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North America

continent in the Americas
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North America
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Summary

North America is a continent[1]. It draws 69,251 Wikipedia views per month (continent category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: subcontinent[4], part of the world[5]
  • Shares border with: South America[6], Eurasia[7]
  • Named after: Amerigo Vespucci[8], Turtle Island[9], north[10]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Canada[11], Mexico[12], United States[13], Bermuda[14], Greenland[15], France[16], Belize[17], Costa Rica[18], El Salvador[19], Guatemala[20], Honduras[21], Nicaragua[22], Panama[23], Antigua and Barbuda[24]
  • Part of: Americas[25]
  • Commons category: North America[26]
  • Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[27], Pacific Time Zone[28], Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone[29], Newfoundland Standard Time[30], Atlantic Time Zone[31], Alaska Time Zone[32], Central Time Zone[33], Mountain Time Zone[34]
  • Said to be the same as: Turtle Island[35], North and Central America[36]
  • Has part(s): Caribbean[37], Central America[38], Northern America and Mexico[39], Greenland[40]
  • Highest point: Denali[41]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Northern Hemisphere[42]
  • Topic's main category: Category:North America[43]
  • Commons gallery: North America[44]
  • Population: 565,265,000[45], 579,000,000[46], 613,150,000[47], 617,280,500[48]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:North America[49]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for North America include Bridge of the Americas[50], a through arch bridge[51], in Panama[52], founded in 1962[53].

Why It Matters

North America has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

Entities named for it include Bridge of the Americas[50], a through arch bridge[51], in Panama[52], founded in 1962[53].

Related Entities

Alabama Alaska Amerigo Vespucci Antigua and Barbuda Arizona Arkansas Aruba Axel Heiberg Island Baffin Island Banks Island Barbados Bathurst Island Belize British America Buick Bylot Island Calgary California Canada Cape Breton Island Captaincy General of Puerto Rico Carnegie's Geophysical Laboratory Clipperton Island College of the Holy Cross Colorado Colorado River Connecticut Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Costa Rica Cuba

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . population.un.org. population.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . worldometers.info. Retrieved . worldometers.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', 'anp', '
    J-global id → 200906056802208580
    Sitelink count → 302
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ J-global id: 200906056802208580, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/262218507|North America (#262218507)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7507|J-GLOBA"
  2. 11w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United States
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/44811|batch #44811]]"
  3. 12w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lille norske leksikon id → Nord-Amerika
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Lille norske leksikon id: Nord-Amerika, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/166538117|Nord-Amerika (#166538117)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6325|Lille no"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4GpBkB
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40836|batch #40836]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 100512
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 100512, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  6. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fallout wiki id → North_America
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fallout wiki id: North_America, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294288189|North America (#294288189)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8063|Fallout Wik"
  7. 18w ago · LadyData · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/North_America
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Locations/North_America, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293241201|North America (#293241201)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7990|G"
  8. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0003809-Severni-Amerika
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0003809-Severni-Amerika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  9. 21w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → north-america
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: north-america, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289955944|north america (#289955944)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  10. 23w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
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