Northern America
Northern America
| Area | 21 780 142 km² |
|---|---|
| Population | 334 659 631 (Jul. 2007 est.)[1] |
| States | |
| Dependencies | |
| 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]
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Northern America (French: Amérique septentrionale) is the northernmost region of the Americas, and is part of the North American continent. It lies directly north of the region of Middle America;[1] the land border between the two regions coincides with the border between the United States and Mexico. Geopolitically, according to the scheme of geographic regions and subregions used by the United Nations, Northern America consists of:[2][3]
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 date back to 1755, when the region was occupied by France, Great Britain, and Spain.[4] 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 increasingly divergent demographic patterns (e.g., fertility levels).[5]
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
- ^ Gonzalez, Joseph. 2004. "Northern America: Land of Opportunity" (ch. 6). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geography. (ISBN 1592571883) New York: Alpha Books; pp. 57-8
- ^ 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.
- ^ Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings, UN Statistics Division. Accessed on line October 3, 2007. (French)
- ^ Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas. 1755. Carte de l'Amerique septentrionale (Map of Northern America). Item NMC 21057: Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ Torrey, Barbara Boyle & Eberstadt, Nicholas. 2005 (Aug./Sep.). "The Northern America Fertility Divide." Hoover Institution Policy Review. No. 132.
