South America.

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South America COUNTRY AREA (SQ MI) URBAN CAPITAL POP. % POPULATION POP. RISE %/YEAR Argentina 1,073,520 91 Buenos Aires 44,293,000 0.9 Bolivia 424,164 69 La Paz and Sucre 11,146,000 1.5 Brazil 3,287,956 86 Brasilia 207,857,000 0.7 Chile 291,930 83 Santiago 18,374,000 0.8 Colombia 440,831 76 Bogota 49,292,000 1.0 Ecuador 98,985 64 Quito 16,777,000 1.3 Guyana 83,012 29 Georgetown 778,000 0.3 Paraguay 157,048 60 Asuncion 6,811,000 1.2 Peru 496,225 79 Lima 31,838,000 1.0 Suriname 63,251 66 Paramaribo 563,000 1.0 Uruguay 68,679 95 Montevideo 3,457,000 0.3 Venezuela 353,841 88 Caracas 31,431,000 1.2 COUNTRY LANGUAGES POLITICAL SYSTEM & HEAD OF GOVERNMENT Argentina Spanish, English, Presidential-legislative Italian, German, democracy; President French Mauricio Macri Bolivia Spanish, Quechua, Presidential-legislative Aymara democracy; President Evo Morales Brazil Portuguese, Presidential-legislative Amerindian dialects democracy; President Michel Temer Chile Spanish Presidential-legislative democracy; President Michelle Bachelet Colombia Spanish Presidential-legislative democracy; President Juan Manuel Santos Ecuador Spanish, Quechua, Presidential-legislative Amerindian dialects democracy; President Lenin Moreno Guyana English, Presidential-parliamentary Amerindian democracy; President David dialects, Creole, Granger Hindi, Urdu Paraguay Spanish, Guarani Presidential-legislative democracy; President Horacio Cartes Peru Spanish, Quechua, Presidential-legislative Aymara democracy; President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Suriname Dutch, English, Parliamentary democracy; Sranang Tongo, President Desi Bouterse Hindustani, Javanese Uruguay Spanish, Portunol, Presidential-legislative Brazilero democracy; President Tabare Vazguez Venezuela Spanish, Presidential-legislative Amerindian dialects...