
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Capital:
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Interesting Fact: The
people have the
longest life
expectancy rate in
South America (75
years).
Montevideo
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South America
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Capital:
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Interesting Fact:
There are 80 airports
in Chile with paved
runways and 277
airports with
unpaved runways.
Santiago
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South America
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Capital:
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Interesting Fact:
Argentina was one of
the first countries in the
world to have radio.
The first broadcast was
made in August 1920,
and only 20 people
had a receiver.
Buenos Aires
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Caribbean
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Capital:
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Interesting Fact:
Christmas did not
become an official
holiday until 1997 in
preparation for a visit
from the Pope.
Havana
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Caribbean
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Capital:
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Interesting Fact: This
is where the
“Merengue” style of
music originated.
Santo Domingo
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Caribbean
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Capital:
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Interesting Fact: “El
Yunque” is the only
tropical rainforest in
the U.S. National
Forest system.
San Juan
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Europe
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Capital:
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Interesting fact:
Spain is the home of
the tailless monkey,
the macaque, which
is the only type of
wild monkey that
lives in Europe.
Madrid
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Africa
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Capital:
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Interesting Fact: This
country has the
highest adult literacy
rate of the entire
sub-Saharan Africa
Malabo