The best countries of South America -> Destinations

Total area: 756,950 km2 Population: 17,094,270(2010 estimate) Density: 22/km2 Currency : Peso (CLP) Official language(s): Spanish Capital: Santiago de Chile Governement: Unitary Presidential Republic Internet TLD: .cl Calling code: +56      A landscape as diverse as in Chile is described in folklore sources: "When God gave a glance to ...

Total area: 1,141,748 km2 Population: 45,586,233(2010 estimate) Density: 40/km2 Currency: Peso (COP) Official language: Spanish Capital: Bogotá, D.C. Governement: Unitary presidential republic Internet TLD: .co Calling code: +57      Columbia is situated in the north-western part of South America, sharing borders with Venezuela and...

Total area: 8,514,877 km2 Population: 190,732,694 Density: 22/km2 Currency: Real (R$) Official language(s): Portuguese Capital: Brasília Governement: Federal presidential constitutional republic Internet TLD: .br Calling code: +55      Brazil is a country located in the Eastern part of South America. It is bordered to the north by ...

Total area: 1,285,216 km2 Population: 29,496,000 Density: 23/km2 Currency: Nuevo Sol (PEN) Official language(s): Spanish Capital: Lima Governement: Presidential republic Internet TLD: .pe Calling code: +51      Peru is located in the southern hemisphere and is the third largest country in South America after Brazil and Argentina. It has s...

Total area: 2,766,890 km2 Population:40,091,359 Density: 14.49/km2 Currency: Peso ($) Official language(s): Spanish (de facto) Capital: Buenos Aires Governement: Federal representative presidential republic Internet TLD: .ar Calling code: +54      Argentina is a country in southern South America. It is bordered to the north by Paraguay and Bo...

Total area: 283,561 Population: 14,790,608(2010 estimate) Density: 53.8/km2 Currency: U.S. dollar (USD) Official language(s): Spanish Capital: Quito Governement: Unitary presidential republic Internet TLD: .ec Calling code: +593      Ecuador term means "equator" in Spanish, and this is the place where the smallest Andean country is ...

Total area: 406,752 km2 Population: 6,349,000(2009 estimate) Density: 15.6/km2 Currency: Guaraní (PYG) Official language(s): Spanish Guaraní Capital: Asunción Governement: Constitutional presidential republic Internet TLD: .py Calling code: +595   Paraguay is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to the sou...

Total area: 1,098,581 km2 Population: 10,907,778(2010 estimate)Density: 8.9/km2 Currency :Boliviano (BOB)Official language(s): Spanish, Quechua, Aymara and 34 other native languagesCapital: Sucre (constitutional capitalGovernement: Unitary Presidential RepublicInternet TLD: .boCalling code: +591      Bolivia is one of two South American countries that h...

Total area: 176,215 km2 Population: 3,494,382 (2009 estimate) Density: 19.8/km2 Currency: Uruguyan peso Official language(s): Spanish Capital: Montevideo Governement: Presidential republic Internet TLD: .uy Calling code: +598      Very European, Uruguay is the second smallest country in South America, located on the southeast coast of the...

Total area: 12,173 km2 Population: 3,140(2008 estimate) Density: 0.26/km2 Currency: Falkland Islands pound (FKP) Official language(s): English Capital: Stanley Governement: British Overseas Territory (constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democratic dependency) Internet TLD: .fk Calling code: 500       Providing high quality faci...

Total area: 214,970 km2 Population: 752,940(2010 estimate) Density: 3.502/km2 Currency: Guyanese dollar (GYD) Official language(s): English Capital: Georgetown Governement: Semi-presidential republic Internet TLD: .gy Calling code: 592      Over the years, Guyana has registered a high growth rate of the number of tourists. In 2004, the nu...

Total area: 163,821 km2 Population: 500,050(2010 estimate) Density: 2.9/km2 Currency: Surinamese dollar (SRD) Official language(s): Dutch Capital: Paramaribo Governement: Constitutional democracy Internet TLD: .sr Calling code: 597      Suriname is situated in the northern part of South America and it is the smallest sovereign country on ...