Spanish Speaking Countries
Dec 22, 2015
Mexico
• North America
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•Interesting fact: The Christmas season in Mexico lasts from December 9th- February 2nd.
Mexico City(La Ciudad de México)
Guatemala
Central America
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Interesting fact: Once home to the ancient Mayan civilization.
Guatamala City (La Ciudad de Guatemala
Honduras Central America
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Interesting fact: The Honduran flag has three stripes. In the middle stripe there are five stars that represent the five states of the Central American Union. The star in the middle represents Honduras because it is at the grographic center of these five states.
Tegucigalpa
El Salvador
Central America
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Interesting fact: It is known as “The Land of the Volcanoes” because there are more than 20 volcanoes in the territory.
San Salvador
Nicaragua
Central America
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Interesting fact: Nicaragua’s baseball team took 2nd in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
Managua
Costa Rica
Central America
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Interesting fact: Costa Ricans often refer to themselves as Ticos (males) or Ticas (females).
San José
Panamá
Central America
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Interesting fact: Panama was the first Latin American country to adopt the U.S. currency as its own.
Panama City (La Ciudad de Panamá
Venezuela
South America
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Interesting fact: Baseball is more popular than soccer in this country. The national soccer team is only about 15 years old.
Caracas
Colombia
South America
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Interesting fact: Origin of famous author Gabriel García Márquez. What did he write?
Bogotá
Ecuador
South America
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Interesting Fact: In Ecuador, there is an exhibit that sits on the equator. There you can see water flush straight down and can balance an egg on a nail.
Quito
Bolivia
South America
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Interesting Fact: The largest deposit of salt on the planet is found in Bolivia. (Uyuni salt beds)
La Paz
Paraguay
South America
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Interesting fact: There are more than 275 individual cascades within the Iguacu Falls, which spans the River Iguacu
Asunción
Uruguay
South America
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Interesting Fact: The people have the longest life expectancy rate in South America (75 years).
Montevideo
Chile
South America
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Interesting Fact: There are 80 airports in Chile with paved runways and 277 airports with unpaved runways.
Santiago
Argentina
South America
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Interesting Fact: Argentina was one of the first countries in the world to have radio. The first broadcast was made in August 1920, and only 20 people had a receiver.
Buenos Aires
Cuba
Caribbean
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Interesting Fact: Christmas did not become an official holiday until 1997 in preparation for a visit from the Pope.
Havana
La República Dominicana
Caribbean
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Interesting Fact: This is where the “Merengue” style of music originated.
Santo Domingo
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
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Interesting Fact: “El Yunque” is the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest system.
San Juan
Spain
Europe
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Interesting fact: Spain is the home of the tailless monkey, the macaque, which is the only type of wild monkey that lives in Europe.
Madrid