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Northern America

For other uses, see Northern America (disambiguation).

Northern America

Area 21 780 142 km² Population 334 659 631
(Jul. 2007 est.)[1]States 2 Canada
United StatesDependencies 3 Bermuda (UK)
Greenland (DK)
St. Pierre and Miquelon (FR) GDP $12.776 478 3 trillion
(PPP, 2005 est.)[2]Major languages English, Spanish, French, Danish, Greenlandic, and various Recognised regional languages. Time zones UTC(Danmarkshavn, Greenland) to
UTC -10:00(west Aleutians) Largest urban agglomerations (2005)[3]1. New York City
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Miami
5. Philadelphia
6. Toronto
7. Dallas
8. Boston
9. Houston
10. Atlanta

Northern America is the northernmost region of the Americas, distinct from but part of the North American continent, including all territories north of Middle America. Geopolitically, according to the scheme of geographic regions and subregions used by the United Nations, Northern America consists of:[1][2]

Canada

United States

Greenland, a self-governing island of Denmark

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, an overseas territory of France

Bermuda, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Definitions

Maps using the term Northern America (L'Amerique septentrionale in French) date back to 1755, when the region was occupied by France, Great Britain, and Spain.[3] Today, Northern America includes the Canada-US dyad, developed countries that exhibit very high human development and intense economic integration while sharing many socioeconomic characteristics, including relatively low but increasingly divergent demographic patterns (e.g., fertility levels).[4]

Hawaii is a US state located in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental US on the North American mainland. Physiographically and ethnologically, the Hawaiian archipelago is often included with the other Polynesian territories of Oceania.

Sources

  1. ^ Definition of major areas and regions, from World Migrant Stock: The 2005 Revision Population Database, United Nations Population Division. Accessed on line October 3, 2007.
  2. ^ Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings, UN Statistics Division. Accessed on line October 3, 2007.
  3. ^ Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas. 1755. Carte de l'Amerique septentrionale (Map of Northern America). Item NMC 21057: Library and Archives Canada.
  4. ^ Torrey, Barbara Boyle & Eberstadt, Nicholas. 2005 (Aug./Sep.). "The Northern America Fertility Divide." Hoover Institution Policy Review. No. 132.

See also

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Africa

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Americas

North (Anglo  · Northern) · Middle (Central  · Caribbean) · South (Latin  · Southern Cone)

Asia

Central · Eastern (Far East · Asia-Pacific) · Northern (Siberia) · Southern (Indian subcontinent) · Southeastern · Southwestern/Western

Europe

Western · Central · Eastern · Northern · Southern

Middle EastArabian Peninsula · Caucasus · Levant ·

Oceania

Australasia · Melanesia · Micronesia · Polynesia

Polar

Arctic · Antarctica

OceansWorld · Arctic · Atlantic · Indian · Pacific · SouthernSee also Continents of the world
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