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Main page   Geography   Projects and tasks edit   The North America Portal North America is a continent in the Earth's northern hemisphere and western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean; South America lies to the southeast. It covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about 4.8% of the planet's surface or about 16.5% of its land area. As of July 2008, its population was estimated at nearly 529 million people. It is the third-largest continent in area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth in population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. North America and South America are collectively known as the Americas or simply America. North and South America are generally accepted as having been named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who explored South America between 1497 and 1502, and was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies. Scientists have several theories as to the origins of the early human population of North America. The indigenous peoples of North America themselves have many creation myths, by which they assert that they have been present on the land since its creation. Before contact with Europeans, the natives of North America were divided into many different polities, from small bands of a few families to large empires. They lived in several "culture areas", which roughly correspond to geographic and biological zones and give a good indication of the main lifeway or occupation of the people who lived there. ...More about North America More about continents edit   Countries and territories Territories and Dependencies are italicized.  Anguilla  Antigua and Barbuda  Aruba  Bahamas  Barbados  Belize  Bermuda  British Virgin Islands  Canada  Cayman Islands Clipperton Island  Costa Rica  Cuba  Dominica  Dominican Republic  El Salvador  Greenland  Grenada  Guadeloupe  Guatemala  Haiti  Honduras Isla Aves  Jamaica  Martinique  Mexico  Montserrat Navassa Island  Netherlands Antilles  Nicaragua  Panama  Puerto Rico  Saint Barthélemy  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Martin  Saint Pierre and Miquelon  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Andrés y Providencia  Trinidad and Tobago  Turks and Caicos Islands  United States  United States Virgin Islands Show new selections (purge) edit   Featured article Elderly Instruments is a musical instrument retailer in Lansing, Michigan, United States, with a reputation as a "megastore", a repair shop and a locus for folk music including bluegrass and "twang". Specializing in fretted instruments, including acoustic and electric guitars, banjos, mandolins, and ukuleles, Elderly maintains a selection of odd or rare instruments. Elderly is known as the premier repair shop for fretted instruments, as one of the larger vintage instrument dealers in the United States, and as a major dealer of Martin guitars in particular. Industry publications, music retail trade, and bluegrass music journals have featured articles about the Elderly repair staff. The company also provides consignment services for rare and vintage instruments. Since its founding in 1972, Elderly has undergone two major expansions: into mail order in 1975 and then into Internet sales in the 1990s. In 2005 it was the subject of a lawsuit by Gibson Guitar Corporation concerning trademark infringement. Today it is recognized internationally for its services and products; its mail order and Internet business account for 65–70 percent of its total revenue. Elderly grossed $12 million in 1999 and by 2007 was grossing $17 million annually. ...Archive Nominations... edit   Featured picture Credit: Astrokey44 An animated image showing the U.S. states by date of statehood, that is, the date when each U.S. state joined the Union. Although the first 13 states can be considered to be members of the United States from the date of the Declaration of Independence, they are presented here as being "admitted" on the date each ratified the present United States Constitution. The secession of states to form the Confederacy is not addressed here. ...Archive Nominations... edit   Did you know... ...that the Cuban night lizard is less than 4 cm long and lives exclusively in the west corner of the southern-most coast of Cuba? Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro ...that Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro (pictured), a fortress which guards the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, was named after the biblical Magi? ...that Tropical Storm Larry caused five deaths and US$53.6 million in damage when it struck the Tabasco state of Mexico, the first landfall in the state since 1973? ... that Bésame Mucho, a song written in 1940 by Consuelo Velazquez, is according to some sources the most interpreted and performed song of the 20th century? ... that the book The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives explores U.S. military expenditures on items including Southern catfish restaurants and Dunkin' Donuts? ...Archive/Nominations Read more... edit   Selected biography Harold Adams Innis (November 5, 1894 – November 8, 1952) was a Canadian professor of political economy at the University of Toronto and the author of seminal works on media, communication theory and Canadian economic history. The affiliated Innis College at the University of Toronto is named for him. Despite his dense and difficult prose, many scholars consider Innis one of Canada's most