A vast, compact, triangular peninsula, forming southern portion of Western
Continent. Area, 6,827,230 square miles; extreme length, 4,550 miles;
extreme breadth, about 3,300 miles. Number political divisions, 11.
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Divisions. | Area, |Population.| Capitals. | Pop.
| Sq. Miles.| | |
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Argentine Republic | 1,125,086 | 3,026,000 | Buenos Ayres | 295,000
Bolivia | 842,729 | 2,300,000 | La Paz | 76,372
Brazil | 3,288,963 | 9,883,622 | Rio de Janeiro| 274,972
Chili | 256,399 | 2,271,949 | Santiago | 200,000
Colombia | 504,773 | 4,000,000 | Bogota | 100,000
Ecuador | 248,370 | 946,033 | Quito | 80,000
Guiana, British | 76,000 | 248,110 | Georgetown | 36,562
Guiana, French | 48,000 | 36,760 | Cayenne | 10,000
Guiana, Dutch | 46,060 | 68,255 | Paramaribo | 27,416
Paraguay | 91,970 | 346,048 | Asuncion | 16,000
Peru | 503,718 | 2,699,945 | Lima | 101,488
Uruguay | 73,538 | 438,245 | Montevideo | 115,500
Venezuela | 632,695 | 2,121,988 | Caracas | 55,638
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