Where is Latin America?

Full name of Latin America: Latin America and America. ? Latin America refers to the American region south of the United States, located between 32 42' north latitude and 56 54' south latitude, including Mexico, Central America, West Indies and South America. Latin America is a concept of political geography. As far as the languages of American residents are concerned, English and Latin are dominant. Because this region belongs to the Latin family, many countries south of the United States are called Latin American countries, and this region is called Latin America. ? Latin America faces the Atlantic Ocean in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west, with a total length of 1 1000 km from north to south, a width of 51000 km from east to west, and a narrowest point of only 48 km from the isthmus of Panama. There are Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea in the north. Section two? 567,000 square kilometers. Population 577 million (2008). Mainly indo-European mixed-race and mixed-race, followed by blacks, Indians and whites.

Latin America refers to the entire southern hemisphere from Mexico. It borders the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the east, and the nearest distance to the African continent is about 2494.4 kilometers. West of the Pacific Ocean; South across the Drake Strait, facing Antarctica; Bravo river (Rio Grande River), which borders Mexico and the United States in the north, is adjacent to the United States. It includes Mexico, Central America and South America in North America. Historically, this region was mainly a colony of Latin-speaking countries such as Spain and Portugal, so it was called Latin America. In addition, the West Indies in the Caribbean have the same historical experience as Latin America, and in terms of geographical division, they are customarily placed in the same category as Latin America and the Caribbean. ? Geographically, the scope of Latin America and the Caribbean Sea starts from the easternmost tip of the South American continent in the east, Punta Blanco (34 46' W) in the northeast of Brazil, and reaches the border between Mexico and the United States on the Pacific coast in the west (117 09 w). It starts from the Colorado River border between Mexico and the United States in the north (32 42' north latitude) and ends at Cape Frowad (53 54' south latitude) at the southernmost tip of the South American continent. And Tierra del Fuego across the strait of magellan from Cape Froude? The southernmost Cape Horn is located at the highest latitude in South America (55 59' south latitude). In other words, the land in Latin America spans the northern and southern hemispheres from about 32 north latitude to about 55 south latitude, but most of it is in the southern hemisphere. Its main part lies below the equatorial line, between the two tropic of cancer. The equatorial line is several thousand meters north of Quito, Ecuador, not far from Belem, Brazil, where the Amazon River is at its mouth. The Tropic of Capricorn runs through the northern suburb of Sao Paulo, the largest industrial zone in South America. The Tropic of Cancer runs through the Gulf of Mexico, at the latitude near Havana. It can be said that all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean except Uruguay are located or partially located between the two Tropics of Cancer.