Southern Cone

  • Core definition of the Southern Cone
  • Referred Partly as Southern Cone
  • Other states of Brazil

The Southern Cone (Spanish: Cono Sur port., Cone Sul ) is a name for the southernmost part of South America (south of the Tropic of Capricorn ), in the narrow definition includes the states of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. In the further definition, Paraguay and some states of Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and parts of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais ) be included.

Geography

The Southern Cone is landscape dominated by the highest peaks of the Andes, the Patagonian plains, the Atacama Desert and the Pampa. Major rivers include the Río de la Plata, the Parana, the Uruguay, the Bermejo, the Iguazú, the Negro, Salado and the Tercero ( which flow into the Atlantic), the Choapa, the Aconcagua, the Maipo, Maule and Bío -Bío ( which flow into the Pacific). Most of the rivers of the Southern Cone in the Andes.

Languages

In the countries of the Southern Cone Spanish is spoken mainly due to the Spanish colonization from the 16th to the 19th century. Counting parts of Brazil also for the Southern Cone, Portuguese is the second most common language. Widespread also are the indigenous languages ​​Mapudungun ( the Mapuche language ), and Guaraní. Italian, especially in his Venetian variant is spoken in rural areas of Argentina and southern Brazil. In the south of Brazil and Argentina, as well as some areas of southern Chile, some German dialects have survived. English is spoken in the Falkland Islands ( Malvinas). In Patagonia also Welsh is spoken, and to the southeast is also Japanese and Korean. Portuñol ( Portuguese: Portunhol ) is a non-standard hybrid language of Spanish and Portuguese, which is used on the border with Brazil.

The socio-economic

The Southern Cone is the economically strongest region of South America. The countries of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay are the countries with the highest per capita GDP in purchasing power parity in South America. The sometimes added to the Southern Cone counted southern states of Brazil are also among the richest in Brazil and these are also in relation to South America; Paraguay is also sometimes counted for the Southern Cone does not apply to this circumstance. Measured in other standards, the situation in the Southern Cone is well advanced.

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