Fun facts about the Spanish speaking countries

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FUN FACTS ABOUT THE SPANISH
SPEAKING COUNTRIES
DID YOU KNOW?...

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Spain...
Is The Only European
Country To Have A Physical
Border With An African
Country..That country
is Morocco.
Fun Fact #1

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Mexico City is the
second city of the world
with the largest number
of museums.
México...
Fun Fact #2

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Guatemala
Guatemala means
“land of many trees”
Fun Fact #3

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El Salvador
El Salvador is known as the Land of
Volcanoes because it has more than
100 volcanos..
Fun Fact #4

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Honduras
The five stars on the
Honduran flag represent
the five countries
of Central America. With
the middle star
representing Honduras..
Fun Fact #5

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Nicaragua
Nicaragua Has A Mosquito Coast That Is
Not Named After Mosquitos
Fun Fact #6

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Costa Rica
Costa Ricans refer to
themselves as Ticos
(males) or Ticas
(females).
Fun Fact #7

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Panama Has More Bird Species
Than The Entire Continental
USA.
986 to be exact!
Fun Fact #8
PANAMÁ

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Colombia
Fun Fact #9
Colombia has a Naturally
Occurring Rainbow River.
Caño Cristales, also known as the river of 5 colors,
is a brightly hued freshwater river whose aquatic
plants and algae have created a red, blue, orange,
yellow, and green flowing stream.

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The iconic Panama Hat
is actually from
Ecuador.
Fun Fact #10
Ecuador

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PERÚ
There are
over 3,000
different
varieties of
Potato
grown in
Peru.
Fun Fact #11

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Bolivia
Bolivia has (half of) the highest navigable lake in the
world.
Fun Fact #12

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Chile
Fun Fact #13
Chile has the world’s largest swimming pool! Found in the coastal city of
Algarrobo, the pool is the length of 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools and
holds 66 million gallons, making it a Guinness World Record Holder.

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Argentina
Fun Fact #14
The Latin dance and music called
the Tango began in Buenos Aires.

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Uruguay
Uruguay hosted the 1st World cup ever
The first international soccer match was hosted in Uruguay in 1902
as was the first-ever World Cup tournament in 1930.
Fun Fact #15

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Paraguay
Paraguay has the world’s largest water reserve, called
the “Acuifero Guaraní” (Guarani aquifer), lies under
Paraguay and extends into parts of Brazil and
Argentina..
Fun Fact #16

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Venezuela
Venezuela has the world’s tallest waterfalls called The
Angel Falls, also called Salto Angel, are with 979 m/ 3,211 ft.
Fun Fact #17

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República
Dominicana
The national bird of the country is the
Palmchat, it’s totally unique! Like
Dominicans, Palmchats are known to
be joyful, noisy, social and love singing.
Fun Fact #18

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Puerto Rico
The island’s national animal is
the small coqui tree frog.
Fun Fact #19

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Cuba
The most popular sport in
Cuba is baseball
Fun Fact #20

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Guinea Eqautorial
Equatorial Guinea is the only African nation to have
Spanish as an official language. Spain colonized the
country on two separate occasions: first between
1778–1810 and then from 1844–1968.
Fun Fact #21

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I Hope YOU have learnt
something about the
Spanish Speaking
Countries of the World!