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The Amazon ___MASK38___ is the part ___MASK72___ South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries . The Amazon drainage ___MASK38___ covers an area ___MASK72___ about , or roughly 40 percent ___MASK72___ the South American continent . It is located in the countries ___MASK72___ ___MASK57___ , Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , Guyana , Peru , Suriname and Venezuela . The Amazon ___MASK93___ ( or ; Spanish and ) in ___MASK26___ America is the largest river by discharge ___MASK72___ water in the world , and according to some experts , the longest in length . The headwaters ___MASK72___ the Apurímac ___MASK93___ on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a century as the Amazon  s ___MASK74___ distant source , until a 2014 study found it to be the Cordillera Rumi Cruz at the headwaters ___MASK72___ the Mantaro ___MASK93___ in Peru . The Mantaro and Apurímac confluence , and with other tributaries form the Ucayali ___MASK93___ , which in turn confluences with the Marañón ___MASK93___ upstream ___MASK72___ Iquitos , Peru , to form what countries other than ___MASK39___ consider to be the main stem ___MASK72___ the Amazon . Brazilians call this section the Solimões ___MASK93___ above its confluence with the Rio Negro to form what Brazilians call the Amazon at the Meeting ___MASK72___ Waters at Manaus , the river ' s largest city . El ___MASK45___ ( or ) is the chief seaport ___MASK72___ ___MASK5___ . The city is also called Provincia Constitucional ( Constitutional Province ), the only province ___MASK72___ the ___MASK45___ Region . The Historic Centre ___MASK72___ ___MASK45___ is located west ___MASK72___ Historic Centre ___MASK72___ Lima , the country ' s capital , and is part ___MASK72___ the Lima Metropolitan Area . ___MASK45___ borders ___MASK28___ on the north , east and south , and the Pacific Ocean on the west . The ___MASK79___ Metropolitan Area ( also known as " ___MASK79___ Metropolitana "), is an area formed by the conurbation ___MASK72___ the Peruvian cities ___MASK72___ ___MASK79___ ( the nation ' s capital ) and Callao . It is the largest ___MASK72___ the metropolitan areas ___MASK72___ ___MASK5___ , the seventh largest in the Americas , the fourth largest in Latin America , and among the thirty largest in the world . The conurbation process started to be evident in the 1980s . The metropolitan area is composed ___MASK72___ six subregions . These are the ___MASK79___ Norte , ___MASK79___ Sur , ___MASK79___ ___MASK15___ , Residential ___MASK79___ , Central ___MASK79___ , and Callao . Its estimated 2015 population is 9 , 752 , 000 according to INEI statistics . ___MASK26___ America is a continent located in the western hemisphere , mostly in the southern hemisphere , with a relatively small portion in the ___MASK9___ hemisphere . It is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas , which is the model used in nations that speak Romance languages . The reference to ___MASK26___ America instead of other regions ( like Latin America or the Southern Cone ) has increased in the last decades due to changing geopolitical dynamics ( in particular , the rise of ___MASK39___ ). ___MASK55___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK55___ ( which literally translates as " Republic of the Equator "), is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America , bordered by Colombia on the north , Peru on the east and south , and the Pacific Ocean to the west . ___MASK55___ also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific , about west of the ___MASK3___ . The ___MASK79___ Metro , is a metropolitan railway operated by Argentine company Ferrovías and Peruvian company Graña y ___MASK19___ , currently linking the district of Villa ___MASK52___ in the south of ___MASK79___ with San Juan de Lurigancho in the ___MASK24___ of the capital of ___MASK5___ . The ___MASK44___ is the largest of the Earth ' s oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean ( or , depending on definition , to Antarctica ) in the south and is bounded by Asia and ___MASK80___ in the west and the Americas in the ___MASK24___ . ___MASK39___ , officially the Federative Republic of ___MASK39___ , is the largest country in both South America and Latin America . As the world ' s fifth - largest country by both area and population , it is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas . Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , ___MASK39___ has a coastline of . It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47 . 