| Southern Cone | |
|---|---|
Countries always included in all definitions
Areas sometimes included
Federative units of Brazil not included | |
| Area | 5,712,034 km2 (2,205,429 sq mi) |
| Population | 135,707,204 (July 2010 est.) |
| Density | 27.45/km2 (71.1/sq mi)[1] |
| Countries | |
| Territories | External (2) |
| Languages | Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, German, Aymara, Guaraní, Mapudungun, and Quechuan |
| Demonym | South American |
| Largest cities | |
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. Traditionally, it covers Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. In terms of social, economic and political geography, the Southern Cone comprises Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay, and sometimes includes Brazil's four southernmost states (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo).
The Southern Cone is the subregion in Latin America with the highest Human Development Index, and it has historically had a high standard of living; it's located at latitudes in the southern hemisphere that would correspond in the northern hemisphere to the United States, Canadian provinces, European countries (except the Nordic countries), northern China, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.[2][3]
- ^ This North American density figure is based on a total land area of 4,944,081 sq km
- ^ Steves, F. (September 2001). "Regional Integration and Democratic Consolidation in the Southern Cone of Latin America". Democratization. 8 (3): 75–100. doi:10.1080/714000210. S2CID 42956310.
- ^ Krech III, Shepard; Merchant, Carolyn; McNeill, John Robert, eds. (2004). Encyclopedia of World Environmental History. Vol. 3: O–Z, Index. Routledge. pp. 1142–. ISBN 978-0-415-93735-1.
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