The document provides brief overviews of 12 Hispanic countries, including key facts about each country's population, capital city, government, official language, major agricultural and industrial exports, and currency. For each country, it also includes images of the country's flag and map. The facts covered include details about the landscape, wildlife, cultural traditions and history of the countries.

1. Real facts around the Hispanic world. By: Mayelin Martinez Cobas

2. Argentina Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Americas, is here. Argentineans eat an average of 228 lbs. of meat per person per year. Everybody tango! Argentineans tango with true passion, as the dance originated in their country. Argentina’s national game pato, a form of basketball played on horseback.

3. Argentina Republica Argentina Population: 37 000 000 Capital :Buenos Aires Gov’t: Federal Republic Official Language: Spanish Agriculture: meat, wheat, corn, linseed oil Industry: food processing, motor vehicles Currency: peso

4. La bandera de Argentina.

5. El mapa de Argentina. Oceano Atlantico

6. Bolivia Flamingos live here. Clear your plate! Otherwise, your Bolivian host will be insulted. Bolivia is crossed by three Andes mountain ranges that contain four of the world’s highest, eternally snow-topped mountains. What is the world’s second largest inland sea and highest navigable lake? Lake Titicaca, of course, which lies half in Peru and half in Bolivia.

7. Bolivia Republica de Bolivia Population: 12 000 000 Capital: La Paz Gov’t: Multiparty Republic Official Language: Spanish Agriculture: potatoes, fruits, vegetables. Industry: Limited manufacturing Currency: Boliviano

8. La bandera de Bolivia.

9. El mapa de Bolivia

10. Chile Llamas live in Chile. # 1 Mummy makers! Embalming their dead dead as early as 500 B.C.

11. Chile Republica de Chile Population: 14 271 000 Capital: Santiago Gov’t: Multy party republic Official Language: Spanish Agriculture: fresh fruit, salmon Industry: processed foods, metals (copper, iron, steel), wine, tourism. Currency: Peso

12. La bandera de chile

13. El mapa de Chile.

14. Colombia Vampire bats live here. Colombia is Christopher Columbus’ namesake! Don’t be “sleepless in Colombia!” Yawning in front of strangers is considered impolite because it is a sing of hunger, and rude! Vacation along the coast in Colombia! The coast includes both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

15. Colombia Republica de Colombia Population: 34 948 000 Capital: Bogota Gov’t: Multiparty Republic Official Language: Spanish Agriculture: yarns, cut flowers, coffee Industry: Cement, chemicals, beverages , emeralds Currency: peso colombiano

16. La bandera de Colombia

17. El mapa de Colombia

18. Ecuador The equator goes through this country. Women were allowed to vote in 1929. Ecuador has more than 30 active volcanoes.

19. Ecuador Republica del Ecuador Population: 11 384 000 Capital: Quito Gov’t: Multiparty Republic Agriculture: petroleum, bananas, shrimp Industry: petroleum, food processing, textiles Currency: Sucre

20. La bandera de Ecuador.

21. El mapa de Ecuador

22. Paraguay Here, people eat manioc, a vegetable like potato. The pineapple is believed to have originated in the lowlands of Paraguay. Paraguay has the highest growth rate in South America at 2.6%.

23. Paraguay Republica del Paraguay Population: 4 580 000 Capital: Asuncion Gov’t: constitutional Official Language: Spanish Agriculture: Soybeans, feed cotton, meat, edible oils, tobacco, cattle Industry: Sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, electricity Currency: Guarani

24. La bandera de Paraguay.

25. El mapa de Paraguay.

26. Peru / Perú In Peru, people grow more than 100 different kinds of potatoes! Never a raindrop upon your head in Lima, Peru! It never rains in Lima, Peru. Never has and never will. The Incas and other pre-Columbian tribes in Peru developed the decimal system, years before it was used in Europe. Machu Picchu was discovered by Hiram Bingham, an American, in 1911.

27. Peru Republica de Peru Population: 23 588 000 Capital: Lima Gov’t: Transitional republic Official Language: Spanish Agriculture: cotton, coffee, byproducts Industry: Mining(copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver) petroleum, fishing Currency: Nuevo sol

28. La bandera de Peru.

29. El mapa de Peru.

30. Uruguay A kind of bird called rhea lives here. Uruguay is the smallest Hispanic republic. Uruguay is the Switzerland of South America because of its democracy and social benefits such as free education.

31. Uruguay Republica Oriental del Uruguay Population: 3 300 000 Capital: Montivideo Gov’t: Republic Official Language: Spanish Agriculture: wool manufactures, beef Industry: Food processing, electrical machinery, tourism Currency: Peso uruguayo

32. La bandera de Uruguay

33. El mapa de Uruguay

34. Venezuela Giant anteaters live in Venezuela. En Venezuela viven los osos hormigueros gigantes.

35. Venezuela Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela Population: 24 000 000 Capital: Caracas Gov’t: Federal Republic Official Language: Spanish Agriculture: coffee, cocoa Industry: petro-chemicals, oil refining, iron ore, steel, aluminum Currency: Bolivar