North America.

PositionPopulation, head of governmnet and political system followed - Geographic overview - Table

NORTH AMERICA URBAN AREA (SQ MI) POP. % POP. RISE COUNTRY POPULATION %/YEAR CAPITAL ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 170 37 ST. JOHN'S 100,000 1.3 BAHAMAS 5,359 89 NASSAU 300,000 1.0 BARBADOS 166 50 BRIDGETOWN 300,000 0.6 BELIZE 8,865 50 BELMOPAN 300,000 2.3 CANADA 3,849,670 79 OTTAWA 32,600,000 0.3 COSTA RICA 19,730 59 SAN JOSE 4,300,000 1.3 CUBA 42,803 76 HAVANA 11,300,000 0.4 DOMINICA 290 71 ROSEAU 100,000 0.8 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 18,815 64 SANTO 9,000,000 1.7 DOMINGO EL SALVADOR 8,124 59 SAN 7,000,000 2.0 SALVADOR GRENADA 131 39 ST. 100,000 1.2 GEORGE'S GUATEMALA 42,042 39 GUATEMALA 13,000,000 2.8 CCTV HAITI 10,714 36 PORT-AU- 8,500,000 2.3 PRINCE HONDURAS 43,278 47 TEGUCIGALPA 7,400,000 2.5 JAMAICA 4,243 52 KINGSTON 2,700,000 1.3 MEXICO 756,062,062 75 MEXICO 108,300,000 1.7 CITY NICARAGUA 50,193 59 MANAGUA 5,600,000 2.4 PANAMA 29,158 62 PANAMA 3,300,000 1.7 CITY SAINT KITTS & NEVIS 139 33 BASSETERRE 50,000 1.0 SAINT LUCIA 239 28 CASTRIES 200,000 1.5 SAINT VINCENT 151 45 KINGSTOWN & THE GRENADINES 100,000 1.1 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1,981 74 PORT-OF- 1,300,000 0.6 SPAIN UNITED STATES 3,717,796 79 WASHINGTON, 299,100,000 0.6 D.D. COUNTRY MAJOR LANGUAGES ANTIGUA & BARBUDA English local dialects BAHAMAS English Creole BARBADOS English BELIZE English Spanish Mayan & Garifuna CANADA English French COSTA RICA Spanish English CUBA Spanish DOMINICA English French patois DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Spanish EL SALVADOR Spanish Nahua GRENADA English French patois GUATEMALA Spanish Amerindian dialects HAITI Creole French HONDURAS Spanish Amerindian dialects JAMAICA English Creole MEXICO Spanish Mayan other indigenous languages NICARAGUA Spanish English Amerindian dialects PANAMA Spanish English SAINT KITTS & NEVIS English SAINT LUCIA English French patois SAINT VINCENT English & THE GRENADINES French patois TRINIDAD & TOBAGO English Hindi French & Spanish UNITED STATES English Spanish others POLITICAL SYSTEM & COUNTRY HEAD OF GOVERNMENT ANTIGUA & BARBUDA Dominant party Prime Minister BALDWIN SPENCER BAHAMAS Parliamentary democracy Prime Minister PERRY CHRISTIE BARBADOS Parliamentary democracy Prime Minister OWEN ARTHUR BELIZE Parliamentary democracy Prime Minister SAID MUSA CANADA Parliamentary democracy Prime Minister STEPHEN HARPER COSTA RICA Presidential-legislative democracy President OSCAR ARIAS SANCHE2 CUBA Communist one-party state President FIDEL CASTRO DOMINICA Parliamentary democracy Prime Minister ROOSEVELT SKERRIT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...

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