original thinkers. He helped develop the staples thesis, which holds that Canada's culture, political history and economy have been decisively influenced by the exploitation and export of a series of "staples" such as fur, fish, wood, wheat, mined metals and fossil fuels. Innis's writings on communication explore the role of media in shaping the culture and development of civilizations. He argued, for example, that a balance between oral and written forms of communication contributed to the flourishing of Greek civilization in the 5th century BC. He warned, however, that Western civilization is now imperiled by powerful, advertising-driven media obsessed by "present-mindedness" and the "continuous, systematic, ruthless destruction of elements of permanence essential to cultural activity". ...Archive Nominations... edit   News Wikinews North America portal November 21: California campus pepper spray police suspended November 16: Poll shows former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich as latest GOP presidential frontrunner November 8: South Korean court imprisons US soldier for raping teen November 1: State Senator Stewart Greenleaf enters New Hampshire primary October 31: St Louis Cardinals win baseball's World Series October 30: Wikinews interviews Buddy Roemer, U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate October 23: US, North Korea form agreement to search for war dead October 23: Crown Prince Sultan of Saudi Arabia dies edit   Selected quote “ Who could conquer Tenochitlán? Who could shake the foundation of heaven? ” — Unknown Aztec poet, 1500 ...Archive/Nominations More quotes... edit   Topics Anglo-America - Caribbean - Central America - Latin America - Middle America - Northern America Countries - Culture - Demographics - Economy - Flags - Images - Sport - Timelines - Topics - Tourism - Transportation Geography: Appalachian Mountains • Canadian Shield • Chihuahuan Desert • Continental Divide • Baja California • Extreme points • Geology • Grand Canyon • Great Lakes • Great Plains • Gulf of Mexico • Isthmus of Tehuantepec • Mississippi River • Panama Canal • Rio Grande • Rivers • Rocky Mountains • San Andreas Fault • Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt • Tropic of Cancer • Valley of Oaxaca • Yucatán Peninsula History: Archaeology • Aztec • Clovis culture • Columbian Exchange • Cuban Revolution • Decolonization • European colonization • Great Depression • Indigenous peoples • Industrial Revolution • Manifest Destiny • Maya • Migration models • Mound builders • New France • New Spain • Oregon Trail • Paleo-Indians • pre-Columbian • Pueblo • Republic of Texas • Roaring Twenties • Slavery • Thirteen Colonies • Vinland Language: Algic • Algonquian • Chibchan • Creole • Dutch • English • Eskimo-Aleut • French • Mayan • Maipurean • Mixe-Zoque • Muskogean • Na-Dene • Nahuatl • Navajo • Oto-Manguean • Penutian • Portuguese • Siouan-Catawban • Spanish • Totonacan • Uto-Aztecan Lists: Airports • Archaeological periods • Bear attacks • Caribbean islands • Conflicts • Countries • Endangered species • GDP • Islands • Mountains • Nude beaches • Political parties • Population • Rivers • Stadiums • TV Stations • Urban agglomerations edit   Categories [−] North America [+] Central America [+] Electric power in North America [+] Military of North America [+] Caribbean [+] Northern America [+] North America-related lists [+] North American portals [+] Buildings and structures in North America [+] North American comics [+] Communications in North America [+] North American countries [+] Crime in North America [+] North American culture [+] Demographics of North America [+] Economy of North America [+] Education in North America [+] Ethnic groups in North America [+] Geography of North America [+] Health in North America [+] History of North America [+] Infrastructure in North America [+] Languages of North America [+] Law in North America [+] LGBT in North America [+] Natural history of North America [×] North American Spanish [+] North American people [+] Politics of North America [+] Religion in North America [+] Science and technology in North America [+] North American society [+] Sport in North America [+] Transportation in North America [+] Wikipedia books on North America [+] Images of North America [+] North America stubs edit   Sub portals    Caribbean    Bermuda    British Virgin Islands    Cuba    Dominican Republic    Haiti    Jamaica    Netherlands Antilles    Puerto Rico    Trinidad and Tobago Canada Indigenous peoples of North America Guatemala Mexico New France Nicaragua Panama El Salvador United States edit   WikiProjects North America     Canada     Greenland     Mexico     Saint Pierre and Miquelon     United States Central America     Belize     Costa Rica     El Salvador     Guatemala     Honduras     Nicaragua     Panama Mesoamerica Caribbean     Antigua and Barbuda     Bahamas     Barbados     Bermuda     Cuba     Dominica     Dominican Republic     Grenada     Haiti     Jamaica     Puerto Rico     Saint Kitts and Nevis     Saint Lucia     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines     Trinidad and Tobago edit   Related portals Geography Africa Antarctica Asia Caribbean Europe Oceania Latin America edit   Associated Wikimedia North America on Wikinews North America on Wikiquote North America on Wiktionary North America on Wikisource North America on Wikiversity North America on Wikicommons News Quotations Definitions Texts Learning resources Images

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