South America is the region of the Americas that lies south of Central America. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and covers an area of about 6.87 million square miles (17.8 million km 2). It has a population of 423 million. More @Wikipedia
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