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The South Americas is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Most of it is in the Southern Hemisphere.

Commonly referred to as part of the Americas, like The North Americas, The South Americas is named after Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a previously undiscovered New World.

The South Americas has an area of 17,820,000 km&sup2; (6,880,000 sq mi), or almost 3.5% of the Earth's surface. As of 2005, its population was estimated at more than 371,200,000. The South Americas ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and The North Americas) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and The North Americas).