Geography: The Countries and Territories of North America

North America is a continent located in the almost entirely northern half of the Western Hemisphere. The continent is made up of three regions: Northern America, Central America and the Caribbean. The following are the countries and territories of North America:

Northern America

FlagCountryCapitalOfficial Language(s)Demonym
 Bermuda (UK)HamiltonEnglishBermudan
 CanadaOttawaEnglish, FrenchCanadian
 Greenland (Den.)Nuuk (Godthåb)Greenlandic (Kalaalisut), DanishGreenlandic
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Fr.)Saint-PierreFrenchSaint-Pierrais, Miquelonnais
 United States of AmericaWashington D.C.EnglishAmerican

Caribbean

FlagCountryCapitalOfficial Language(s)Demonym
Anguilla (UK)The ValleyEnglishAnguillian
Antigua and BarbudaSt. John’sEnglishAntiguan, Barbudan
Aruba (Neth.)OranjestadDutch, PapiamentoAruban
Bahamas, TheNassauEnglishBahamian
BarbadosBridgetownEnglishBarbadian
Bonaire (Neth.)KralendijkDutch, PapiamentuBonairean
British Virgin Islands (UK)Road TownEnglishVirgin Islander
Cayman Islands (UK)George TownEnglishCaymanian
Clipperton Island (Fr.)   
CubaHavanaSpanishCuban
Curaçao (Neth.)WillemstadDutchCuraçaoan
DominicaRoseauEnglishDominican (stress on “ni”)
Dominican RepublicSanto DomingoSpanishDominican (stress on “mi”)
GrenadaSt. George’sEnglishGrenadian
Guadeloupe (Fr.)Basse-TerreFrenchGuadeloupean
HaitiPort-au-PrinceFrench, CreoleHaitian
 JamaicaKingstonEnglish, Jamaican PatoisJamaican
Martinique (Fr.)Fort-de-FranceFrenchMartinic(qu)an, Martiniquais (m), Martiniquaise (f)
Montserrat (UK)Plymouth; BradesEnglishMontserratian
Navassa Island (US)   
Puerto Rico (US)San JuanSpanish, EnglishPuerto Rican
Saba (Neth.)The BottomDutchSaban
Saint BarthelemyGustaviaFrenchBarthélemois(es)
Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterreEnglishKittitian, Nevisian
Saint LuciaCastriesEnglishSaint Lucian
Saint Martin (Fr.)MarigotFrenchSt. Martiner
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstownEnglishVincentian
Sint Eustatius (Neth.)OranjestadDutchStatian
Sint Maarten (Neth.)PhilipsburgDutchSt. Maartener
Trinidad and TobagoPort of SpainEnglishTrinidadian, Tobagonian
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)Cockburn TownEnglishTurks and Caicos Islander
US Virgin Islands (US)Charlotte AmalieEnglishVirgin Islander

Central America

FlagCountryCapitalOfficial Language(s)Demonym
BelizeBelmopanEnglishBelizean
Costa RicaSan JoseSpanishCosta Rican
El SalvadorSan SalvadorSpanishSalvadoran
GuatemalaGuatemala CitySpanishGuatemalan
HondurasTegucigalpaSpanishHonduran
MexicoMexico CitySpanishMexican
NicaraguaManaguaSpanishNicaraguan
PanamaPanama CitySpanishPanamanian

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