North America is more than just Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Stretching across about 9.54 million sq mi (24.71 million km²), it also includes the lively nations of Central America and the island states of the Caribbean. This guide (updated for 2025) lists all 23 sovereign countries in North America and their capital cities, with […]
From the ice fields of Antarctica to the rainforests of the Amazon, we divide Earth’s land into a handful of big “chunks” called continents. Most school systems teach seven: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania (often called Australia), and South America. The idea is simple—but the details are surprisingly interesting. What Are The Continents? […]
The map we learn in school shows Earth broken into a few big “chunks” of land called continents. Simple, right?In practice, geographers, historians, and geologists don’t always draw the lines in exactly the same place. That’s because “continent” is partly science—and partly convention.This guide explains what a continent is, why different models exist (5, 6, […]
