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Cuba

Cuba Demographics Full country name: Republic of Cuba Area: 110,860 sq km Population: 11 million Capital city: Havana Language: Spanish Religion:47% Roman Catholic, 4%Protestant Government: Communist Republic Head of State: Fidel Castro

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Demographics Area: 48,730 sq km (18,814.8 sq miles) Population: 8.5 million Capital city: Santo Domingo Language: Spanish Religion: 95% Roman Catholic Government: Representative Democracy President: Leonel Fernández

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Demographics Area: 9100 sq km (3500 sq miles) Population: 3,915,798 Capital city: San Juan Language: Spanish, English Religion: 85% Roman Catholic, Protestant Government: Commonwealth of the US Governor: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica Demographics Full country name: Republic of Costa Rica Area: 51,100 sq km (19,929 sq mi) Population: 3.8 million Capital city: San José Language: Spanish, Creole English & Indian dialects Religion: 85% Roman Catholic, Protestant Government: Democracy President-elect: Oscar Arias Sanchez

El Salvador

El Salvador Demographics Full country name: Republic of El Salvador Area: 20,752 sq km (8,093 sq mi) Population: 6,122,515 Capital city: San Salvador Language: Spanish, some Nahua Religion: 75% Roman Catholic, 20%Protestant Government: Republic President: Elías Antonio Saca Gonzalez

Guatemala

Guatemala Demographics Full country name: Republic of Guatemala Area: 109,000 sq km (42,500 sq mi) Population: 12.6 million Capital city: Guatemala City Language: Spanish, Garífuna & 21 Mayan Languajes Religion: Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Mayan-Catholic fusion Government: Democratic President: Oscar Berger Perdomo

Honduras

Honduras Demographics Full country name: Republic of Honduras Area: 112,492 sq km (43,870 sq mi) Population: 6,249,598 million Capital city: Tegucigalpa Language: Spanish, Creole English & Indian dialects Religion: 85% Roman Catholic, Other Christian sects & Indigenous forms of worship Government: Constitutional Democracy President: Manuel Zelaya

Nicaragua

Nicaragua Demographics Full country name: Republic of Nicaragua Area: 129,494 sq km (50,180 sq mi) Population: 5.2 million Capital city: Managua Language: Spanish, Creole English & Miskito Religion: 73% Roman Catholic, 16% Protestant Government: Republic President-elect: Enrique Bolaños

Panama

Panama Demographics Full country name: Republic of Panama Area: 78,000 sq km (30,420 sq mi) Population: 2.8 million Capital city: Panama City Language: Spanish,English & Indian languages Religion: 85% Roman Catholic, 10% Protestant, 5% Islamic Government: Constitutional Republic President-elect: Martin Torrijos Espino

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Spain

Spain Demographics Full country name: Kingdom of Spain Area: 504,784 sq km Population: 40.5 million Capital city: Madrid Language: Castilian Spanish (also Catalan,Galician & Basque) Religion: 90% Roman Catholic Government: Parliamentary monarchy Prime Minister: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero King: Juan Carlos I

Portugal

Portugal Demographics Area: 35,672 sq km (92,389 sq mi) Population: 10.3 million Capital city: Lisbon Language: Portuguese Religion: 97% Roman Catholic, 2% Protestant Government: Parliamentary Democracy President: Aníbal Cavaco Silva Prime Minister: José Socrates

North America Mexico

Mexico

Mexico Demographics Full country name: Estados Unidos Méxicano Area: 1,958,200 sq km (758,866 sq mi) Population: 100,350,000 Capital city: Mexico City Language: Spanish & 59 indigenous languages Religion: 90% Roman Catholic, 6% Protestant Government: Federal Republic President-elect: Vincente Fox Quesada

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Argentina

Argentina Demographics Full country name: República Argentina Area: 2,776,890 sq km (1,083,000 sq mi) Population: 37,812,817 Capital city: Buenos Aires Language: Spanish, 17 Indigenous languages Religion: 93% Roman Catholic, 2.5%Protestant, 2% Jewish, 1.5% Ukranian Catholic, 1% Armenian Orthodox Government: Republic Interim-President: Nestor Kirchener

Bolivia

Bolivia Demographics Full country name: Republic of Bolivia Area: 1,098,580 sq km (428,446 sq mi) Population: 8,328,700 Capital city: La Paz Language: Spanish, Quechua, Aymará & Composite dialects of Spanish-Quechua & Spanish-Aymará Religion: 95% Roman Catholic, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) Government: Democracy President: Jorge Evo Morales

Brazil

Brazil Demographics Full country name: República Federativa do Brasil Area: 8,514,215 sq km (3,286,487 sq mi) Population: 175 million Capital city: Brasília Language: Portuguese Religion: 70% Roman Catholic, a significant portion who either belong to various cults or practice Indian animism Government: Federal Republic President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Chile

Chile Demographics Full country name: Republic of Chile Area: 756,950 sq km (292,500 sq mi) Population: 15 million Capital city: Santiago Language: Spanish, a handful of native languages (Aymara, Mapuche & Rapa Nui) Religion: 89% Roman Catholic, 10% Protestant, less than 1% Jewish Government: Republic President: Michelle Bachelet

Colombia

Colombia Demographics Full country name: Republic of Colombia Area: 1,141,748 sq km (440,830 sq mi) Population: 39,685,000 Capital city: Bogotá Language: Castilian Spanish, over 200 indigenous languajes Religion: 95% Roman Catholic, Episcopal & Jewish Government: Democracy President: Alvaro Uribe Vélez

Ecuador

Ecuador Demographics Area: 283,520 sq km (175,780 sq mi) Population: 12,920,092 Capital city: Quito Language: Spanish, Quechua,Quichua & Other indigenous languajes Religion: 90% Roman Catholic, Other Christian denominations Government: Democracy President: Alfredo Palacio

Paraguay

Paraguay Demographics Full country name: República del Paraguay Area: 407,000 sq km (158,730 sq mi) Population: 5,585,828 Capital city: Asunción Language: Spanish, Guaraní Religion: 97% Roman Catholic, 3% Mennonite & other Protestant Government: Republic President: Oscar Nicanor Duarte Frutos

Peru

Peru Demographics Full country name: Republic of Peru Area: 1,285,215 sq km (501,234 sq mi) Population: 27,012,899 Capital city: Lima Language: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara Religion: 90% Roman Catholic, Protestant Government: Democracy President: Alan Gracia Prime Minister: Jorge del Castillo

Uruguay

Uruguay Demographics Full country name: República Oriental del Uruguay Area: 187,000 sq km (72,930 sq mi) Population: 3,334,074 Capital city: Montevideo Language: Spanish Religion: 66% Roman Catholic, 2% Protestant, 2% Jewish Government: Republic President: Tabaré Vázquez

Venezuela

Venezuela Demographics Full country name: República Bolivariana de Venezuela Area: 912,050 sq km (355,700 sq mi) Population: 23,543,000 Capital city: Caracas Language: Spanish, More than 30 Amerindian languajes Religion: 96% Roman Catholic, 2% Protestant Government: Federal Republic Head of State: Hugo Chávez

SOURCES Websites www.encarta.com www.lonelyplanet.com www.caribbean-on-line.com www.maps.com www.latinworld.com www.gosouthamerica.about.com www.msn.com Prepared by: DSCC HEP