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The Chihuahuan Desert has an area of 362,600 km² (140,001 sq mi), but is not entirely located in Mexico

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World's longest continental mountain range	Andes
European country that holds most of the dependent Caribbean territories	United Kingdom
Often referred to as the best Latin American university	USP (Universidade de São Paulo)
Bolivian city that held the 16th century silver boom	Potosí
Highest active volcano in the world (6,893m/22,615 ft)	Ojos del Salado
Mexico's second most populous metropolitan area, host of the 2011 Pan American Games	Guadalajara
First country in the world to legalize the production, sale and use of marijuana	Uruguay
Easternmost city, "where the sun rises first"	João Pessoa
Oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America	Nazca Plate
Chilean island famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai	Easter Island
Artificial 77 km (48 m) waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean	Panama Canal
Executive mansion and office of the President of Argentina	Casa Rosada
Country with the highest HDI (Human Development Index)	Chile
Country with the lowest HDI (Human Development Index)	Haiti
Rio de Janeiro famous beach, popularized by Bossa Nova	Ipanema
Highest mountain	Aconcagua
Peninsula where a meteor collided 66 million years ago	Yucatán Peninsula
In 1982, Argentina engaged into conflict with UK regarding the control over this territory	Falkland Islands
Peruvian city, former capital of the Inca Empire	Cusco
Alongside with Chile, this is the only South American country that does not share a border with Brazil	Ecuador
World's largest salt flat (10,582 km²/4,086 sq mi)	Salar de Uyuni

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Most populous city	São Paulo
Most populous metropolitan area	Mexico City
15th-century Inca citadel situated on a mountain ridge 2,430 m (7,970 ft) above sea level.	Machu Picchu
Stadium declared by FIFA as the only historical monument of World Football	Estadio Centenario
Venezuela waterfall that inspired the setting of the Disney animation Up	Angel Falls
Biggest economy	Brazil
Cuban bay that houses a controversial American prison	Guantanamo
Argentinian city famous for the production of Malbecs and other red wines	Mendoza
World's largest river by discharge volume of water	Amazon River
Southern common market	Mercosur
Southern's largest lake by volume of water and by surface area	Lake Titicaca
Landlocked country named after a famous liberator	Bolivia
Dominican Republic capital, the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas	Santo Domingo
Highest city in the world (5,100 m/16,700 ft)	La Rinconada
Brazilian city where the astronomical observation of a solar eclipse, in 1919, was offered as the first proof of Einstein's theory of general relativity	Sobral
Ecuadorian archipelago of volcanic islands visited by Darwin in the 19th century	Galápagos Islands
Largest desert (670,000 km²/258,688 sq mi)	Patagonian Desert
Largest non-polar desert (105,000 km²/40,541 sq mi)	Atacama Desert
Astronomical interferometer located at the above	ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array)
Colombian city that harbored a famous cartel headed by Pablo Escobar	Medellín
Revenue from petroleum exports accounts for more than 50% of this country's GDP and roughly 95% of total exports	Venezuela

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