Cliparts - I Love My Country Dolls - SOUTH AMERICA   SOUTH AMERICA   Fourth largest continent of the Earth (after Asia, Africa and North America). Its main part is located in the south hemisphere. Between 1816 and 1825 the greatest part of the Spanish South America became independent and was divided in countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Brazil was not part of the Spanish South America and became independent from Portugal in 1822. The English Guyana became the independent Guyana in 1966 and Suriname became independent from the Netherlands in 1975. The French Guyana, located on the north of Brazil is still a department of France. The continent is formed by: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana (a department of France), Guyana (former dependency of the United Kingdom), Paraguay, Peru, Suriname (former dependency of the Netherlands), Uruguay and Venezuela. Choose your doll and right-click to save it to your hard drive.        ARGENTINA   Second largest country in South America. It is bounded by Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay and the Atlantic Ocean. Buenos Aires is its capital.        BOLIVIA   Country located inland of South America. Borders Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru. Its capital is La Paz.        BRASIL   Largest country in South America. Borders all countries in the continent with the exception of Chile and Ecuador. It is bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and its coast line is located mainly between the Equator line and the Tropic of Capricorn. It is the only country is South America that was not part of the Spanish South America. It was discovered by a Portuguese navigator in 1500 and achieved its independency from Portugal in 1822. It was first a Kingdom under the name of United Kingdom or Portugal, Brazil and Algarves, it became an Empire (Empire of Brazil) after the independence in 1822 and was proclaimed a Republic in 1889, and received the official name of Federal Republic of Brazil. Its capital is Brasília and the language spoken is Portuguese. Contrary to what many people think, Spanish is not spoken anywhere in Brazil.        CHILE   Narrow and long country located on the west coast of South America. Borders Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. It is bounded by the Pacific Ocean. Santiago is its capital.        COLOMBIA   It is the only country in South America that is bounded by both Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Borders Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela and Panama. Bogota is its capital.        PARAGUAY   Paraguay, a country in South America, was a Spanish colony before it gained independence in 1811. In 1865 Paraguay’s president dragged the country into a disastrous war with its more powerful neighbors, Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Half of Paraguay’s people died before the fierce war ended in 1879. Paraguay also lost a fourth of its territory. Asunción, Paraguay’s capital and largest city, is the chief port on the Paraguay River.        PERU   Country bounded on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil and Bolivia, on the south by Chile and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Lima is its capital.        URUGUAY   Country located south-east of the central region of South America. It is bounded by Argentina, Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean. Montevideo is its capital.        VENEZUELA   Venezuela, officially Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, republic in South America. Venezuela sits at the northern edge of the Andes Mountains, which dominate the northwestern portion of the country. To the east lie the plain of the Orinoco River and the rugged inland region of the Guiana Highlands. The coastline of Venezuela is about 2,800 km (about 1,700 mi) long and has numerous recesses, of which the gulfs of Venezuela and Paria are notable. Except in the west, which has expanses of low and occasionally marshy land, the coast is generally narrow and steep. Of the 72 coastal islands that belong to Venezuela, Margarita is the largest and most important. Venezuela is divided into 23 states; federal dependencies, which comprise 72 islands in the Caribbean; and the Federal District, site of Caracas, the national capital.     Nothing other than the graphics provided for the public may be downloaded. Absolutely nothing in this site is public domain and may not be copied.

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