• Northern America is the subregion of North American continent, along with Central America and the Caribbean.
  • It is consisted of USA, Canada and Mexico as well as dependent territories of Greenland (Denmark), Bermuda (UK) and Saint Pierre et Miquelon (France).
  • The Americas are usually accepted as having been named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
  • Border between USA and Canada is the longest land border in the world.
  • After Russia Canada is the second largest country in the world and is home to more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
  • New York City’s Federal Reserve Bank has the largest gold storage in the world. In total it contains more than 7.000 tons of gold.
  • If the entire human population could live in New Zealand, the population density would still be lower than that of Manhattan in New York.
  • Mexico City is the oldest and biggest city in North America. It was founded in 1521. and now has over 20 million inhabitants.
  • When the USA bought Alaska from Russia in 1867, they switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar that is used in the USA. The result was that the 8th to 17th of October 1867 never existed in Alaska.
  • Before coffee became popular, beer was served for breakfast in the USA.
Vector Map of Northern America
Population
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Surface (sq mi)
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