3 % of the continent ' s land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest , home to diverse wildlife , a variety of ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes ___MASK39___ one of 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection . ___MASK94___ ( or ), officially the Republic ___MASK72___ ___MASK94___ , is a transcontinental country largely situated in the ___MASK98___ ___MASK72___ South America , with territories in Central America . ___MASK94___ shares a border to the ___MASK98___ with Panama , to the east with Venezuela and ___MASK39___ and to the south with Ecuador and Peru . It shares its maritime limits with Costa Rica , ___MASK96___ , Honduras , Jamaica , the Dominican Republic and Haiti . It is a unitary , constitutional republic comprising thirty - two departments . The territory ___MASK72___ what is now ___MASK94___ was originally inhabited by indigenous peoples including the Muisca , the Quimbaya and the Tairona . The Americas , also collectively called America , encompass the totality ___MASK72___ the continents ___MASK72___ North America and South America . Together they make up ___MASK74___ ___MASK72___ Earth ' s western hemisphere and comprise the " New World ". ___MASK54___ (" ___MASK87___ " in English ) is a municipality located in the southeast region of Brazil . The metropolis is an alpha global city  as listed by the GaWC  and is the most populous city in Brazil , the Americas , and in the Southern Hemisphere . The municipality is also Earth ' s 12th largest city proper by population . The city is the capital of the homonymous state of ___MASK54___ , Brazil ' s most populous and wealthiest state . It exerts strong international influence in commerce , finance , arts and entertainment . The name of the city honors ___MASK87___ of Tarsus . The city ' s metropolitan area of Greater ___MASK54___ ranks as the most populous in Brazil , the 11th most populous on Earth , and largest Portuguese - speaking city in the world . ___MASK57___ (; ), officially known as the Plurinational State of ___MASK57___ , is a landlocked country located in western - central South America . It is bordered to the north and east by Brazil , to the southeast by Paraguay , to the south by Argentina , to the southwest by Chile , and to the northwest by Peru . One - third of the country is the Andean mountain range , with one of its largest cities and principal economic centers , El Alto , located on the Altiplano . ___MASK57___ is one of two landlocked countries ( the other is Paraguay ) that lie outside Afro - Eurasia . ___MASK57___ is the largest landlocked country in the Americas . The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental ___MASK88___ range in the world . They are a continuous range ___MASK72___ highlands along the western edge ___MASK72___ South America . This range is about long , about wide ( widest between 18 ° south and 20 ° south latitude ), and ___MASK72___ an average height ___MASK72___ about . The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries : Venezuela , Colombia , ___MASK55___ , Peru , ___MASK57___ , Argentina and Chile . ___MASK99___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK99___ , is a South American country occupying a long , narrow strip of land between the Andes to the ___MASK24___ and the Pacific Ocean to the west . It borders ___MASK5___ to the north , ___MASK57___ to the northeast , Argentina to the ___MASK24___ , and the Drake Passage in the far south . Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández , Salas y Gómez , Desventuradas , and Easter Island in Oceania . ___MASK99___ also claims about of Antarctica , although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty . ___MASK79___ ( Spanish : , Quechua : , Aymara : ) is the capital and the largest city ___MASK72___ ___MASK5___ . It is located in the valleys ___MASK72___ the Chillón , Rímac and Lurín rivers , in the central coastal part ___MASK72___ the country , overlooking the Pacific Ocean . Together with the seaport ___MASK72___ Callao , it forms a contiguous urban area known as the ___MASK79___ Metropolitan Area . With a population ___MASK72___ almost 10 million , ___MASK79___ is the ___MASK74___ populous metropolitan area ___MASK72___ ___MASK5___ and the second - largest city in the Americas ( as defined by " city proper "), behind São Paulo and before ___MASK41___ City . ___MASK5___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK5___ , is a country in western South America . It is bordered in the north by ___MASK55___ and Colombia , in the east by ___MASK39___ , in the southeast by ___MASK57___ , in the south by Chile , and in the west by the Pacific Ocean . ___MASK5___ is an extremely biodiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river . Santiago de Surco , commonly known simply as Surco , is a ___MASK84___ ___MASK72___ Lima , ___MASK5___ . It is bordered on the north with the ___MASK84___ ___MASK72___ Ate Vitarte and La Molina ; on the east with San Juan de Miraflores , on the west with San Borja , Surquillo , Miraflores and Barranco , and on the south with Chorrillos . Due to its relatively large area , it is a very heterogeneous ___MASK84___ , having inhabitants belonging to all socio - economic levels . The northern parts ___MASK72___ Surco , which are close to San Borja and La Molina , are known as Monterrico and Chacarilla and considerably more developed than the southern side ___MASK72___ the ___MASK84___ , having more upper class housing and the four major shopping centers ___MASK72___ the ___MASK84___ . The only natural protected area in metropolitan Lima , the Pantanos de Villa Reserved Zone , is located in Santiago de Surco . ___MASK41___ City , officially City of ___MASK41___ (, ; abbreviated as " CDMX "), is the capital and most populous city of the United Mexican States . As an " alpha " global city , ___MASK41___ City is one of the most important financial centers in the Americas . It is located in the Valley of ___MASK41___ (" Valle de ___MASK71___ "), a large valley in the high plateaus at the center of ___MASK41___ , at an altitude of . The city consists of sixteen municipalities ( previously called boroughs ).