El MundoEl MundoHispanoHispano

México y laAmérica Central

La América del Sur

EspañaCuba

La RepúblicaDominicana

Puerto Rico

Las Antillas

Guinea Ecuatorial

México y la América Central

México

Guatemala

El Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua

Costa RicaPanamá

México D.F.(La Ciudad de México)

mexicano

Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Fun Facts About Mexico Mexico introduced chocolate, corn, and chilies to the world. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) (UNAM) is a public

university based primarily in Mexico city and considered to be the largest one-campus university in the Americas in terms of student population. It has Nobel Prize laureates among its alumni: Alfonso García Robles (Peace), Octavio Paz (Literature), and Mario Molina (Chemisty). The University is the 190th best ranked university in the world and the second best in Ibero-America after the University of Barcelona.

The red poinsettia (which the Aztecs called cuetlaxochitl) originated in Mexico and is named after Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States ambassador to Mexico (in the 1820s).

Mexico City is built over the ruins of a great Aztec city, Tenochtitlán. Because it is built on a lake, Mexico is sinking at a rate of 6 to 8 inches a year as pumps draw water out for the city’s growing population.

Chichen Itzá (in the Yucatán is one of the new Seven Wonders of the World (2007).

Mexico is the 14th largest country (of 195) in the world by total area. Mexico City has the highest elevation and is oldest city in North

America. It is also one of the largest cities in the world.

La Ciudad de Guatemala

guatemalteco

San Salvador salvadoreño

Tegucigalpa

hondureño

Managua

nicaraguense

San José

costaricense

La Ciudad de Panamá panameño

La América del SurVenezuela

Colombia

Ecuador

Perú

BoliviaParaguay

Chile Uruguay

La Argentina

Caracas venezolano

Bogotá

colombiano

Quito

ecuatoriano

Lima

peruano

La Paz (Sucre)

boliviano

Asunción

paraguayo

Montevideo

uruguayo

Santiago

chileno

Buenos Aires

argentino

Fun Facts About Argentina It is the eighth largest country of the world. As per the law, the President and Vice President of

Argentina should be Roman Catholics. The popular dance form ‘Tango’ comes from Argentina. The majority of the population in Argentina is of European

origin. The period between 1880 and 1929 is remembered as the

golden time in the history of Argentina—it was at this time that the country became know to the rest of the world as a result of great prosperity from an agricultural export-led economy. Argentina emerged as one of the 10 richest countries in the world, during this period.

Pato is the official national sport of Argentina. It is a combination of polo and basketball. A bill was introduced in the Argentine legislature in 2010 to elevate soccer to the status of national sport and reduce pato to a traditional sport.

Wine is a major export of Argentina.

Las Antillas

España

Cuba

PuertoRico

La RepúblicaDominicana

La Habana cubano

Santo Domingo

dominicano

San Juan puertorriqueño

Madrid

español

Spain was among the most powerful empires in the world during the 16th century.

Spain produces 44% of all the earth’s olive oil. Spain does not have a tooth fairy. Instead, they have a tooth mouse

named Ratoncito Perez. In Spain, people eat lunch at 2 pm, and dinner at 9-10 p.m. Spain is slightly more than twice the size of Oregon and occupies 85%

of the Iberian Peninsula. The biggest industry in Spain is tourism. Benidorm, a beach town near

Alicante has the third most hotel rooms in Europe after London and Paris.

Flamenco is not just a dance, but an art form that includes guitar, singing, dancing and 'palmas' (handclaps).

Spain are the current Basketball World Champions, European soccer champs, World Cup Soccer Champions 2010 and have won the Tour de France for three years in a row. Fernando Alonso, winner of the 2005 and 2006 Formula One World Championships, is Spanish too.

Fun Facts About Spain

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